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A930Rocket 11-03-2022 12:19 PM
I dropped a part off at the machine shop a little while ago, and I’ll be darned if they didn’t have a treadle powered lathe, like the one in my picture. I’ll try to snap a picture when I go back early next week.

911 Rod 11-03-2022 12:28 PM
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That’s a nice looking vice. I like the fact that it’s got a large built-in anvil. Mine looks small and well used.
If you start pounding on that anvil the perfectionists will hunt you down. :D

Tobra 11-03-2022 12:38 PM
You want to hit some estate sales.

masraum 11-03-2022 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by A930Rocket (Post 11838285)
I dropped a part off at the machine shop a little while ago, and I’ll be darned if they didn’t have a treadle powered lathe, like the one in my picture. I’ll try to snap a picture when I go back early next week.
That's so cool.

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/...ZUWW644SR.jpeg

pwd72s 11-03-2022 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by A930Rocket (Post 11838280)
That’s a nice looking vice. I like the fact that it’s got a large built-in anvil. Mine looks small and well used.
After reading too many pages on Garage Journal, "EXP" meant that your 5 year warranty expired in '62...so yours is a 1957 Vintage, made the year they left Chicago.

scotricker 11-03-2022 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by herr_oberst (Post 11838180)
Did you get the 4.5" or the 5.5" version? I've looked at those for a while - the 5.5 takes up a big footprint, but I wonder if the 4.5" would frustrate me by its comparative limitations?
I got the 5.5 , I didnt want to get the other, then wish I got the bigger

A930Rocket 11-03-2022 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by pwd72s (Post 11838379)
After reading too many pages on Garage Journal, "EXP" meant that your 5 year warranty expired in '62...so yours is a 1957 Vintage, made the year they left Chicago.
I thought it was strange they stamped the from guarantee date, not the to guarantee date.🤪

pwd72s 11-03-2022 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by A930Rocket (Post 11838546)
I thought it was strange they stamped the from guarantee date, not the to guarantee date.🤪
Yeah, go to Garage Journal, scroll to antique tools, scroll again to Wilton Vise. 33 pages of pics, restorations, company info, etc. Almost a religion for the Wilton fanatics. Sheesh, you'd think they were like the 911 line or something... ;) I did find out that mine was made during the WWII years...or maybe just before. That means 80 years of functioning well...with zero maintenance on my part. Maybe I should oil some moving parts or something. My dad bought a lot of GI surplus stuff post war...maybe the vise was part of it?


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