My boss has a vice that he bought at a flea market and restored many years ago. He took it to the paint shop where he worked at the time, and when asked what colour he wanted it he made the mistake of telling them he didn't care. When he went to collect it a few days later, he was presented with a lovely fluorescent pink vice, amid a resounding cheer mixed with a good helping of wolf whistles.
be careful what you wish for or allowed to be done. i worked for hermann schmidt tools. he designed his first precision work holding vice in 1962. i worked with hermann a german born american 1972-1978. i machined cast iron vices.
what if the owner said that was the exact color i wanted to add to my collection of chick flick tools. or it matches my hot new date. or she thinks my vices are sexy. or perfect they.match my toe nail polish. or frankly boys i did not care. this vice is for you. or it will compliment my music video about she thinks my vices are sexy. or if it is xxx we will be naked as a jaybird and i will plug my tool under my speedo hairy triangle and plug into her hole for one under her bermuda triangle bush under her bikini bottom.
He highlights the importance and usability of old hand tools that we often take for granted. Those hand tools were evolved from decades or even centuries.
That comment about Sams vise and the importance of Sam in your life choked me up man. Amazing how a durable quality tool can somehow retain the Mana and the memories of those who came before us. Great video thanks for sharing.
My work was getting rid of an old Starrett vice with 6" jaws because a few of the threads on the back end of the screw were broken off. I convinced my supervisor to let me have it as they were going to throw it in the thrash. I feel very blessed to be able to mount this monster vice on my bench. There is no way I could have afforded such a tool otherwise. This vice has to have been built in the 60s, or so, by the looks of it. It has a quality to it that many tools today can't hold a candle to, even if it is not fully functional.
Dude that's awesome! I have a few sterrett precision measuring tools that would break my heart to pieces if anything ever happened to them. They are invaluable to me. My grandfather gave them to me when he was no longer able to work. They too are very old. But I never knew sterrett made any kind of vice. That's cool.
He highlights the importance and usability of old hand tools that we often take for granted. Those hand tools were evolved from decades or even centuries.
Another job I did was at our local mortuary. Among other things I did was maintenance and repairs to our very old building. When my favorite uncle passed away I was given a choice of a few of his things to take. I took the big, very heavy vise that had been on Uncle's work bench. I have always been glad. It is a good and very useful keepsake. And I had that vise mounted on the corner of a very solid old desk. In the mortuary garage. It was SO useful. I think of him often when I use it.
So much truth in this video. A vise is truly a foundational tool. But much like anvils people tend to think their value is well above what the market actually dictates.
I really enjoy your videos, I am a retired heavy equipment mechanic. Tools have been my life ! Keep up your good content. I have 7 vices of different shapes & sizes. Always nice to have that 3rd hand.
" it was the last tool I have that was important to Sam and Sam was important to me" That phrase got me. Have a few of those tools in my shop too. I know that sometimes tools are more than tools. Bless u brother!
Can i put in a humble request for more blacksmithing videos? Not to say that you're current videos aren't amazing! I look forward to every single one of them and learn so much! Thank you for all your hard work
I left chem engineering to become a GC and since I’ve been on my own I am rarely around extremely experienced men like I was in the shop at my old job. You have helped fill this void for me and helped me learn so much about carpentry but possibly even more importantly about the value of a hard days work. Thank you and I wish you the best of luck.
Just helped my mom clean out my grandparents house after my grandma passed away and took my grandpas old vice off of his basement workbench. It’s now mounted on my workbench in my shop, I’ll think of him every time I use it
I was lucky enough to steal my dads early Wilton 5” bullet vise. He’s a retired airline machinist and the last time I visited my parents back in Florida it was just sitting on the floor of the screened in patio. It cost me nearly $100 to ship it back to my house in Denver, money well spent. Best part is that every one that comes into my garage and sees it I can tell them the story that my dad used that vise at work every day for 37 years. The vise was probably already 40 years old when he started working at Eastern Airlines as an 18 year old right out of high school. By far my favorite tool in my garage.
Scott, my grand pop was a blacksmith, a Mason, worked on the railroad and was a farmer. I have most of his tools, and use them whenever I can, some were hand made. Thanks Sam from Pennsylvania
Scott - you convey information which, in not so distant years ago, would be incredibly hard to find. Blessings to you and yours and many thanks to you for your offerings! 🤠
My dad bought me my first vise and I have used it every day for the last 6 years. When it broke from banging on it, I repaired it and it's still going strong today.
