Hi Mr. Pete. I used to visit a friend who worked in a trade high school in N.Y.C. He would show all the broken vices, chucks and tools to me. One day he said let me show you the best thing I've ever seen. It was an anvil, the students broke the whole heel off a 250 lb. anvil. I said to myself, that takes real talent and dedication to accomplish that task.
+TheOtherBill ...Hi Bill...I am 42+ years manual machinist and looking back ...common sense is acquired after one is injured in the shop...and I have to include myself in that knowledge...work safe
Nice informative video. I recently bought an old Wilton and made a wooden jaw caps for it. They attach via 2 circle magnets to the jaws, so you can easy take them on and off. Plus the magnets are glued inside of the wood, so they stick out whatsoever. Easy and practicle setup for wood work and so on :)
Hiya Mr. Peterson! My family had a lawnmower and bicycle shop for around 50 years in Huntsville, AL. My Grandfather acquired a dozen or so Wilton vises surplus from the government after WWII and we had them installed all over the shop. I actually broke the front jaw clean off one when I was replacing a 10 speed gear cluster on a wheel. I had the socket designed for the gear cluster in the vise and had the wheel cluster in the socket. I remember grabbing each side of the wheel and giving a mighty tug and the next thing I new I was sailing across the bike repair bay into a tangle of bikes with the bike wheel, socket and vise jaw all in my lap. Ahhhh, good times.
Lots of great Ideas Mr. Pete! That was one of the first things my dad taught me back when rocks were formed. We did U-Control model airplanes starting when I was six so we needed soft jaws for the balsa and hardwood motor mounts. He had a vice similar to your jewelers, also German but bigger that was our main vice. He developed a pattern similar to your cast brass but put an extra small lip under the inside of the jaws to lessen the wobble and rise. Still Love that V-Jaw for the Heinrich, thanks for the look again!!! Thanks Much. ~PJ
How did they bend the wiltons? Man, that's kind of surprising. That said I think back to my time in school (all male school too)...everything from pillar drills to computer CRT monitors got some rough treatment. Cuts into the benches in woodworking, notches out of T squares in technical drawing, files used like sand paper haha You'd wonder how the school kept anything working and paid for the replacements. Always wanted a nice wilton to clean up and put back to work but they don't exist on the second hand market where I am in the world (well you might find one in with a joblot of hens' teeth).
A piece of appropriately sized hose slit the long way is just the thing for some jobs... even though it looks a bit hokey. And as a side note for the new players... when mounting a vise you can make it much more versatile if you place it with the 'fixed' jaw hanging out ever so slightly over the bench edge... thus allowing longer items to be held vertically if need be. Most vises are so designed to allow such mounting.
+rwbishop yeah I had to remount the vise on my tripod just so the back jaw overhung the plate it is mounted on. Originally I went for a more symmetrical configuration, but in doing so the back jaw was blocked in the vertical. I use that vise to angle grind things. Bench vises are just too high for that work.
A real gripping video! I have a vise very much like the Miller Falls vise that you showed with the angle plate. Mine was made in Japan. Very nice drill press vise.
I'm so glad you have some of the cast brass/bronze jaws with finger tabs... I use them all the time and wouldn't own a vise without them. But some real gem ideas in this video, thanks.
If you make a set of jaws with holes in the top, 1/8 - 3/16 works well enough, and a set of pins to fit you now have a pin vise. Useful for holding ring shapes in either compression or tension.
I find the cast lead jaws that you mentioned to be really useful, most gunsmiths use these as they are non damaging, so much so that a threaded screw can be held tight without damage, the threads biting into the soft lead, they are also free, in as much that once the simple mould is made, as soon as the jaws become too damaged they are melted down and re poured, which takes only minutes, and you are back with new jaws.
i’ve got a two car garage but now its a one car garage because i put a workbench and an OLIVER PATTERN MARKER VISE in it! love that old vise! also i have 5” wilton floating on my bench don’t know if i’ll ever use it! thank you for your video Mr Pete!
I use double sided tape to hold the cooper sheet metal protectors on my Craftsman vise. Have held up for about two years now. Thank you for the information and sharing your vises.
As always, awesome and informative. I really liked the turret vise!! I am going to try making some soft jaws from some scraps from an old cutting board from the thrift store I think it's UHMW. That stuff machines very nicely!
