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Remove Teletext Lines & VCR Problems
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1970s Lounge Recreation
CrustyTV Vintage Television Museum
Linda Lovelace Experience
Humbars on a Sony KV2702
1972 Ultra 6713
D|E|R Service “The Best”
The one that got away
Technical information
The Line Output Stage
The map
Tales of a newly qualified young engineer.
Tales of a Radio Rentals Van Boy
Sanyo SMD
Disastrous Company Rebranding
1969 Philips G22K511
Memories Of The TV Trade
Crazy house
Dirty TV screens
Dual Standard and Single Standard CTV’s
Radios-TV on YouTube
The Winter of 62/63
A domestic audio installation
1979 Ferguson Videostar Deluxe 3V16
Music centre modifications
Unusual record player modification
B&K 467 Adapters
Mishaps In The Trade
1971 Beovision 3200
1971 Bush CTV1120
Granada Television Brochure, 1970s
Long Gone UK TV Shops
Memories of a Derwent Field Service Engineer
PYE Australia Circa 1971
Radios-TV VRAT
Fabulous Fablon
Thorn TX10 Chassis
Crusty-TV Museum, Analogue TV Network
Philips N1500 Warning!
Rumbelows
Thorn EMI Advertising
Thorn’s Guide to Servicing a VCR
Ferguson 3V24 De-Robed
Want to tell us a story?
Video Circuits V15 – Tripler Tester
Thorn Chassis Guide
Remove Teletext Lines & VCR Problems
Ceefax (Teletext)
Suggestions
Website Refresh
Colour TV Brochures
1970s Lounge Recreation
CrustyTV Vintage Television Museum
Linda Lovelace Experience
Humbars on a Sony KV2702
1972 Ultra 6713
D|E|R Service “The Best”
The one that got away
Technical information
The Line Output Stage
The map
Tales of a newly qualified young engineer.
Tales of a Radio Rentals Van Boy
Sanyo SMD
Disastrous Company Rebranding
1969 Philips G22K511
Memories Of The TV Trade
Crazy house
Dirty TV screens
Dual Standard and Single Standard CTV’s
Radios-TV on YouTube
The Winter of 62/63
A domestic audio installation
1979 Ferguson Videostar Deluxe 3V16
Music centre modifications
Unusual record player modification
B&K 467 Adapters
Mishaps In The Trade
1971 Beovision 3200
1971 Bush CTV1120
Wilton PCB Bench Vice Refurbish
As most of my TV work is PCB based I've managed quite well with the PCB resting on the bench and sometimes propped up at a suitable angle by something that was to hand like rags of blocks of wood. Same when it comes to using the bench PCB microscope for inspection, the PCB again propped up in some sort of fashion, not ideal but it sufficed.
That said I've often thought of getting a specific PCB vice but nothing much took may fancy, that was until I came across a rather sad looking and neglected Vintage Wilton.
A Brief history of Wilton
The legend of Wilton begins in 1941, when Hugh W. Vogl, a Czech immigrant, founded the vise manufacturing company naming it after the cross street where the original company building was located: Wilton Avenue and Wrightwood Avenue in Chicago, IL. Hugh Vogl designed a 4” vice with a unique patented bullet design known at the time as the 40S Machinist Vice. The fine threaded spindle accurately fit in a horizontal anchored, unbreakable malleable nut. This created an even, central pull, which eliminated dead motion and unnatural strain on the nut. The thread on this vice was completely enclosed keeping it clean from contaminates and well lubricated for years of smooth operation.
From 1941 through 1945, the new Wilton 40S machinist vice was manufactured in Chicago and sold solely to the US Government. Most vices were used in munitions factories or in manufacturing of equipment used during WWII. After the war ended, the government dumped their surplus of tools and equipment into the marketplace at huge discounts. Because Wilton vices were only sold to the government, and did not have a distribution network in place, the surplus of vices now flooded the marketplace from the government, and nearly forced Wilton out of business.
The rest of the story if you're interested, can be read here.
Back to the PCB Vice
The Wilton PCB vice was picked up £10 from e-bay and unlike the many modern Chinese offerings looked a better prospect.
The vice was I believe a silent key disposal and had obviously not been used in many years and likely stored in a shed or garage. The body was pitted and in places surface rust had occurred but nothing too drastic and it was a good candidate. The device was disassembled cleaned up with various grades of wire wool clean and oiled. The plinth was stained and sealed with a couple of coats of Danish oil.
The results shown in the photos below, I hope speak far better than the words.
Before
After
This now takes pride of place on the PCB repair bench and will be used daily.
Well that's all folks, hope it was of interest
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That’s a good looking and useful piece of kit! I’ve got a Panavise PCB vice, which is very useful, it grips the PCB at the edges, so is only good for boards up to a certain size.
I recently inherited 3 of my Grandad’s bench vices, they all need derusting and cleaning before use.
Regards
Lloyd
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