Show off your vise (and what you’re working on)

If you do your own work, you know the joy of having a vise handy. They are the both the temple of frustration and of satisfaction for any fella with a hammer or a wrench.

Here is mine. A Record #5 made in England. Original blue paint was gone when I inherited it so I painted it orange. It is a “Number-5-Orange” now, which is a reference only old Vancouverites will understand. I have no idea how old it is, but it’s a nice vise.

 

pretty sure i have the same one. mines blue though. only issue is i dont have a bench for it

 

I think you just upped the frustration quota to maximum! Using a vise that isn’t bolted down!

 

yeah aha, at least it weighs like 60 pounds so it doesnt move around too much.

 

Geeeeez and I thought this thread was gonna blow up huge,

 

I'll get a picture of my tiny vice held down with C clamps later. I'm a certified professional amateur!

 

Here's my vise but I don't think the mods will let me show you what I'm working on

 

Fixed it.

 

it's not, not my girlfriend

 

Terrible picture of the vise, but I was making some reinforcement gussets for my home made bumper mounts as I added a winch and wanted to be extra secure.

 

Not even callused, you must use lotion

 

That’s nice. I like the ones with the the anvil section on them

 

This is my monster

 

Inversely, this is my little Yost. It’s like a real vice, only smaller.

 

I guess someone is gonna have to break out the post vice. May as well be me.

 

Glad we finally got that out of the way.

 

Two of my vises - both Wilton bullets (along with a couple Craftsman block grinders). All slated to be refurbished, except I did give the big Wilton to my dad. That was a heavy bastard.

 

Can you spot both vices in the pic?