That was a great video. You sir have unbelievable timing, just when I need the ideas, you come through with all the answers. Keep up the good work, and thanks for making this video when you did.
Very informative and very well done. I have a 6" Canadian vise made by Maple Leaf Vises. It had a badly bent lead screw which I was able to straighten. I think the Belting 'soft jaws' is a great idea and I will be making 2 sets, one for my Chineseium 4" in the Basement shop. I shall also be on the lookout for a Wilton, they seem to be the rage.
Along the same lines, but for holding threaded items. Grab a couple of nuts the correct size, the cheaper/softer the better. Then with a hacksaw cut through them, straight down at 45° across one of the hex apexes; and clean up the ID threads as necessary with a thread chaser. To use, run them down and space out on the work with the kerfs (slits) 'up', and when you tighten the vise, they will bend/deform closed enough to hold the work firmly sans thread damage. Usually these nuts can be used several times.
That sounds like a neat idea for clamping threaded items. What I do to keep it simple is just clamp the threaded item between a couple pieces of soft pine. The pine deforms and grips well, but doesn't damage the threads. Your method would work great if you need to clamp something *really* tight.
Wilton also makes smooth jaws for their vises. I think most machinists would find them more useful than the toothed jaws (which will mark up machined surfaces). I got mine from McMaster-Carr.
PVC is thermal plastic and can be heated up with a heat gun and then formed to a shape and when it cools, retains that shape. Kydex is also thermoplastic and I am sure that they both with made decent quality jaw caps. Kydex can be bought on eBay or Amazon in sheets. Usually its used for knife and gun sheathes. PVC pipe is already round, so if you saw a tube in half its already halfway there.
+traderjoes Great idea! And almost all of us have scrap piece of leftover PVC pipe laying around. (For anyone who doesn't I think a long 1 1/2" coupling would make a nice pair for less that $2)
About the only configuration you didn't show was one like the Faithfull V2075 - it has a reversible body to allow it to grip wider loads. Polypropylene jaws, grooved, to hold pipes without marking them. Jaws can be replaced with more conventional ones by undoing the usual couple of fixing bolts.
Great stuff. I also have a a pattern vise which has smooth jaws and will rack out of parallel. It has an accessory jaw that has angles like the one you showed too.
This is a great video. Thank you for making this. I have a vice question that you may be able to shed some light on. I have a craftsman swivel vise that has a little too much play in the lockdown. is there any way to remedy this, or do I just need to buy a better wilton vise with double lockdowns?
I like the leather idea. I had some delicate work to do last week and ended up taping some folded up shop rags to the jaws of the vise... did the job, but it wasn't very elegant
The Parker vise and the world famous Parker shotguns can trace their roots back to the original Charles Parker Co. I do believe the shotgun division was a separate entity from the hardware division though.
On one of my 3-1/2 jaw Craftsman vises I made a pair of soft jaws of of flattened 1/2 inch copper pipe and held in place with double sided tape. I have also made soft vise jaws from a piece of lead sheet that was used in roofing.
Long time ago, in school, we had ground jaws and we just stuck a piece of cardboard paper to it with beeswax... Maybe, that seems odd, but it worked! And it was easily replaceable.
Lordy! Lordy! We would never be able to expose students to lead! lol - You have a vice for all reasons. - Lowe's now sells PVC planks that would be useful to make jaws. You can also get the HDPE cutting boards that would work. - You said something about a NEW garage, is it heated for winter use? You probably need a 20,000 sqft warehouse!
I called our local store and the young man, who had to ask someone else, said they are in the "MillWork" section in lumber. They are white, milled to standard board sizes, and I think they are made to be used in door casings to eliminate rot, and it says they are paintable. - Happy Machining!
Forgot to add the name. - EverTrue PVC Board (Actual: 0.75-in x 5.5-in x 8-ft)Item # 209621 Model # 07311 - Another name: Royal Mouldings Limited PVC Board (Actual: 0.75-in x 5.5-in x 12-ft) Item # 238347 Model # 2827
Love my 4” Wilton bullet vise. I’ll never sell it. Prolly pass it on to one of my sons. The one I have is from the 70s. I bought it off some old man for $250 and he took care of it. I think I got a good deal because most of the time there double the price.
