Recent content by robeng

Got the spring from knight-tools. It came very quickly. Was a 5 minute job to install - vice is working great now. I took a tip from another post who suggested keeping the quick release held with a pair of beefy cable ties. Made it much quicker. As an aside, I got a response from Toolbank the...

Hi All Thanks for your help. I ended up purchasing the spare quick release spring from http://www.knighton-tools.co.uk/acatalo ... pares.html £26 + postage - ouch!! I'll let you know how I got on. For anyone lese looking in future, I tried Irwin themselves and they directed me to a company...

Hi Doingupthehouse Thanks for the reply I did drop them an email, but got no reply. Can you confirm that you have an older vice similar to my 53, and the newer spring worked for you? Thanks Robert

Hot stuff Thanks for the suggestion. I had a look at the spring in more detail last night (it is a very interesting bit of engineering btw). It has snapped in 2 places, ie, there should be 3 pieces, but I only found 2 bits inside the vice. Looking at where the spring broke, one side is a clean...

Hi Newbie post. I recently bought a Record 53 quick release vice (60-70s I think) from a well known auction site. The vice was very rusty and had a few issues! In particular the quick release function jumped on use. I used some of the (excellent) advice given on this website and found the...