heyitsmeben
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- Nov 17, 2019
Hey folks, I picked up another lot of old milling/machinist tools and tooling and there were a handful of vises in the batch. When I dragged them home yesterday I looked over the milling vises and this giant Wilton seems like the coolest of the lot. It's pretty big as can be seen by the tape measure next to it for scale, and it weighs in at 98lbs...pretty hefty.
The bottom has "HM 9 600" cast into it, but a thorough search of the interwebs yields nothing but a long-expired eBay listing from someone referencing what must be another of the same vise...their description calls it an "HM-9-600" and their size and weight details are spot on...but the photos are long gone. Nothing else appears to show up...
I'll send Wilton a message on Monday and see if they have any info on these old mill vises, but I thought I'd see if anyone here has experience with them in the meantime. It's a gorgeous piece of equipment and even though it must be 50-60 years old there's zero play in the moving jaw and the screw has no backlash to speak of...
Anyways, thanks for any light you can shed on the mystery of just what model this thing is. I'm planning to take it apart and clean and lubricate it (judging by the other items in the lot it's likely been in storage for 30-40 years) but would love to have a manual or diagram before I dig in.
The bottom has "HM 9 600" cast into it, but a thorough search of the interwebs yields nothing but a long-expired eBay listing from someone referencing what must be another of the same vise...their description calls it an "HM-9-600" and their size and weight details are spot on...but the photos are long gone. Nothing else appears to show up...
I'll send Wilton a message on Monday and see if they have any info on these old mill vises, but I thought I'd see if anyone here has experience with them in the meantime. It's a gorgeous piece of equipment and even though it must be 50-60 years old there's zero play in the moving jaw and the screw has no backlash to speak of...
Anyways, thanks for any light you can shed on the mystery of just what model this thing is. I'm planning to take it apart and clean and lubricate it (judging by the other items in the lot it's likely been in storage for 30-40 years) but would love to have a manual or diagram before I dig in.