[SEL] What is it?

[Reg Ingold]

This is the first I have seen but, it was made to do the job I described.
I, for my needs, came up with a comparable setup.
There were/are a lot of things to do when making pistons from basic raw 
material. The holding without damage is a BIG thing.
These days, so called mechanics are just part changers.
The days of 'making' the part when needed are gone.
Perhaps that is why we play in this hobby.
I 'make' the stuff I need from basic stock. Pistons, valves, all of the 
stuff to make a working model engine.
I take joy from the making, and the finished models.
When I am done making, I sorta lose interest in a lot of projects. Thats why 
I sell them and start in on a new one.
Some are 'keepers' and reside in the back shed. Others go to new homes.
Reg.
Reg & Marg Ingold
Newcastle.NSW  Australia
randmingold at hotkey.net.au
http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bill at antique-engines.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] What is it?


> So, Reg - you are saying it IS indeed a piston vise, like my old boss 
> said?
> He's 83, and was a mechanic way back in the 50s and 60s and had a lot of
> stuff from the middle of the 1900s as far as car tools.
> He had a lot of the early Kent Moore tools for working on the Ramblers/AMC
> cars, especially for their early 6s.
>
> I'd like to know more - this is really interesting stuff! (LOL, and engine
> related!)
>
> Bill
>
>> It is a vice to allow a piston to be held for working on without causing
>> it
>> damage. The top parts are rubber stuff when you need to do any machine 
>> job
>> on the alloy stuff you dont need any marks etc on the working surface.
>> The 4 holding faces stop crush damage.
>> A nice bit of gear.
>>  I use two nylon vee blocks to hold model pistons in the machine vice. I
>> also make a plastic collet for holding in the lath chuck.
>> Reg & Marg Ingold
>> Newcastle.NSW  Australia
>> randmingold at hotkey.net.au
>> http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Dickerson" <bill at antique-engines.com>
>> To: "'The SEL email discussion list'" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:07 PM
>> Subject: [SEL] What is it?
>>
>>
>>> My former boss gave it to my father to give to me as a gift (I've
>>> "inherited" a LOT of the tools we used to use when I worked for him in
>>> the
>>> mid70s)
>>>
>>> He called it a "piston vise"............. ?
>>> This is one tool I don't recall, but he ran an old shop and had a lot of
>>> stuff from the 50s and 60s, and I bet some stuff from earlier.
>>>
>>> http://antique-engines.com/images/misc/vise-001.jpg
>>> http://antique-engines.com/images/misc/vise-002.jpg
>>> http://antique-engines.com/images/misc/vise-003.jpg
>>> http://antique-engines.com/images/misc/vise-004.jpg
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
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