Buying a used vice is like buying a used car.? If you do not
inspect it and try it out it is impossible to determine value.? An
eighty year old heavy vise which has had little use and been kept
clean and oiled is worth more than a modern one of similar
specifications imported from God knows where.? Is the outside all
banged up where it has been used as an anvil?? Do the jaw faces
line up readily when it is closed, or has someone used it to bend
truck axles?? Do the jaws stay parallel and level over the 6" of
travel?? Does the screw move the same over its complete travel??
Price a couple of supposedly good new vises (Wilton comes to mind,
although who knows where they are made now) and then go look at it
and check it out.? Given how the prices of everything are soaring,
the $200 may be ok but may be negotiable.? The 70 lbs marks it as
a heavy duty vise.? It is a matter of condition, condition,
condition.? Go Look at it!? I may be wrong, but I doubt there are
a bunch of crazy vice collectors out there so it's value is based
on its utility.? Hope this helps.
Jack
Jack
On 2/28/2023 12:50 AM, Nick Andrews
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A local feller has this for sale for 200.? Says it
opens 6" and weighs 70#.? Anyone know what model it is and if
it's a good deal??