I love how you love tools. I can not touch a tool myself without thinking about my Dad, my Uncle, and my Grandfather. Particularly my Grandfather because he owned his blacksmith shop and it had to be at least 80 x 80 feet. Full of tools and steel. I have managed to keep almost all of my tools in great shape for more than 50 years now. Thank you for stirring up some great memories !!!!! Love your video's!!!
It's not that I have learnt that much from this video as I have learnt in many others of yours, but the reason why this is true is also the reason why this is, easily, the most touching video I've seen in this channel, in a way, to me. I've said this before in other videos, my father, two uncles and grandfather (at least,since I don't know how far back that goes in the family) were all blacksmiths. I'm not a blacksmith myself, but I used to help my father and uncle every now and then. I've seen many videos about "construction-related" subjects, from carpentry to masonry to... whatever, but this is the first time ever, ever that I see a blacksmith vise outside my father's shop, who had two of those. It's, as far as I can tell, exactly the same design. Maybe the attachment to the workbench is different (I'd have to check it out) but it looks the same. And well, that has brought to me some memories now that they are not here anymore. Thank you. For this and for all your videos.
My grandfather had a couple of vises he bought as a young man and they are still just as good as they were ~80 years ago. Keep up the good work, this is a great channel.
I have been watching almost all the videos of this gentleman and I am not a carpenter but I always learn something new and practice it in the work that I do.
I actually just got a Wilton woodworking vice that’s old old but was wrapped in a blanket in a chest looks brand new I was fortunate to find it and live it
I bought my first vise a few years ago. I recommend everyone to make that investment, it makes work so much easier. I wish I could afford a great ild vice like these.
Thank you for the comment about Sam's vise. Some would toss an old vise like that but you and I understand that, somehow, those who we have lost somehow live on as we use their tools that we cherish.
Oh man, I've been working off the large mechanics vise they sell at the big box stores for years waiting to find a good post vise. I see them on craigslist from time to time but they are rare down in Florida and usually overpriced for low quality. I saw one on Ebay that looked in perfect condition for not a terrible Ebay price so I finally got one. Just building the stand for it now. I will absolutely be building one of those plate bottoms for my old mechanics vise so I can clamp that in the new post vise, very nice idea.
I can't agree more! The vise is a productivity booster and essential in my shop. Another handy vise to have is the drill press vise. Aside from making a drill press safer, they can be used in other places too. Nice and low profile.
Satisfying sound ~ absolutely. There're several sounds from tool work that just feel good when you hear them. I grew up on my grandfather's dairy farm & sawmill/logging operation in the 40's with all those now old tools I'll never forget.
I like the way you refer fondly to your prized tools Scott. I too have a lovely machinists vice my friends gave me as a wedding gift that is equally dear to me.
If you can get your hands on an Old Sheffield made Record vice your on a winner. I still have my father's old Record vice he brought back in the 60s and it still works great.
My dad was a machinist and always had a nice bench with a nice vise. When I grew up and got my own place, a shop with a nice bench and a nice vise was one of the first things I made sure I had. And I use the heck out of it. Thanks Scot. Great video.
I go to estate and equipment auctions all the time. Among the most satisfying thing to acquire is good vise, I always enjoy cleaning up an old vise and finding another flat surface to affix it to.
Thanks ,Enjoyed. Been there ,Done that to, I have a 1994 Wilton C1 combo just like the first one you showed, I just refinished it, Great tool. Home shop Machinist/ gun smith. 40 + years, 4 vices and counting. Tools that is. later from Texas.
I have the first vise my mom ever gave my dad. (98 years old and heading for the hundred,) It's a tiny thing, but oh, the memories it brings. I built a wood working vise out of a barrel head setting thingy. It was a nice acme screw... I still use it. I've got a number of other vises since way back then. A vice isn't a vice, but heck, a vice addiction might be.
Nate and Scott , great content as usual !!! Thank you all !!! With God's help , I need to get rid of a lot of my " vices " !! You all please be safe and God bless you and your families !!!!!! Eddy
i bought a welding trailer from an auction and when i got to the location of it it was in rough condition (non working brake light and a bit of rust), however when i pulled it back home i opened it all up and found all kinds of goodies like cutting torch tips and scrap spring steel. but on the back was the EXACT same vice as the beginning of the video. a friend of mine has a mini Wilton worth ~$300 apparently, so as far as I know, I bought a trailer and got a free welder (bobcat 250) free vice and free knife making material as a gift.
