daveturnbull Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Now I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen. To add to my sore head, face and back from 2x recent bonnet prop incidents, I now also have a sore left buttock from being launched across the workshop when the vice let go. It is (was) a Record No4, so not some cheap tat, and I'm no iron man, only regular office sized muscles. Maybe I should just stay inside and watch mind-rotting carp on the telly instead.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Bloody hell Dave. Bet that gave you a start! First ive seen a Record let go like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuck Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Jeez Dave, Have you considered stamp collecting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Record vices have a lifetime guarantee. Looks like that one has come to the end if it's life...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 ^^^^^^ Superb..... I won't mention "things happen in 3s" .... Doh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I think you are overdue on making an offering to the Home Workshop Gods .....the usual way of throwing something really hard and really far sometimes helps on a more mundane note what were you doing when it let go ? Unusual for a Record vice cheers Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Jaw faces look in good condition ... I'd keep them before the rest goes to the scrap man BTW I think you fractured it the last time you used it, there looks to be a darker area in both photos where the crack started. .... might just be the photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Good spot Barry. Top left hand corner in 1st pic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertspark Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Jeez Dave, Have you considered stamp collecting? +1!!! Can only stab yourself with the tweezers!! At least you're in control of the accident waiting to happen and it can't be considered an act of god or someone sending you a message Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveturnbull Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 I was only pressing in a panhard bush. Might have also had a 24mm spanner hooked over the end for extra leverage... Anyone got one of the Clarke machine mart vices? Any good? Do stamps come with pictures of land rovers on these days then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I've had that happen (Record vice too). The broken jaw hit my ankle on its way to floor and I ended with stitches from the cut it made. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Find yourself a Forged Steel Record vice. Cast vice tend to break because you've been hitting it with a hammer where a forged vice is more ductile and will never shatter! They are harder to find - but on the whole don't sell for more second hand as most people have no idea what Forged means! Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timppl Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Just hope you haven't started the year the way you mean to go on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Record vice's are way better than anything Clark can manage I have a Clark vice at home and record at work. The Clark is ok but you can't abuse it go and buy your self a press I have a cheap 10ton bench press cost about £120 from memory and contact record about yours. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Idris Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I'm glad I thrashed mine in with a lump hammer now I've seen that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW8IZR Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I had a similar sized Record vice break just like that - I was also (ab)using it to press a bush into a panhard rod :-) I ended up buying a massive old vice - probably just as old as me, from a vintage car rally . It looks like someone can carry on using it for many years after I've gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertspark Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I bought a Clarke about 15 years ago, served me well fixed to the corner of a workmate Money was tight at the time would have really wanted a record but this one has not been a problem I went with a swivel base one and one that could hold pipes a bit similar to this one in the link below but with pipe vice jaws (handy for anything tubular) yes it does turn on its base with excessive force but I normally clamp the base by tapping the locking arm pin with a hammer https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cvr4rb?da=1&TC=SRC-vice Would I buy again .... Probably just maybe without the swivel base although I have found it handy sometimes, not broken it yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackmac Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I picked my vice up from gumtree for the tidy sum of £10. From memory I think it's a Woden (forgotten which number), which means that it must be at least 45 years old It is a monster, could do with a new set of jaws but I struggled to find the right set when I looked a few months back. Quick release works a treat, not sure how wide it opens but I can fit the bottom casing of my 8274 in it upside down easily so it must be getting on for around 8 inches I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I'm concerned about stamps having sharp edges .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I did he same with a sealey 4 inch vice a few years ago whilst using it to press out a uj It just means you need bigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Find yourself a Forged Steel Record vice. Cast vice tend to break because you've been hitting it with a hammer where a forged vice is more ductile and will never shatter! They are harder to find - but on the whole don't sell for more second hand as most people have no idea what Forged means! Si +1 for that I did the same as you on an identical vice, although I was hitting it with a sledge because it was seized from being left outside for a number of years Luckily I inherited a family heirloom Record No. 75 forged vice. It was my Grandfathers and my mother says she remembers playing with it as a child, we're talking 1950's at least. It's identical to the one below and I've wailed on it on numerous occasions. It's on a locking turntable so that mounted on a corner it's both right and left handed, it has a little anvil, lube eyes, opens to about a foot, and even has a little pipe bender at the bottom. EDIT: Offset jaws too. I think there should be a picture of it in the dictionary beside the phrase "They don't make 'em like they used to" https://www.flickr.com/photos/35604059@N03/6986535866/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Another vote for an old vice ..... I picked up a Parkinson Model F from the local tip many years ago for a fiver. It has seen lots of abuse at my hands and hasn't died yet. I've seen similar ones from time to time at boot fairs going pretty cheap. According to the markings it's a 'Perfect Vise', not sure I'd go that far but it is pretty good. .... and here's a random picture of a fancy turret drill vice I picked up the other day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 If I could 'Like' that I would but it won't work for me. I picked up an old Duff Norton 10 ton jack in a breakers yard years back too. The guy looked at me like I was insane to pay him a tenner for it. It fits exactly under the chassis rails of my RRC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Now that looks like a very handy jack, another thing to keep my eyes peeled for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HampshireHog Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Don't waste any money on lottery tickets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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