Photo Index - C. & J. Hampton Ltd.; Record Tools - Model 634 combination vise

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Manufactured/Badged by:
C. & J. Hampton Ltd.; Record Tools
Sheffield, England

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Other
Machine Size:	6" vise
Submitted By:	Grant Erwin

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Model 634 combination vise
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Last Updated	7/8/2021 12:41:52 PM

Comments:

This vise spent its working life in a logging camp in Canada. I bought it from a private individual in Woodinville, Washington. I made a new handle and repaired the drive mechanism inside. It had been missing a cast iron lug feature whose purpose was to limit backlash. Someone cut that off, perhaps thinking, "What a silly thing - there's no reason for it!" The result was when you tried to open the vise nothing much happened. It is a combination vise but I don't own the pipe jaws. The vise weighs 165 pounds and has jaws 6" wide. I believe this is the largest bench vise Record ever made.

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Comments: Record model 634 vise on shopmade stand
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