I picked this Colombian No. 603 1/2 vise today at an estate sale today. I started to clean it up and I think I'm going to repaint it. Is this paint color considered " machinery grey " ? Or is there another color that would match better ? I noticed that the vise jaws are pressed in , not screw on. I can't say I ever saw this jaw type before. This looks like a very well made vise.

Those jaws are pinned in there. Also, the jaws are no longer made if you had hopes of replacing them. The last supplier for those jaws was the Harry J Epstein company in Kansas City Missouri and to my knowledge they sold out of the last of the remaining jaws some years ago.

I know that because I have a Columbian vise with the same kind of jaws bolted to my shop bench.

I stripped this vise the other day and put three coats of grey primer on it. I'll have it painted tomorrow or Friday.

Since I posted here last I have found a resource for replacement jaws for the old Columbian vises like this. Mine has 4 &1/2" jaws and a replacement set is going to cost me $100.

Ken,

Did you get this finished?

I finished painting it then I got 6' of snow. I just need to reassemble it and do some touch up.

Quote from: Ken W. on December 03, 2014, 07:30:16 AM
I finished painting it then I got 6' of snow. I just need to reassemble it and do some touch up.

That seems like a real good reason to be careful when you paint, Ken.

Chilly