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C. AND J. HAMPTON LTD
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Parkway Works,
Sheffield S9 3BL.
THE RECORD range of vices produced by this company, comprises 11 types and includes mechanics' and fitters' and engineers' vices, machine vices and a special garage vice known as the No. 75. Claimed to be very popular in the motor industry, this model has 54-in. jaws, an opening of 7in., a pipe jaw capacity of 24in. overall diameter and weighs 511b. Features include a swivel base, offset jaws, a hardenedsteel anvil, pipe grips with a removable hardened-steel front jaw and a pipe-androd bender. A steel plug is supplied that can be used for gripping a petrol engine cylinder head, the plug being screwed into the sparking plug-hole, and other accessories include detachable fibre grips.
Jaw widths of the 10 models in the No. 3 range of mechanics' plain-screw vices vary from 24in. to 8in. and all models are available with a swivel base, while the five fitters' vices (No. 23) have jaw widths of 31-in. to 6in. Obtainable with a quick-grip or plain-screw mechanism,. the No. 34 engineers' vice is produced in three sizes with jaw widths of 4iin. to 6in. and is particularly recommended for filing and fitting work. Designed for heavy-duty work, the No. 84 quick-grip engineers' vice has a jaw width of 4-lin.
Also included in the range of engineers' vices. No. 112 is a quick-grip or plain-screw model and is available in four sizes in jaw widths of 41in. to 8in., its robust construction making it suitable for chipping, hammering and so on. Known as the Leader vice, No. 14 is also produced as a quick-grip or plain-screw model in two sizes with jaw widths of 4kin. to 61n.
The heaviest model produced by the company, No. 516, plain-screw engineers' vice, has a jaw width of 6in. or Sin, while No. 632 plain-screw heavy-duty combination vice is made in four models with jaw widths of 3fin. to 6in. Designed as a bench and pipe vice with a swivel base, the model has pipe jaws of hardened steel and the front jaw is reversible.
• Additional to the garage vice in the special feature range. No. 74 has a plain-screw action and is a general utility model that is suitable for the private garage as well as the workshop or factory. It has a jaw width of 4in.
A ram-type sliding jaw and easily replaceable jaws are features of No. 643 machine vice range of three models having jaw widths of 3in. to 5in. Options include non-reversible slide and body jaws, with diamond serrations on the gripping face, and unhardened jaws having plain faces suitable for machining to form jigs. Two table vices have jaw widths of 3in. and 24in, while the jaw widths of 11 woodworkers' vices range from 61n. to 10-fin.
The 20 mechanics' vices in the Record range vary in price from £1 19s. to £14 5s. while a price range of £6 18s. to £12 14s, covers the five models of the fitters' quick-grip vices. The ranges of three Leader quick-grip and three plain-screw vices are priced at £13 4s to £25 6s and £12 2s. to £24 4s. respectively and the 21 vices in the engineers' range vary in price from £12 8s. to £26 13s. The two heavy chipping vices are priced at £51 7s. and £83 3s. and the prices of the eight combination vices range from £15 14s. to £45 7s. No. 74 vice is priced at £8 and the price of the garage vice is £16 6s., the stand-mounted model costing £16 17s. Prices of the two table vices are £1 18s. and £2 11s. and the prices of the five machine vices are from £1 9s to £20 4s. The 11 woodworkers' vices range in price from £4 19s. to £7 8s.
DOWLER AND WAKEFIELD LTD 146-166 Weston Lane.
Tyseley, Birmingham 11.
THIS COMPANY produces a chain-puller vice known as the SA-VU. Inserted between the rollers of the chain, the jaws are used to draw both ends of the chain together and to hold them in position. The fitter then has both hands free to insert the spring link Having an overall length of 34in., the SA-VU can also be used as a light spanner, hand vice, spoke nipple key, pipe grip anc tap-and-die holder. Its price to a wholesaler is 18s 6d. per dozen.
THE COVENTRY MOVEMENT CO LTD Burnsall Road, CamIey, Coventry.
A LIGHT ENGINEERING multi-purpose vice, known as the Multi-Mini, is produced by this company that is said to be suitable for use by universities, schools and do-ityourself enthusiasts as well as professiona technicians for such work as soldering, glueing, welding and so on. It is available with a single jaw or with two jaws mounted on the same stand that can be rotated through 360deg independently of each other. The jaw width in each case is and the jaws are rotatable on a ratchm that can serve as a divider plate for settinc at different angles. The aluminium jaws art designed to hold flat or round parts, while large components of circular section can be clamped in a lower part of the jaws. Harc neoprene rubber self-adhesive jaw liner: are supplied loose for use with delicate parts.