I have a new 6inch Wilton bullet and love it. I also have a 3 inch Wilton bullet that a woman gave me for some work I had done for her. I love both of the wilton's. Money well spent
I love those old Wiltons! I personally have a late 1940’s Rock Island vise in my workshop. It’s a stout unit, not as good looking as a Wilton but works great, is still tight and in great shape.
What an interesting, informative, educational, and professional presentation. I am pleased to have seen this performance. Thank you. I will keep watching.
Just picked up my 2nd wilton, my first was a 4in table top from my mentor dan nixon. The one i have now is a wilton 656. Its a big freakin hunk of iron . I want to restore this one. Its sat for a long time unloved. I dont know how i lived without them for so long but ill never go viceless again.
I respect my tools in the same way, i was given a beautiful old leg vice by an old boiler maker. He built and serviced the steam trains here at Ipswich, he recently died at 97yo and left me his forge, his vice and various other tools. Unfortunately someone stole his anvil while he was in his last days. But i will cherish these and oneday pass thrm onto someone who will cherish them as well.
Hello, I was mountain engineering vices in Joiners vices and in Stanley Workmates at least 40 years ago. By a technic I worked out when I was a young Joiner, so they can be used anywhere. Geoff Lewis, Wales, UK.
Nice collection of vices you have I inherited my fathers it is a Record 6 and it’s made in Sheffield England the things I have done and the things my father did with this vice before he came ill. Brings back good memories he took care of this vice better then I but I try my best but my shop gets filled with condensation a lot and rust has attacked the machines surfaces I wipe it down with WD40 once and a while I believe it will outlast me even hopefully my boys or one of my boys want to inherit my tools as well as my fathers tools. Keep up the awesome videos love the story telling remind me of my father.
I'd have to say a vise has probably been the all around most useful single item I've bought for my home shop. I use it all the time for both auto maintenance and home improvement projects. It's just a $75 Bessey I got from Lowes (5" or 6" jaws, I can't recall), and I assume it was made in China, but it's still been incredibly useful. We have some of those Wilton bullets at the tech school I attend for auto collision repair and they are definitely AWESOME pieces. They're probably 30-40 years old I'd guess and still holding up fine. Talk about stout. I'd definitely like to step up to one of those someday when the need is there and funds allow. Speaking of Wilton and shaping metal; they make some great hammers as well. I've been using their model 30316 3lb Engineer's hammer extensively doing heavy frame work recently and am thoroughly impressed.
You're right as normal, I'm a carpenter and furniture maker and sometimes welding and absolutely a vice is needed even as a spare hand when doing detail sanding.
I have a Vice just like this.....I Love It....I've had it 30 years....I forget how much it was but it wasn't Cheap but we'll worth the money and it's the Last Vice you'll Need....I just looked on EBAY and a used vice just like the one he's showing in the beginning is $500 Bucks and a New one was $ 1,129.99
the guy whom send me to your channel about a yesr ago now, AvE, has a funny saying about what to keep in your vise. skookm choocher them Vise/Clamps, necessary for any serious handy person. keep your work in a vise! i always heard. nice video scott. tools every man needs, clamp/vise hammers grinder saws leatherman multitool.
Just discovered you from American Digest. Great Vids and thanks for makinem. My 2¢. Started out life 67 years ago with my dads Columbian 604. Used it daily until recently I found another one in NY. Cleaned up the old one for my son, and bought the replacement in a little better shape for me. Wilton is great with quality pedigree. Also many other quality U.S.A. vises out there at good prices.
I bought a Rockwell "Jaw horse" 5 or 6 years ago. I found it so versatile & useful, that I bought 2 more! (For heavy pounding etc. a good machinists or blacksmith vice is unequaled.) However the "Jaw horse" gives you the ability to clamp with your foot leaving both hands to work with. It ratchets & locks tight & releases easily. With two units you can create work surfaces or work with long or awkward pieces. They fold up to carry easily to a jobsite.
I've learned so much from your videos. I don't work in the trade but I love building and creating for my home on my days off and your videos have helped me accomplish some major projects. Thank you
Post vises use either true square thread, wrapped around a shaft and forge welded if they're old enough, or a "modern" (~1910+) modified square thread. Only if you bought a currently made one, which are available, do you get an ACME thread. There are quite a few good discussions of post vise history online, largely mirroring the treasure trove of information on anvil history, makers, designs, etc. I strongly suggest that anyone seriously hunting for either inform themselves as much as possible so that when you come across something you can identify it, and potentially any accessories you should be digging through that shop looking for. My post vise is completely lacking the "original" mounting setup, so I need to build that for myself at some point, for instance.