I've no idea who makes that vise, but, it's called a rotary head milling vise. ABM tools makes a similar one, but in their design the turret or rotary head is on the other jaw. It's a production style vise. Similar in concept with a turret lathe, you have multiple holding stations for a particular job. Start with stock, cut, turn head, put in vertical, cut, turn etc. As vises go, that one, is pretty darn rare. I think i've seen one in my entire life and i've seen quite a few vises (a bit of a vise fan boy).
Thought that might be a vise for milling round stock, or shafts. Kept doing searches with turret jaw. Will try rotary head. - Meant to add that it looked like the handle would be in the way as a milling vise.
All good vise ideas, very useful! A word of caution however on the PVC jaws... Any competent machinist would know not to over tighten them, but if a hammer & chisel guy wandered into your shop and proceeded to "wrench them down tight" (as the old Norton motorcycle manual suggests you do to torque head bolts) the PVC jaws could explode and fly apart with quite a bit of velocity and very sharp edges...
+Al C Yes, and for much the same reason, plastic pipe should not be used for shop air plumbing. If for whatever reason, it gets hit, broken or what have you, all of the associated pressurized line in the shop can, and likely will 'explode' all at once showering the shop with flying plastic shrapnel. Having said that, I've heard that special plastic line intended for compressed air is available, but is expensive.
about half full of old usa craftsman and some wright tools too. i dont need them but of course i will keep them. A kid about 16 had inherited from his grandpa and he just wanted the money. very sad if u ask me. i even said to him he might wanna rethink selling it but he wanted cash for an x box.
Would never sell a legacy tool, or gun, but I'm 65. This newest generation, the majority will never turn a wrench. Talked my nephew out of selling a rifle his dad bought him, he thanked me when he became a little older. His father is gone now, and he will never sell that rifle.
Mature Patriot / 2 BUSTED THUMBS I agree. I am 16 and am apart of this new generation. I, however, have discovered that I have a passion for tools, especially the old ones. I have inherited several tools from my great grandfather and use them with pride as well as maintain and care for them in order to prolong their life. I will also make sure to reiterate to my descendants their importance before I pass them on. I hope that they stay in my family for another few hundred years. As a community, in fact, as an entire generation, we are becoming soft. I will continue to preserve the ways of the old timers and pass it all on. Not all of us are soft handed. Not all hope is lost.
great video -- thank you!! i wonder if an accurate spacer made from a piece of pipe, and placed over the round ram, might prevent over-tightening and bending of the ram?
Is it possible to reform the serrations in vise jaws? I have the same Columbian vise and the serrations are worn. They are not gone by any means but they are, I'd guess, 30% worn?
+R Wallace What's wrong with you? I've no idea why you would question your better judgement like you do. I bought a second Panavise last weekend just because it had a different base than the one I already had. Plus it was a good price.
R Wallace because you did not buy a big enough toolbox to begin with. Lately I've been buying tool bags. Bags expand to fit items. But hey if you want to plunk down $16,000 on a nice roller box you won't be the first.
Mr Peter The vise with no brand name I think is a Boley vice just google the image but could not find one with the back There Is a company in UK G Boley but only shows lathes www.lathes.co.uk.boley. But worth a look On there web site go to machine tool archives endless information lathes including lathes made in the USA Regards Kerry from Aust down under
@@mrpete222 Pleased to report I fabricated (er, banged out) some copper caps from 1/2 copper pipe for a 4 inch columbian that I got at auction a couple weeks ago. I cleaned up and painted the vise -- and happily gave it new marks! Peace.
As always, awesome and informative. I really liked the turret vise!! I am going to try making some soft jaws from some scraps from an old cutting board from the thrift store I think it's UHMW. That stuff machines very nicely!
Hi Mr. Pete. I used to visit a friend who worked in a trade high school in N.Y.C. He would show all the broken vices, chucks and tools to me. One day he said let me show you the best thing I've ever seen. It was an anvil, the students broke the whole heel off a 250 lb. anvil. I said to myself, that takes real talent and dedication to accomplish that task.
Always a pleasure.....don't slow down.....I consider you the benchmark of common sense presentation....Thank you Lyle....
+tuffy marginez I agree, and sadly point out that common sense isn't too common anymore :(
+TheOtherBill ...Hi Bill...I am 42+ years manual machinist and looking back ...common sense is acquired after one is injured in the shop...and I have to include myself in that knowledge...work safe
Nice informative video. I recently bought an old Wilton and made a wooden jaw caps for it. They attach via 2 circle magnets to the jaws, so you can easy take them on and off. Plus the magnets are glued inside of the wood, so they stick out whatsoever. Easy and practicle setup for wood work and so on :)
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Now, this is how to make a youtube video. Concise, packed with useful information, steady video, no annoying music, perfect narration.
