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Refuburbished 4" Wilton Cadet as mounted at one of the work stations for my Stockmaking Seminars. The shop is now All Wilton, all the time ;>). Advanced Stockmaking classes will be forming in January for meeting in June or Sept. 2015. These will feature stock shaping from a walnut blank with hand tools. If anyone is interested they should check my web site and contact me soon. BTW: That color is called "Hammered Blue" a term that reminds me of bourbon & heartbreak...  
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Rob, Three 4", two Cadets and a 4 1/2" Tradesman bought new 12 years ago. $400+ then.
A good used Wilton is better than most others.
One of my students brought his grandfathers vise to show off last year, a 5" Wilton, probably 35 years old, long from worn out. He won't... That 5" Wilton sounds familiar...and you're right, I won't! 
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The Shiller Park address indicates the vise was manufactured after 1955-57, which is when Wilton moved to that address. Prior to that, they were marked Chicago. The bullet vises have a date stamped on the key on the bottom of the ram. Depending on when manufactured, this date is the date of manufacture or five years after the date of manufacture which is when the guarantee expired. My 4-1/2" Wilton is stamped 6-48, which means it was manufactured in 1943, three years later than me. A short history of Wilton here; http://junkyardtools.com/tool_history/wilton
Jim H.
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Good to know, Jim. I just checked mine and it was stamped 12 68. So presumably it was made around December of 1963? Very cool!
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So I had to get me one of those swiveling jaw vises after seeing them here. So far its a great addition, and its spot is on the edge of my main work bench. 
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A.M. Little Bespoke Gunmakers LLC.
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So I had to get me one of those swiveling jaw vises after seeing them here. So far its a great addition, and its spot is on the edge of my main work bench. After getting my first one about a year ago, I am up to three now. I just can't believe how well they work. The one thing I did find is that you will want to plug the pin hole when using the swivel feature. On some of them the opposite end of the pin is tapered so you just turn it over to use as a plug, but just be careful, they long end sticking up sometimes has a sharp point on it and can be hard on the knuckles when you drag then across it when using a file. Regards, John Holliger
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Makes you wonder why there are no modern offerings of this design.
A.M. Little Bespoke Gunmakers LLC.
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Two recent additions to the shop. A 3 1/2" Wilton Bullet for a seminar workstation. And a 2" #920 non-swivel base is mounted on a Power Arm Jr. and is almost infinitely adjustable. This will be mouted behind my main bench so I can turn around, clamp and file on a small part without taking the stock, or main workpiece out of my 4" Wilton on the bench. I've coveted these mini-Wiltons for years! These cost about $300 each delivered and I consider that a good price! Do I have a vise vice, or visa-versa? 
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