I know, I've got an old Wilton just like the first one you showed that I have been dragging around with me for almost 40 years ! 😊 A little beat up, but still serves its purpose very well. Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
Thank you for the details on the post vise, Scott! You really made my day with that. Now I can go forward with confidence with installing a couple of those I've collected over the years. I could have just done it and learned the hard way, as I usually do, but I wasn't in a hurry, and I wanted to do it "right." So thank you for taking time to go over something relatively simple but highly valuable. These will complement my other kinds of vises. I like vises - nothing better for freeing up both hands and making work safer. Well, maybe an engaged brain is competition for making work safer. :)
My wife says I need to 'get rid' of some of my vises, but golfing is not going to be one of them.....lol. And the kind you're talking about, I have too many of those too. ….13
My boss has a vice that he bought at a flea market and restored many years ago. He took it to the paint shop where he worked at the time, and when asked what colour he wanted it he made the mistake of telling them he didn't care. When he went to collect it a few days later, he was presented with a lovely fluorescent pink vice, amid a resounding cheer mixed with a good helping of wolf whistles.
be careful what you wish for or allowed to be done. i worked for hermann schmidt tools. he designed his first precision work holding vice in 1962. i worked with hermann a german born american 1972-1978. i machined cast iron vices.
what if the owner said that was the exact color i wanted to add to my collection of chick flick tools. or it matches my hot new date. or she thinks my vices are sexy.
or perfect they.match my toe nail polish.
or frankly boys i did not care. this vice is for you.
or it will compliment my music video about she thinks my vices are sexy. or if it is xxx we will be naked as a jaybird and i will plug my tool under my speedo hairy triangle and plug into her hole for one under her bermuda triangle bush under her bikini bottom.
Should have told them “You can paint it any colour you like as long as it’s black.”
Why do I always feel so peaceful watching those videos?
I feel the same way. He has such a deep understanding and respect for the tools that have built our civilization.
The guy knows what he's talking about. He has the good sense to refrain from putting music in his videos and he edits well.
Because he talk good 😁
Probably because you own a vice. :)
He highlights the importance and usability of old hand tools that we often take for granted. Those hand tools were evolved from decades or even centuries.
This is gold for youngsters wanting to learn something about work. A real master craftsmen. Thank you.
That comment about Sams vise and the importance of Sam in your life choked me up man. Amazing how a durable quality tool can somehow retain the Mana and the memories of those who came before us.
Great video thanks for sharing.
My work was getting rid of an old Starrett vice with 6" jaws because a few of the threads on the back end of the screw were broken off. I convinced my supervisor to let me have it as they were going to throw it in the thrash. I feel very blessed to be able to mount this monster vice on my bench. There is no way I could have afforded such a tool otherwise. This vice has to have been built in the 60s, or so, by the looks of it. It has a quality to it that many tools today can't hold a candle to, even if it is not fully functional.
Elderos5 I never knew starrett made vices.
You lucky #%^*~.,?!!!
Dude that's awesome! I have a few sterrett precision measuring tools that would break my heart to pieces if anything ever happened to them. They are invaluable to me. My grandfather gave them to me when he was no longer able to work. They too are very old. But I never knew sterrett made any kind of vice. That's cool.
Wonderful episode as always. My only criticism is that the title is not "Coming to Grips with vices"
Keep up the good work and thank you.
This is good enough to change it, even so much later.
He highlights the importance and usability of old hand tools that we often take for granted. Those hand tools were evolved from decades or even centuries.
Another job I did was at our local mortuary. Among other things I did was maintenance and repairs to our very old building.
When my favorite uncle passed away I was given a choice of a few of his things to take. I took the big, very heavy vise that had been on Uncle's work bench. I have always been glad. It is a good and very useful keepsake.
And I had that vise mounted on the corner of a very solid old desk. In the mortuary garage. It was SO useful. I think of him often when I use it.
So much truth in this video. A vise is truly a foundational tool. But much like anvils people tend to think their value is well above what the market actually dictates.
How the heck did I miss this video?!?! Bullet vise is THE vise to have in any shop setting!
