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Hi all,I picked this goodie up for $10.00 at an auction this past April. Finally got to cleaning it up, and checking it out this past weekend.The bolts holding the movable jaw's workface were stripped out. Two 5/16-18 Heli-coils and some 3/4" socket head screws fixed that problem!After disassembling it, cleaning the rust off of the machined surfaces and giving it a good oiling, it works great. Turns out the remaining fasteners are metric. So I have no idea if it is European, Japanese or Chinese.Does anyone know were I can find, purchase, steal or make replacements for the missing pipe jaws on the bottom?Any clues on what these jaws are for?Thanks for the help. [Pardon the pun in the title]Last edited by mike837go; 10-16-2013 at 08:09 AM.Be wary of The Numbers: Figures don't lie,. but liars can figure.Welders:2008 Lincoln 140 GMAW&FCAW2012 HF 165 'toy' GTAW&SMAW1970's Cobbled together O/A
Reply:Looks like a nice heavy duty vice! Nice score!If the fasteners are metric that tells you that it is less than 50 years old.
Reply:Looks just like the Chinese one I got new over 15 years ago."USMCPOP" First-born son: KIA  Iraq 1/26/05Syncrowave 250 w/ Coolmate 3Dialarc 250, Idealarc 250SP-175 +Firepower TIG 160S (gave the TA 161 STL to the son)Lincwelder AC180C (1952)Victor & Smith O/A torchesMiller spot welder
Reply:Originally Posted by OldendumLooks just like the Chinese one I got new over 15 years ago.
Reply:The jaws on the top of the jaws in photo #4 are to hold round stock, or that is what I have seen them used for.You hold the part on the O.D so you can work on the face of the part.Nice vise but I would not do much hammering on the anvil. As it is not made for that type of work. It is way to soft to use as an anvil for hot work,maybe as a base for cold cut chisel work.You did good with you money.Joe
Reply:Originally Posted by steelsmith101The jaws on the top of the jaws in photo #4 are to hold round stock, or that is what I have seen them used for....Joe
Reply:Originally Posted by mike837goAhh....  So they are used to hold the END of a piece of pipe or similar cylindrical object!ThanksAny ideas on how to aquire replacements for the other two round stock jaws that I have one of in photo #3?
Reply:Originally Posted by ThorsHammertake the remaining ones out and make a copy of them out of the same sized stock.
Reply:I have the same vise.  It is a Harbor Freight job.Hemi-T"Ignorance can be fixed, but stupid is forever."Hobart BetaMig 2510Everlast PowerPro 256 TigMiller Radiator-1 Tig cooler
Reply:Originally Posted by Hemi-TI have the same vise.  It is a Harbor Freight job.
Reply:It's a Chin made vice. My neighbor has one exactly like it.
Reply:I got to HF over the weekend. What they are selling and my vice are VERY different.Theirs is 1/3 smaller.They've added a separate lock to keep the head from rotating when the jaws are unloadedThe pipe teeth are part of thier casting.Still gotta find a source for those insterts!Be wary of The Numbers: Figures don't lie,. but liars can figure.Welders:2008 Lincoln 140 GMAW&FCAW2012 HF 165 'toy' GTAW&SMAW1970's Cobbled together O/A
Reply:It's not a HF but it is a chinese made vice.
Reply:I've got a carbon copy of that one that I'm using right now. Picked it up at Tractor Supply or some other such place that sells low budget vices. It's the second one of those I've had over a long time span. Busted the outer jaw off the last one. Those pipe jaws won't hardly say in place. They're always falling out on the floor if you don't watch them close."The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt