Anyone know their vices?

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Hi

I have a Record No. 3 vice with a swivel base. Trouble is, the swivel base has a nut that's split. The base looks like this:

 

And the nut looks like this:

 

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(Edit – whoah, aspect ratio is all wrong, but hopefully you can make it out)

The othe nut just split it two. I thought I would be able to buy one as a spare, but the images of swivel bases I've seen are completely different to this one. Could this be an 'early' Record, or a different manufacturer that just happens to fit?

Any leads gratefully received.

Regards

John

Edited By icon on 29/05/2013 12:53:55

Edited By icon on 29/05/2013 12:55:04

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So much comedy potential…

[roy entwistleParticipant @royentwistle24699]

Try googling record vice spares

Roy

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Posted by roy entwistle on 29/05/2013 15:42:41:

Try googling record vice spares

Roy

Well, yes, good advice. I did that before I posted here, which is how I know that current Record swivel bases look like this:

Where the swivelling bit is different to mine. Also, although I've seen spares for the vice itself, I haven't seen spares for the base. So if you have a specific link, that would be welcome.

Regards

John

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

John,

This is mine, which I believe to be a genuine Record although it does not say so anywhere on it.

It is exactly the same shade of blue as the vice

Can you not file up a lump of steel to make a new wedge?

cheers

Rod

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

I knew I had an old record catalogue somewhere (1960)

cheers,

Rod

[Peter G. ShawParticipant @peterg-shaw75338]

I had one of these for a 3" Record vice. (Had being the operative word – I gave it to my son!) Anyway, I also broke the nut, and just as some one suggested, filed up a new one out of steel.

Regards,

Peter G. Shaw

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Ah thanks all. Rod; mine has similar markings, except it says 'IR3' and 'OR3'. They must have got fed up with that design sometime between 1960 and recent times. I'll bet someone has a cabinet full of odd-shaped nuts for these, somewhere.

I was hoping to just buy one because I don't have a 1/2" BSW tap. This is a model engineering forum, after all! I might have to wander down to the local narrow gauge railway and see if I can have the borrow of one.

Cheers

John

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