Hiya Mr. Peterson! My family had a lawnmower and bicycle shop for around 50 years in Huntsville, AL. My Grandfather acquired a dozen or so Wilton vises surplus from the government after WWII and we had them installed all over the shop. I actually broke the front jaw clean off one when I was replacing a 10 speed gear cluster on a wheel. I had the socket designed for the gear cluster in the vise and had the wheel cluster in the socket. I remember grabbing each side of the wheel and giving a mighty tug and the next thing I new I was sailing across the bike repair bay into a tangle of bikes with the bike wheel, socket and vise jaw all in my lap. Ahhhh, good times.
Wow
Mr Pete thank you for taking the time to make your videos they are very much appreciated
A very impressive collection of vises. A vise is the one absolutely necessary item in any shop. Thanks for the video.
Lots of great Ideas Mr. Pete! That was one of the first things my dad taught me back when rocks were formed. We did U-Control model airplanes starting when I was six so we needed soft jaws for the balsa and hardwood motor mounts. He had a vice similar to your jewelers, also German but bigger that was our main vice. He developed a pattern similar to your cast brass but put an extra small lip under the inside of the jaws to lessen the wobble and rise. Still Love that V-Jaw for the Heinrich, thanks for the look again!!! Thanks Much. ~PJ
How did they bend the wiltons? Man, that's kind of surprising. That said I think back to my time in school (all male school too)...everything from pillar drills to computer CRT monitors got some rough treatment. Cuts into the benches in woodworking, notches out of T squares in technical drawing, files used like sand paper haha You'd wonder how the school kept anything working and paid for the replacements.
Always wanted a nice wilton to clean up and put back to work but they don't exist on the second hand market where I am in the world (well you might find one in with a joblot of hens' teeth).
A piece of appropriately sized hose slit the long way is just the thing for some jobs... even though it looks a bit hokey. And as a side note for the new players... when mounting a vise you can make it much more versatile if you place it with the 'fixed' jaw hanging out ever so slightly over the bench edge... thus allowing longer items to be held vertically if need be. Most vises are so designed to allow such mounting.
+rwbishop yeah I had to remount the vise on my tripod just so the back jaw overhung the plate it is mounted on. Originally I went for a more symmetrical configuration, but in doing so the back jaw was blocked in the vertical. I use that vise to angle grind things. Bench vises are just too high for that work.
A real gripping video! I have a vise very much like the Miller Falls vise that you showed with the angle plate. Mine was made in Japan. Very nice drill press vise.
+Herb Blair ---------- :-) --------- GRIPPING - LOL
I'm so glad you have some of the cast brass/bronze jaws with finger tabs... I use them all the time and wouldn't own a vise without them. But some real gem ideas in this video, thanks.
If you make a set of jaws with holes in the top, 1/8 - 3/16 works well enough, and a set of pins to fit you now have a pin vise. Useful for holding ring shapes in either compression or tension.
I find the cast lead jaws that you mentioned to be really useful, most gunsmiths use these as they are non damaging, so much so that a threaded screw can be held tight without damage, the threads biting into the soft lead, they are also free, in as much that once the simple mould is made, as soon as the jaws become too damaged they are melted down and re poured, which takes only minutes, and you are back with new jaws.
You really know your vises! Thank you for sharing.
i’ve got a two car garage but now its a one car garage because i put a workbench and an OLIVER PATTERN MARKER VISE in it! love that old vise! also i have 5” wilton floating on my bench don’t know if i’ll ever use it! thank you for your video Mr Pete!
I use double sided tape to hold the cooper sheet metal protectors on my Craftsman vise. Have held up for about two years now. Thank you for the information and sharing your vises.
Good idea
As always, awesome and informative. I really liked the turret vise!! I am going to try making some soft jaws from some scraps from an old cutting board from the thrift store I think it's UHMW. That stuff machines very nicely!
Awesome practical shop knowledge on vises Mr. Pete. I didn't get this growing up. Thank you!
I'm glad you liked it
Some great ideas. I've used pieces of a rubber mudflap before in a pinch.
