ibboatin28
Plastic
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So I found a 2 inch baby Wilton on Craigslist and it's complete and in nice shape, but it needs paint. What is the proper/original color for them?
Randy
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Baby Wilton
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AntiqueMac
Hot Rolled
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I would think the color depends on the date of manufacture. Is it 50+ years old or newer?
ibboatin28
Plastic
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How do you tell the date? There is a 6-53 stamped on the keyway that keeps the front jaw from spinning is that it? It's a Wilton 920 if that helps, and it has the swivel base.
rmw
Cast Iron
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Here's mine. It's original paint.
kpotter
Diamond
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I got one that was still in the box but not knowing that they were collectable I chucked the box and stuck the thing on my shelf. mine is hammertone blue.
Ohio Mike
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That would indicate is was made June 1953 according to what I have been told.
ibboatin28
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Thanks for all the replies guys, that helps a lot. I think the hammer tone paint is a Sherwin Williams product.
L Vanice
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Rustoleum has spray cans of blue hammertone that give nice results. But that is not the original color for a 1953 vise.
Larry
Larry
k3vyl
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I have a 2 1/2" that has 5-53 on that key it appears to have been a light gray not hammertone.My 2" one is the blue hammertone,but its newer.
Chip Chester
Diamond
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Is it only one of your mini vises?
Sorry.
Sorry.
ibboatin28
Plastic
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No it's one of my MANY vices...
k3vyl
Stainless
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Also have 1" bench vise and 1/2" hand vise.No pun intended.Heh Heh....
ibboatin28
Plastic
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Thanks for all the help guys. As a courtesy there are powerarms on Ebay for 50.00 shipped. I just got one... Probably the proper color too.
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rmw
Cast Iron
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Thanks for that. I just got one, too.
Greg
Greg
ibboatin28
Plastic
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Glad to help.....
hitandmiss
Titanium
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Morrison and Marvin make a nice model that is a little over 1/2 the size of the baby Wilton.
Bill
Bill
ibboatin28
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OK I'm on the hunt again... Thanks for the tip.. (I think)
hitandmiss
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1 1/8" jaw.
Bill
Bill
ibboatin28
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Sweet... I already contacted MM.
k3vyl
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Did some more research here.It appears the 2" is the smallest that wilton made.I checked two old catalogs from Holloway brothers tools,a local distributor here in DE years ago.The 2" that I have is not as hammertone as I thought it was.It is blue,and the date on the key is 2-83.I got it at an amateur radio flea market in Baltimore for 10 bucks about 15 years ago.Quite a steal,it was un used.I made brass jaws for it and use it for special jobs.Wilton called it a jewelers vise.They also made a ball joint work positioner with a flange for the jewejers vise.I use an angle plate with the vise,and mount it in one or the other of my 4" bench vises which have swivel.