I'm in the middle of restoring my dad's vice. Nothing fancy but it was my dad's so it is special to me
"What it takes to start doing something, even if you don't know how to do it." It takes a lot. Thanks as always for your wise words and encouragement.
I really enjoy your videos, I am a retired heavy equipment mechanic. Tools have been my life ! Keep up your good content. I have 7 vices of different shapes & sizes. Always nice to have that 3rd hand.
" it was the last tool I have that was important to Sam and Sam was important to me" That phrase got me. Have a few of those tools in my shop too. I know that sometimes tools are more than tools. Bless u brother!
Can i put in a humble request for more blacksmithing videos? Not to say that you're current videos aren't amazing! I look forward to every single one of them and learn so much! Thank you for all your hard work
Brilliant again. I do like you're clear when you don't know something - there's genuine modesty there which is rare on youtube. Thanks for the video
I left chem engineering to become a GC and since I’ve been on my own I am rarely around extremely experienced men like I was in the shop at my old job. You have helped fill this void for me and helped me learn so much about carpentry but possibly even more importantly about the value of a hard days work. Thank you and I wish you the best of luck.
I love the fact that you keep and use and feel attached to family heirlooms.
"It's the last tool I have that was important to Sam, and Sam was important to me".
I feel that same way about my grandfathers tools.
I agree! There's just something special about taking good care of tools that have deep roots in the family
Just helped my mom clean out my grandparents house after my grandma passed away and took my grandpas old vice off of his basement workbench. It’s now mounted on my workbench in my shop, I’ll think of him every time I use it
I was lucky enough to steal my dads early Wilton 5” bullet vise. He’s a retired airline machinist and the last time I visited my parents back in Florida it was just sitting on the floor of the screened in patio. It cost me nearly $100 to ship it back to my house in Denver, money well spent. Best part is that every one that comes into my garage and sees it I can tell them the story that my dad used that vise at work every day for 37 years.
The vise was probably already 40 years old when he started working at Eastern Airlines as an 18 year old right out of high school. By far my favorite tool in my garage.
Scott, my grand pop was a blacksmith, a Mason, worked on the railroad and was a farmer. I have most of his tools, and use them whenever I can, some were hand made. Thanks Sam from Pennsylvania
I agree, vises are important. I’m a welder, and I have 5 vises. 1 5” post vise and 4 Wilton bullet vises. Great videos, I really enjoy watching.
I loved when you said, "come to a full and complete stop and open your eyes!" 😂 spot on!
Scott - you convey information which, in not so distant years ago, would be incredibly hard to find. Blessings to you and yours and many thanks to you for your offerings! 🤠
My dad bought me my first vise and I have used it every day for the last 6 years. When it broke from banging on it, I repaired it and it's still going strong today.
I just picked a Wilton 4” bullet from 1966 last week on offer up and now and overhauling my Columbian D46, the vise bug is in the air 😁
This channel deserves more followers and more appreciation. Great content! Sending warm regards from sunny California!
I love how you love tools. I can not touch a tool myself without thinking about my Dad, my Uncle, and my Grandfather. Particularly my Grandfather because he owned his blacksmith shop and it had to be at least 80 x 80 feet. Full of tools and steel. I have managed to keep almost all of my tools in great shape for more than 50 years now. Thank you for stirring up some great memories !!!!! Love your video's!!!
Always look forward to a new Essential Craftsman video.
This is the only guy that can make 10 minute videos about vices interesting. Just got through watching one about sears work boots lol
It's not that I have learnt that much from this video as I have learnt in many others of yours, but the reason why this is true is also the reason why this is, easily, the most touching video I've seen in this channel, in a way, to me.
I've said this before in other videos, my father, two uncles and grandfather (at least,since I don't know how far back that goes in the family) were all blacksmiths. I'm not a blacksmith myself, but I used to help my father and uncle every now and then.
I've seen many videos about "construction-related" subjects, from carpentry to masonry to... whatever, but this is the first time ever, ever that I see a blacksmith vise outside my father's shop, who had two of those. It's, as far as I can tell, exactly the same design. Maybe the attachment to the workbench is different (I'd have to check it out) but it looks the same.
And well, that has brought to me some memories now that they are not here anymore.
Thank you. For this and for all your videos.
My grandfather had a couple of vises he bought as a young man and they are still just as good as they were ~80 years ago. Keep up the good work, this is a great channel.
I have been watching almost all the videos of this gentleman and I am not a carpenter but I always learn something new and practice it in the work that I do.
