Vise Restoration

[DoubleOframe]

Not exactly the type of restoration we are used to, but recently I couldn't pass up the opportunity to upgrade my daily driver. My old fixed base Parker 953 1/2 vise served me well, but when a 974 swivel base vise came up for sale I had to jump on it. Like most vises it needed some TLC. We stripped it down, cleaned off the old grease, blasted off the old paint, primed and painted with a hammered rustoleum which held up quite well on my 953 1/2. Managed to find an original No 2 swivel wrench. Here are some shots of before and after.

[24 grams]

Very nice!

[Harry Schlott]

Wow, Very nice. We had one in a furniture shop I worked in years ago.
Great old vise.

[Keavin Nelson]

I have it's sister, they are great vises!

[Brett Farley]

Great work Channing! Very cool to have the wrench as well. Thanks for sharing.

[Bill Murphy]

My 974 was my first Parker vise, and probably the most versatile for general shop use. Many vises later, big and small, it is still my go to vise.