That was a great video. You sir have unbelievable timing, just when I need the ideas, you come through with all the answers. Keep up the good work, and thanks for making this video when you did.
Very informative and very well done. I have a 6" Canadian vise made by Maple Leaf Vises.
It had a badly bent lead screw which I was able to straighten. I think the Belting 'soft jaws' is a great idea and I will be making 2 sets, one for my Chineseium 4" in the Basement shop.
I shall also be on the lookout for a Wilton, they seem to be the rage.
I just made one of those belting jaws. fantastic!
Thanks for passing along those tips, I especially like the aluminum bent over jaw. I never thought of that!
Along the same lines, but for holding threaded items. Grab a couple of nuts the correct size, the cheaper/softer the better. Then with a hacksaw cut through them, straight down at 45° across one of the hex apexes; and clean up the ID threads as necessary with a thread chaser. To use, run them down and space out on the work with the kerfs (slits) 'up', and when you tighten the vise, they will bend/deform closed enough to hold the work firmly sans thread damage. Usually these nuts can be used several times.
That sounds like a neat idea for clamping threaded items. What I do to keep it simple is just clamp the threaded item between a couple pieces of soft pine. The pine deforms and grips well, but doesn't damage the threads. Your method would work great if you need to clamp something *really* tight.
Good Ideas again. And cheap to make. Great.
Thanks for sharing.
One of the best tours i had in my life.. Thank you!!
Thanks for watching
Hi Mr. Tubucaine, I admires your taste of vise collection.
Those were great ideas thanks. I must admit I prefer the cast bronze ones purely on looks.
3:34 - Neat vice, that would come in vary handy in my shop. I've never seen one like it.
nice video and good selection...of vises...and new tips for jaw caps thanks again..for your time
Old vises are addicting! Great video. I need to make a set for the old Wilton I refurbished on my channel.
Wilton also makes smooth jaws for their vises. I think most machinists would find them more useful than the toothed jaws (which will mark up machined surfaces). I got mine from McMaster-Carr.
You have some great ideas bro.......love these videos.
Thanks
PVC is thermal plastic and can be heated up with a heat gun and then formed to a shape and when it cools, retains that shape. Kydex is also thermoplastic and I am sure that they both with made decent quality jaw caps. Kydex can be bought on eBay or Amazon in sheets. Usually its used for knife and gun sheathes. PVC pipe is already round, so if you saw a tube in half its already halfway there.
+traderjoes Great idea! And almost all of us have scrap piece of leftover PVC pipe laying around. (For anyone who doesn't I think a long 1 1/2" coupling would make a nice pair for less that $2)
About the only configuration you didn't show was one like the Faithfull V2075 - it has a reversible body to allow it to grip wider loads. Polypropylene jaws, grooved, to hold pipes without marking them. Jaws can be replaced with more conventional ones by undoing the usual couple of fixing bolts.
I love this channel- thanks Mr. Pete
Thanks
I really wish I had more patience in high school metal shop. I probably would have learned more. Great info as always!
thanks for the great video Mr Pete. i use two old leather bottom shoes.
Great job, Very inspiring.
Great stuff. I also have a a pattern vise which has smooth jaws and will rack out of parallel. It has an accessory jaw that has angles like the one you showed too.
This is a great video. Thank you for making this. I have a vice question that you may be able to shed some light on. I have a craftsman swivel vise that has a little too much play in the lockdown. is there any way to remedy this, or do I just need to buy a better wilton vise with double lockdowns?
Thanks for watching---without examining the vise, I cannot be sure what the problem is. Yes-buy a better vise
I always enjoy your videos you had a lot of good tips here keep them coming
I like the leather idea. I had some delicate work to do last week and ended up taping some folded up shop rags to the jaws of the vise... did the job, but it wasn't very elegant
+Jim Grady cut the tongues out of old work boots. It is good leather to have on the workbench.
The Parker vise and the world famous Parker shotguns can trace their roots back to the original Charles Parker Co. I do believe the shotgun division was a separate entity from the hardware division though.
Great videos. Love your work. Extremely helpful. Thanks
On one of my 3-1/2 jaw Craftsman vises I made a pair of soft jaws of of flattened 1/2 inch copper pipe and held in place with double sided tape. I have also made soft vise jaws from a piece of lead sheet that was used in roofing.
