Vice mounting
 

I picked up a vice at a yard sale the other week. I honestly didn't look at it carefully at the time because it looked to be a good size (maybe 6" open) and it was $5. I got it home and it is a C. Parker Number 2 vice with patent dates from the late 1800's. I thought cool, its really old, still solid and still works, right up my alley. Fast forward to today when I went to mount it...how do you properly mount it? The base is gusseted on the bottom right up to the forward mounting holes. Should I mortise out the edge of my workbench so the gusset sits in the recess or cap a C-channel with plate and notch the plate to fit the vice and then bolt the channel to the leg of my workbench? What would you guys do?

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Bill

Maybe mount it temporary to see if it performs well. If so, then modify your bench to your liking.:TwoCents:

You could always make an adapter plate to keep from altering your bench.

VERY nice "get". As far as the price, you suck :beerchug:

Jeff

You got me thinking steve, so I took another look at it today and measured the base. I think I can notch the side of a 2x8 and use that as an adapter under the vice and not have to alter my workbench.

Thanks Jeff, I was wondering if there was a more elegant solution, but I think an adapter is the way to go. I tried googling for information and it brought up a couple machinist websites, apparently you guys like them. I didn't find much info on my model, but everyone talked highly of them.

Bill