What is this "vise"?
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Herb Concord Ca
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From that angle I would saw its for holding pipe.
atch
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I think that wolfhawk73, over on the Garage Journal nailed it:
Stowell Combination Vise
Thank you all for looking, considering, and responding. I'll let you know if I get it.
Stowell Combination Vise
Thank you all for looking, considering, and responding. I'll let you know if I get it.
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Joe K
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atch
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I'll hijack my own thread:
I've "restored" several vises. By restore I mean disassembled, sandblasted, painted, and put back together. Not knowing what color they were originally I just painted them "resale red" Rustoleum 7162 Sunrise Red. Most I've given away (to relatives). Here's one that I bought a number of years ago. When my grandson was about 10-12 he wanted to work on it. I let him do it all; take apart, sandblast, and paint. He picked the color. Being as he lives 2 hours away he didn't have time to wait for the paint to dry so I reassembled it. Personally I wouldn't have chosen the gray but what the heck; I told him to choose and I'm not going to change it. He's a senior in HS now but when he gets old enough to have his own shop I'll give it to him.
And a couple I kept and use:
I've "restored" several vises. By restore I mean disassembled, sandblasted, painted, and put back together. Not knowing what color they were originally I just painted them "resale red" Rustoleum 7162 Sunrise Red. Most I've given away (to relatives). Here's one that I bought a number of years ago. When my grandson was about 10-12 he wanted to work on it. I let him do it all; take apart, sandblast, and paint. He picked the color. Being as he lives 2 hours away he didn't have time to wait for the paint to dry so I reassembled it. Personally I wouldn't have chosen the gray but what the heck; I told him to choose and I'm not going to change it. He's a senior in HS now but when he gets old enough to have his own shop I'll give it to him.
And a couple I kept and use:
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atch
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I got it!
I paid twice what I wanted to but half of what I figured it would be priced at.
I bought it strictly as a conversation/display piece. It will NEVER get used in my shop or house. Some pieces ae missing and yes, one piece s broken. Doesn't affect my purpose or desire one iota. Watch the video in response 3 and you'll see a lot more information.
Now I'm torn between leaving it alone "as-is" or welding the one piece, sandblasting the whole shebang, and painting it. Any thoughts?
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I paid twice what I wanted to but half of what I figured it would be priced at.
I bought it strictly as a conversation/display piece. It will NEVER get used in my shop or house. Some pieces ae missing and yes, one piece s broken. Doesn't affect my purpose or desire one iota. Watch the video in response 3 and you'll see a lot more information.
Now I'm torn between leaving it alone "as-is" or welding the one piece, sandblasting the whole shebang, and painting it. Any thoughts?
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atch
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Note: as it's only a display piece and I'll never try to sell it as an antique I don't think it will bother me to ruin the patina by cleaning/welding/painting. If I do that I'll have to fabricate a wooden handle for the drill press as it's obviously missing.
None-the-less; I'm still interested in your opinions.
None-the-less; I'm still interested in your opinions.
Fullraceflathead
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I would repair it and get it into operating condition then fully restored it including painting it!!!
JoeCB
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I have seen the old ad's for these "multi- tools" .. its a vice, its a bender , its a stretched and best of all, that crank handle was meant to drive a twist drill while advancing the feed using the vice screw. Just the tool for the fix - it all - farmer.
A great find with all the attachments. Clean it up and play.
Joe B
A great find with all the attachments. Clean it up and play.
Joe B
atch
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By no means am I a "good" welder. You've heard the old expression "just because you have a welder doesn't mean you ARE a welder." That's me. As Clint Eastwood said "a man's gotta know his limitations." Well, I do. I know that I can weld up a bracket to hang a tool on the shop wall and it'll work. If I need something welded that absolutely HAS to remain stuck together I have someone else do it. I'm fortunate to know several of the best welders in my neck of the woods.