Early Bird Gets the Worms

[d42jeep]

Kirk,
Here are a couple of Dunlap vises. Since Sears didn’t do any manufacturing, these vises could have been supplied by various manufacturers. I really haven’t done much research in dating them yet. According to Wingnutt, the great majority of wartime Sears contracts were with the Signal Corps.
-Don
Edit - Another cross-post

[retro-roco]

I am a little perplexed by the vise size as listed in the lid of the tool kit. I have seen it listed as "Bench vise, 2 inch jaw" and also as "vise, bench, 2 inch solid jaw".

Using todays terminology, that is a very small vice. The picture appears to be by todays standards a 3 inch or perhaps 3-1/2 inch. Do you have any suggestions on catalogs I might consult to see if size designations might have changed??

The features I picked out and was looking for when "shopping" were the smooth side of the base, the circular swivel base, the pronounced edge of the anvil surface, and the recessed rectangular area below the worm screw on the movable jaw.

I found a number of them that matched those features. None have had the hole in the anvil as seen in the tool kit photo and also the vice you found.

[retro-roco]

Here is a vise that seems to fit the part...



and pasted into the tool kit, seems passable

[Gordon_M]

If I was outfitting a tool kit like that with a 2" vise, I'd use one more like the clamp-on 2 1/2" vise that came in the K-38 trailer, after all that hand grinder looks like the clamp-on variety.

Was there a spot on the vehicle with mounting bolts prepared so that vise could just drop on?

[Wingnutt]

Kirk,

I don't think the hardie hole in the anvil of my vise is centered like the hardie hole in the anvil part of the vise in the Signal Corps kit (what tool-set is that anyway?) I'll spec it out when I get home. I am TDY this week.

As for jaw sizing, I don't know. It might be a 2-incher. Look, proportionally, at the pliers (which are probably 6") in the lid behind it, and the grinding wheel (which is also probably 6") to the right of it.

I just looked in the 1941, 1942, and 1949 Sears & Roebuck catalogs. There is NO vise with less than 3-1/2 inch jaws and no vise with a hardie hole in the anvil.

[gpw_42]

Looks like the set in question is a TE-6 Mechanics Tool equipment, based on this link: http://radionerds.com/index.php/TE-6

Attached is a photo from a closed eBay auction for the contents of a TE-6 set, which specifies "Bench vise, 2 inch jaw". If you need a full size pic, see: https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-ARMY-TOOL-S ... 7675.l2557 In my mind, an important question about which 2" vise is correct is whether the vise in the TE-6 used an exposed or covered screw. I don't know the answer.

Seems like the component listing specifies a 5" grinder, if I'm reading that correctly.

Steve

[retro-roco]

I believe that TE-6 chest on ebay is the one that is on its way to me. Those are the same pictures I saw before purchasing it via a Facebook post. Of course it is empty, just like my CS-112 (which is part of ME-22). The challenge will be to fill it! Challenge accepted.

Just checked the serial number of my chest vs. the pictured, and the chests are different.

['42 Peep's Motorpool]

Seems to be the exact right type for the 41-F-2980, "FILLER, hydraulic-brake, master-cylinder." No capacity provided in SNL. Although the one shown in the RAPD figure appears to be smaller in capacity, with a different collar.

RAPD figures for filler and letter set

The filler you are looking for was made by Plews if that helps any. The handle was specially marked, and I think the company continued to make a similar model (not quite the same as the illustrated one) for at least a while, so make sure it matches the illustration to be on the safe side if you want a 1940s version.