Picked up this sad old milling vise

[RichR]

Recently Black Forrest posted about a couple of nice vises including a beautifully hand crafted one and Tundra Twin Track showed off his
massive 320 Lb mold makers vise. Here's one from the other end of the spectrum. I spotted this on Craigslist for $10:








It was dirty, stiff, neglected, and a little abused. The only markings on it are a tag riveted to the back that says BFC and the number 100
in the casting where the screw is held (visible in picture 2). There are a couple of dings on the ways but not enough to structurally
compromise the vise.
Continued in next post.

[RichR]

After a few hours of cleaning and deburring, shimming the clamps under the movable jaw, and installing new bolts for the jaws:








The jaw now slides smoothly. I still plan on milling the tops of the jaws flat and making up a handle for the screw. I left the
bolts holding the fixed jaw a bit long (hence the extra washers) so I can add a piece of L channel to serve as a handle so it's
not as clumsy to lift.

EDIT: Here is a thread that shows the handle I made for this vise:
http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/thr...d-milling-vise

[boslab]

I like the oil break scraping on the ways, is that done with a pull scraper?, if so how?, new jaws and a drop of tinned rainbow as my metalwork teacher used to call hammerite and it's probably better than the typical Chinese fare
Nice job
Mark

[RichR]

Hi boslab
I don't know how the scraping was done, it was already there. It has JAPAN stamped on one of the ways, post #2 picture 3.

[Seastar]

Looks like someone has been using it for a bench vise and hacksawing something in it.
I am always happy to see an old piece repaired, reused or repurposed.
My frugal nature won't let me throw away anything useful if it can be salvaged.
Good job!
Bill

[MotorradMike]

Looks familiar!
http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/thr...laza-Machinery

The 100 means 100mm or about 4 inch.
I have a swivel base too.
I never found out anything else, I like the vise though.

[justanengineer]

Good save. An extra vise is always useful to have.

[Doozer]

Looks like a Japan copy of the old Brown and Sharpe vise design.
I wonder if the leadscrew threads are worn thin or it is some kind
of thread form the manufacturer invented.

---Doozer

[browne92]

I still plan on milling the tops of the jaws flat and making up a handle for the screw.

Please do. It hurts just to look at them.

Hmm....
Pics...check.
Low price...check.
Only thing left is...you suck!

[boslab]

Looks like a Japan copy of the old Brown and Sharpe vise design.
I wonder if the leadscrew threads are worn thin or it is some kind
of thread form the manufacturer invented.
---Doozer

You have eyes like a hawk, missed that completely, your right they appear to be Half the width they should be, it's not a double start thread is it?, or triple even, lol, I tried cutting one once but the tread indicator did not like me!


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Mark

[RichR]

Looks like someone has been using it for a bench vise and hacksawing something in it.
I am always happy to see an old piece repaired, reused or repurposed.
My frugal nature won't let me throw away anything useful if it can be salvaged.
Good job!
Bill

Since I don't like to see equipment treated this way so I thought I'd give it a second lease on life.

[Axkiker]

I have one that looks just like it. I beleive its an ERON. Or mine at least has that stamped on it. Mines a much larger vise though.

[RichR]

Hi Mike

Looks familiar!
http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/thr...laza-Machinery

The 100 means 100mm or about 4 inch.
I have a swivel base too.
I never found out anything else, I like the vise though.

Yours definitely looks like an Eron. Here is the Eron 125 I picked up a couple of years ago for $50 from Craigslist:

It has an oval metallic sticker on the back of the fixed jaw that says Eron that is probably missing on yours. Mine also came with the swivel though I don't
use it. You ask about the mark for setting the angle in your thread. On mine, there is a small adjustable plate with a mark screwed to the left side next to
the mounting ear on the side closer to the movable jaw.

[RichR]

You have eyes like a hawk, missed that completely, your right they appear to be Half the width they should be, it's not a double start thread is it?, or triple even, lol, I tried cutting one once but the tread indicator did not like me!]Mark

No, it's not a multi-start thread. The peaks are about 1/2 the width of the valleys.

[duckman]

After looking at the threads, they appear to be original, because how could there be such exact wear over the full length of the screw.