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Love your vids! Awesome info! Keep posting we want more. Thanks
Great video Mr. Pete. Thanks!
Long time ago, in school, we had ground jaws and we just stuck a piece of cardboard paper to it with beeswax...
Maybe, that seems odd, but it worked! And it was easily replaceable.
My obsession with Vise jaw protectors had become my vice.
thank you mr pete for a great cap idea...cant get the screws loose on mine..
Very useful presentation....!!! Thanks!!!
Thank you Mr. Pete, great info and ideas there!
Thanks
Lordy! Lordy! We would never be able to expose students to lead! lol - You have a vice for all reasons. - Lowe's now sells PVC planks that would be useful to make jaws. You can also get the HDPE cutting boards that would work. - You said something about a NEW garage, is it heated for winter use? You probably need a 20,000 sqft warehouse!
Waht is the exact name of these pvc planks???
And in what dept at Lowes??
I called our local store and the young man, who had to ask someone else, said they are in the "MillWork" section in lumber. They are white, milled to standard board sizes, and I think they are made to be used in door casings to eliminate rot, and it says they are paintable. - Happy Machining!
PS: Saw an interesting Charles Parker anvil vice on ebay item #122863623195. I thought Charlie Parker was jazz artist. LOL
Forgot to add the name. - EverTrue PVC Board (Actual: 0.75-in x 5.5-in x 8-ft)Item # 209621 Model # 07311
- Another name: Royal Mouldings Limited PVC Board (Actual: 0.75-in x 5.5-in x 12-ft) Item # 238347 Model # 2827
Love my 4” Wilton bullet vise. I’ll never sell it. Prolly pass it on to one of my sons. The one I have is from the 70s. I bought it off some old man for $250 and he took care of it. I think I got a good deal because most of the time there double the price.
Yes
if i'm not mistaken the vise with the plastic jaws looked alot like K9 from doctor who???.. Thanks for sharing sir....
So many vices! Thanks for some very good ideas and it is lovely to hear the use of civilised, i.e. Imperial units :-))
Thank you for putting these on film.
What a good episode! Thanks
I've no idea who makes that vise, but, it's called a rotary head milling vise. ABM tools makes a similar one, but in their design the turret or rotary head is on the other jaw. It's a production style vise. Similar in concept with a turret lathe, you have multiple holding stations for a particular job. Start with stock, cut, turn head, put in vertical, cut, turn etc.
As vises go, that one, is pretty darn rare. I think i've seen one in my entire life and i've seen quite a few vises (a bit of a vise fan boy).
Thought that might be a vise for milling round stock, or shafts. Kept doing searches with turret jaw. Will try rotary head. - Meant to add that it looked like the handle would be in the way as a milling vise.
All good vise ideas, very useful!
A word of caution however on the PVC jaws... Any competent machinist would know not to over tighten them, but if a hammer & chisel guy wandered into your shop and proceeded to "wrench them down tight" (as the old Norton motorcycle manual suggests you do to torque head bolts) the PVC jaws could explode and fly apart with quite a bit of velocity and very sharp edges...
+Al C
Yes, and for much the same reason, plastic pipe should not be used for shop air plumbing. If for whatever reason, it gets hit, broken or what have you, all of the associated pressurized line in the shop can, and likely will 'explode' all at once showering the shop with flying plastic shrapnel. Having said that, I've heard that special plastic line intended for compressed air is available, but is expensive.
GREAT VIDEO !!
ADD - PLASTIC CREDIT CARDS , USED TO GET THEM AS " JUNK MAIL " ,
CUT TO FIT TINY VISES = GREAT SOFT JAWS !
Thanks for the useful tips.
Charles Parker also made some very fine shot guns.
Food for thought...
about half full of old usa craftsman and some wright tools too. i dont need them but of course i will keep them. A kid about 16 had inherited from his grandpa and he just wanted the money. very sad if u ask me. i even said to him he might wanna rethink selling it but he wanted cash for an x box.
+R Wallace That makes me sick!!! xbox will be worth $10 when the version arrives in 2 weeks.
I know, and to think of selling off tools your grandpa left you. Very sad.
Would never sell a legacy tool, or gun, but I'm 65. This newest generation, the majority will never turn a wrench. Talked my nephew out of selling a rifle his dad bought him, he thanked me when he became a little older. His father is gone now, and he will never sell that rifle.