Recommended retail prices are as follows single-head vice £3 7s. 6d.: twin-heac vice, £5 18s.; conversion set for convertinc single-head vice to twin-head, £2 10s. 6d.
CHARLES TAYLOR (BIRMINGHAM) LTD
Bartholomew Street, Birmingham 5.
TVVO standard rack-type machine vices four-purpose machine vices of the same type and a toolmaker's vice comprise the range produced by this company, the purpose vices incorporating the same basic feature: as the standard vice. These include a tapere■ and spring-loaded jaw plate that gives , pull-down grip, a loose jaw that compen sates for an uneven or tapered workpiece an open centre that allows the workpiec to be cut out or drilled below the jaws an. extended side flanges that provide for clamp ing to a table in any desired position.
The 861 standard machine vice is pro duced in five models with jaw widths c 3in, to 8in., while the four models of th
heavy-duty version, the 862, have jaw widths of 4in. to 8in. Included in the purpose vice range, the 863 is a swivel-base model designed for milling, shaping and so on, and the 864 is a universal swivel machine that provides a tilt of 45deg as well as a rotation of 360deg. The 549 is a box vice that is designed for bolting to narrow milling machine tables and the 785 is a divided vice, the two halves of which can be arranged at any distance apart on a planing machine table.
Three 863 and three 549 models are produced having jaw widths of 4in. to 8in. while the 864 and 785 are each produced in two models with jaw widths of 4in, and Sin. and of 5 in. and 8in. respectively. In the toolmakers' range the Swivel 1147 has a fully swivelling base, double guide slots and a large square-form screw, the Six Ten model being basically similar but made without a swivel base for bolting direct onto the machine table. Both the Swivel 1147 and the Six Ten are produced in two models with jaw widths of 4in. and Sin.
Prices of the various models are as follows: 861, £11 to £47 5s.; 862, £17 17s. to £53; 610, £19 3s. and £26 5s.; 1147, £27 6s. and £37 16s.; 549, £21 13s. to £52 10s.; 863, £31 10s. to £73 10s.; 785, £21 8s. and £40 8s.; 864, £54 12s. and £9 17s.
HERBERT SMALL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT LTD PO Box 30, Edgwick Works, Coventry CV6 SGT.
EQUALLY SUITABLE for mass production and general work, the two BSA cam-action machine vices produced by this company have jaw widths of 4in. and 5in. and maximum openings of 2in. and 3tin. Once the slide has been set to accommodate a component, a half-turn of the handle secures it in place while a half-turn in the opposite direction releases it. Special jaws can be supplied to
accommodate work of irregular shape.
Prices of the two models, without jaws, are £33 and £39 respectively, while ground jaws for the models cost £2 11 s. and £2 17s. per pair respectively. Plain soft jaws are priced at £1 12s. 9d. and £1 14s. 9d. respectively.
PNEUMATIC COMPONENTS LTD
Eyre Street Sheffield 1.
A PNEUMATICALLY operated machine vice is produced by this company that features a fail-safe valve that maintains the jaw thrust in the event of air-supply failure. Soft jaw plates permit easy shaping to fit a workpiece.
Jaw movement is controlled by a balanced piston valve and thrust is applied immediately behind the moveable jaw plate.
Having a width of 2iin. and a depth of tin. the jaws have a maximum opening of 1in. while the working stroke is tin. Jaw thrust is 3151b. with an air supply pressure of 100 psi.
SIRAN LTD
Hove Park Villas, Hove, Sussex.
THREE TYPES of vice comprising four models are included in a wide range of garage equipment manufactured and marketed by the company. These comprise the T720, bench-fixing vice having a jaw width of 2÷in., the 1330 and T740 vices of the same type with jaw widths of 24-in. and 34-in. respectively and two bench clamping vices. the 1700 and T710. These have jaw widths of 11in. and 2j.in. respectively.
Prices of the models are as follows: T720, 18s.; T700, 12s, 6d.; 1710, 18s.; 1730, £2 17s. 6d.; 1740, £3 12s. 6d.
THE WELCONSTRUCT CO LTD
Camden House, Parade, Birmingham 1. • THIS COMPANY market various Record vices
made by the Hampton company, including No. 3, No. 23 and No. 34 mentioned in the Hampton section and a Record pipe vice (No. 92) that is suitable for pipes of kin. to 8in. diameter. As an example of prices, Record mechanics' vices vary in price between £1 15s. and £12 18s.