Kurt Vices ?

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So two Kurt D688 anglock vices came up on CL , not matched , 6 months old ,40 hrs use, with a bunch hold down hardware. He wants $500. For both . Going to look at them in the morning, in pic looks like the jaws are bolted to the outside of fixed and movable jaws , I think they can be bolted were they normally are ?. No drill or mill marks .
What should I look out for ??.
Thanks for any vice advice
 
If they are reasonably smooth through their travel, and don't show a lot of wear on the ways, then go for it. Sounds like a pretty good deal. The jaws can be bolted either to the front or the back depending how you need to set up your part.

EDIT: They look pretty good, and you get clamp kit to boot. Hopefully that 3/4 inch aluminum tooling plate goes with them:)
 
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Thanks Jim , I'll check smoothness and try for the plate, should be there after the traffic dies down.
 
If they're smooth, it's a great score! Grab 'em!
 
By smooth , should I be able to turn screw in and out by hand with no handle?.
Look for cracks in base ,
Do kurts have the third hole in back of movable jaw to tighten things up ?.
I'm out of town so I don't have any measureing devices with me, if I did what would I want to check ?.
Thanks
 
They look abused for only 6 months old, chipped, pitted, discolored. What happened to the Kurt tag it looks pretty corroded. I'm not saying they are not serviceable but dang. You can buy a brand new Kurt D688 shipped to your door for about $470 via Enco and a 20% off sale. Use that as your guide.
 
I'm thinking if they are smooth and when closed with jaws inside a paper should not slide into eather end , they should cleanup good , I'll ask why they look corroded, I'll take some wd40 see if they cleanup ok.
 
Got them, and the 1-1/2" X 22 X 22" aluminum plate, the vices were only used for holding jig used for milling plastic, they are a matched set ,they have coolant and grease stains but will clean up good, they open and close smooth, hold paper on both sides when jaws are closed , one has a black thing in the slot at the bearing ?. He threw in other stuff also . He had a military contract that got canceled and is in litigation now , his shop employed 300 machinist all gone now, machines went to auction.
I can tell vices were barley used. I think I did good.
 
Any body know What is the black thing dose ?, no sign of metal chips just plastic.

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