Mature Patriot / 2 BUSTED THUMBS I agree. I am 16 and am apart of this new generation. I, however, have discovered that I have a passion for tools, especially the old ones. I have inherited several tools from my great grandfather and use them with pride as well as maintain and care for them in order to prolong their life. I will also make sure to reiterate to my descendants their importance before I pass them on. I hope that they stay in my family for another few hundred years. As a community, in fact, as an entire generation, we are becoming soft. I will continue to preserve the ways of the old timers and pass it all on. Not all of us are soft handed. Not all hope is lost.
Thank you Mr Pete
You had me at aluminum angle iron.
great video -- thank you!! i wonder if an accurate spacer made from a piece of pipe, and placed over the round ram, might prevent over-tightening and bending of the ram?
use wood dowels as handles at the high school teach a little finesse! 🤣
Is it possible to reform the serrations in vise jaws? I have the same Columbian vise and the serrations are worn. They are not gone by any means but they are, I'd guess, 30% worn?
Great video!
A real gripping video.
+Rambozo Clown He has more vises than Charlie Sheen.
Those kids in the high school you taught and bent the vice screw probably thought it was your neck in it mrpete!!! John
THANK YOU...for sharing.
Wilton vices are good . I like rock island , Columbian and Reed also Parker over them
Yes
Excellent!!
great video!!!! THANK YOU!
Went through 1500 vices on ebay but did not see one like the four surafce rotating jaw vice.
I have never seen another one like it. Maybe it's just a novelty. But I kind of like it, but never have actually used it
I’m interested too. Thanks for checking around, I’m doing the same with the tool collector club
Wilton should have warrantied those bent vices.
Yes, and I’m still mad at them
I have 3 vises so I do not need anymore but if I saw another for a good price I would have to buy it. What's wrong with me?
+R Wallace What's wrong with you? I've no idea why you would question your better judgement like you do. I bought a second Panavise last weekend just because it had a different base than the one I already had. Plus it was a good price.
Thanks for straightening me out! Now I don't have to question myself on why I bought my FIFTH toolbox yesterday.
R Wallace
because you did not buy a big enough toolbox to begin with. Lately I've been buying tool bags. Bags expand to fit items. But hey if you want to plunk down $16,000 on a nice roller box you won't be the first.
Na, $500 off Craigslist for an older american made craftsman. I will try the bags, thanks.
R Wallace
was the box you got full of tools when you got it? I've seen those deals.
I made mine out of polyethylene. Put magnets in also.
I can't remember ever having a part in a vise that I wanted jaw marks on, so I make plain steel jaws for mine.
Mr Peter
The vise with no brand name I think is a Boley vice just google the image but could not find one with the back
There Is a company in UK G Boley but only shows lathes www.lathes.co.uk.boley. But worth a look
On there web site go to machine tool archives endless information lathes including lathes made in the USA
Regards Kerry from Aust down under
Mr. Pete,
I never realized you had so many vices. Shame on you.
Thank you for the video.
nice
6:24 so you can put the D in the vise in the D in the vise, to quote AVE
We tried to make soft jaws out of freshmen in shop class.
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Watching 5 years later in 2022 and the pricing on Wilton jaw faces is still painful for hobbyist types like me!
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@@mrpete222 Pleased to report I fabricated (er, banged out) some copper caps from 1/2 copper pipe for a 4 inch columbian that I got at auction a couple weeks ago. I cleaned up and painted the vise -- and happily gave it new marks! Peace.
north central high school
Willtons are not my favorite... rather a columbian or a prentis vise also If you want any of that belt I can send you some
I prefer Colombian. I am not sure why the Wilton's are so popular. Thanks for the belting I have enough
No problem I have been hunting down a big columbian the ones I have found have been to expensive and to beat up lol
How come when he says "TubALcain" he pronounces it "TubLAcain?" Kinda like realtor/relator...
Please use metric so the civilized world can understand.
+gislemark79 Truly civilized worlds can use either
+gislemark79 Condescend much?
+gislemark79 the conversion is easy enough to do. There's 2.54cm in an inch.
I know, but that fractions is BS!
gislemark79
British Standard may use fractions too but United States customary units are somewhat different.
As always, awesome and informative. I really liked the turret vise!! I am going to try making some soft jaws from some scraps from an old cutting board from the thrift store I think it's UHMW. That stuff machines very nicely!