I'm up here in Canada, and all my good vises are Records. Made in England. Good stuff. Thx again Scott!
I actually just got a Wilton woodworking vice that’s old old but was wrapped in a blanket in a chest looks brand new I was fortunate to find it and live it
I bought my first vise a few years ago. I recommend everyone to make that investment, it makes work so much easier. I wish I could afford a great ild vice like these.
I’ve watched both those video series. Those guys are true craftsman.
Thank you for the comment about Sam's vise. Some would toss an old vise like that but you and I understand that, somehow, those who we have lost somehow live on as we use their tools that we cherish.
Oh man, I've been working off the large mechanics vise they sell at the big box stores for years waiting to find a good post vise. I see them on craigslist from time to time but they are rare down in Florida and usually overpriced for low quality. I saw one on Ebay that looked in perfect condition for not a terrible Ebay price so I finally got one. Just building the stand for it now. I will absolutely be building one of those plate bottoms for my old mechanics vise so I can clamp that in the new post vise, very nice idea.
From Thomas Sowell to Jimmy Dore and over to The Essential Craftsman lol! Have a great Easter weekend!!! 🐣 🍫
Seems like a genuine man I would enjoy hanging out in the shop with.
I agree with you on the need for a vice. I just got done putting together a lower receiver and I really could have used a vice.
I can't agree more! The vise is a productivity booster and essential in my shop.
Another handy vise to have is the drill press vise. Aside from making a drill press safer, they can be used in other places too. Nice and low profile.
Satisfying sound ~ absolutely. There're several sounds from tool work that just feel good when you hear them. I grew up on my grandfather's dairy farm & sawmill/logging operation in the 40's with all those now old tools I'll never forget.
I like the way you refer fondly to your prized tools Scott. I too have a lovely machinists vice my friends gave me as a wedding gift that is equally dear to me.
Your lighting is spot on.
If you can get your hands on an Old Sheffield made Record vice your on a winner. I still have my father's old Record vice he brought back in the 60s and it still works great.
How wonderful to watch the excited discovery still happening in your time!
My dad was a machinist and always had a nice bench with a nice vise.
When I grew up and got my own place, a shop with a nice bench and a nice vise was one of the first things I made sure I had. And I use the heck out of it.
Thanks Scot.
Great video.
I go to estate and equipment auctions all the time. Among the most satisfying thing to acquire is good vise, I always enjoy cleaning up an old vise and finding another flat surface to affix it to.
This was cool! It had a PBS sunday morning show vibe....
I rebuilt a Wilton Bullet and love it. All the Wilton bullet vises are still made in the US.
It's a shame that I can only give this video one thumbs up. Thank you for another great video. I love all your content.
Thank you for the ad 'vise' !!
I came to the comments to make this joke, well done
...and also essential to the work a woman needs to do, too 😊
THANK YOU...for sharing.
good to see shout out to Keith rucker only thing bad with his vice he paited it the wrong color it was suppose to be pink
It is always a pleasure to watch your videos.
Thanks ,Enjoyed. Been there ,Done that to, I have a 1994 Wilton C1 combo just like the first one you showed, I just refinished it, Great tool. Home shop Machinist/ gun smith. 40 + years, 4 vices and counting. Tools that is. later from Texas.
I have the first vise my mom ever gave my dad. (98 years old and heading for the hundred,) It's a tiny thing, but oh, the memories it brings. I built a wood working vise out of a barrel head setting thingy. It was a nice acme screw... I still use it. I've got a number of other vises since way back then. A vice isn't a vice, but heck, a vice addiction might be.
Nate and Scott , great content as usual !!! Thank you all !!! With God's help , I need to get rid of a lot of my " vices " !! You all please be safe and God bless you and your families !!!!!! Eddy
i bought a welding trailer from an auction and when i got to the location of it it was in rough condition (non working brake light and a bit of rust), however when i pulled it back home i opened it all up and found all kinds of goodies like cutting torch tips and scrap spring steel. but on the back was the EXACT same vice as the beginning of the video. a friend of mine has a mini Wilton worth ~$300 apparently, so as far as I know, I bought a trailer and got a free welder (bobcat 250) free vice and free knife making material as a gift.
Great to see a video about vises. I own an old Chas Parker machinist vise that was going to the scrap yard. Makes me happy everytime I use it.
I have a new 6inch Wilton bullet and love it. I also have a 3 inch Wilton bullet that a woman gave me for some work I had done for her. I love both of the wilton's. Money well spent
I love those old Wiltons! I personally have a late 1940’s Rock Island vise in my workshop. It’s a stout unit, not as good looking as a Wilton but works great, is still tight and in great shape.
This channel is one of my vises
*vices
*vichshes
It clamps your brain
Congratulation on achieving 250k Subscribers! Keep going Nate& Scott! Always happy to see a new Video ist up.
I scored a perfect leg vise while exploring a scrap iron yard haven’t mounted it yet but soon to be put into service.
What an interesting, informative, educational, and professional presentation. I am pleased to have seen this performance. Thank you. I will keep watching.
Just picked up my 2nd wilton, my first was a 4in table top from my mentor dan nixon. The one i have now is a wilton 656. Its a big freakin hunk of iron . I want to restore this one. Its sat for a long time unloved.
I dont know how i lived without them for so long but ill never go viceless again.
I respect my tools in the same way, i was given a beautiful old leg vice by an old boiler maker. He built and serviced the steam trains here at Ipswich, he recently died at 97yo and left me his forge, his vice and various other tools.
Unfortunately someone stole his anvil while he was in his last days. But i will cherish these and oneday pass thrm onto someone who will cherish them as well.
Hello, I was mountain engineering vices in Joiners vices and in Stanley Workmates at least 40 years ago. By a technic I worked out when I was a young Joiner, so they can be used anywhere. Geoff Lewis, Wales, UK.
Yup you are right about the Wilton vise you have. I am lucky to have one, they kick ass!
We use the 8 Wilton Vises we have ! Great tool ! Awesome video !
And your right everyone needs a vice definitely me I use one alot to sharpen my lawn mower blades either with a file or a grinder
Nice collection of vices you have I inherited my fathers it is a Record 6 and it’s made in Sheffield England the things I have done and the things my father did with this vice before he came ill. Brings back good memories he took care of this vice better then I but I try my best but my shop gets filled with condensation a lot and rust has attacked the machines surfaces I wipe it down with WD40 once and a while I believe it will outlast me even hopefully my boys or one of my boys want to inherit my tools as well as my fathers tools. Keep up the awesome videos love the story telling remind me of my father.
I'd have to say a vise has probably been the all around most useful single item I've bought for my home shop. I use it all the time for both auto maintenance and home improvement projects. It's just a $75 Bessey I got from Lowes (5" or 6" jaws, I can't recall), and I assume it was made in China, but it's still been incredibly useful.
We have some of those Wilton bullets at the tech school I attend for auto collision repair and they are definitely AWESOME pieces. They're probably 30-40 years old I'd guess and still holding up fine. Talk about stout. I'd definitely like to step up to one of those someday when the need is there and funds allow.
Speaking of Wilton and shaping metal; they make some great hammers as well. I've been using their model 30316 3lb Engineer's hammer extensively doing heavy frame work recently and am thoroughly impressed.
You're right as normal, I'm a carpenter and furniture maker and sometimes welding and absolutely a vice is needed even as a spare hand when doing detail sanding.
I have a Vice just like this.....I Love It....I've had it 30 years....I forget how much it was but it wasn't Cheap but we'll worth the money and it's the Last Vice you'll Need....I just looked on EBAY and a used vice just like the one he's showing in the beginning is $500 Bucks and a New one was $ 1,129.99
My vice is cheesecake.
Hand Tool Rescue is it made of copper or something
Mine is cocaine
Hand Tool Rescue mmmm...cheescake. 😊
Mine too!
Damn, same.
the guy whom send me to your channel about a yesr ago now, AvE, has a funny saying about what to keep in your vise. skookm choocher them Vise/Clamps, necessary for any serious handy person.
keep your work in a vise! i always heard.
nice video scott.
tools every man needs,
clamp/vise
hammers
grinder
saws
leatherman multitool.
Just discovered you from American Digest. Great Vids and thanks for makinem. My 2¢. Started out life 67 years ago with my dads Columbian 604. Used it daily until recently I found another one in NY. Cleaned up the old one for my son, and bought the replacement in a little better shape for me. Wilton is great with quality pedigree. Also many other quality U.S.A. vises out there at good prices.
I bought a Rockwell "Jaw horse" 5 or 6 years ago. I found it so versatile & useful, that I bought 2 more! (For heavy pounding etc. a good machinists or blacksmith vice is unequaled.) However the "Jaw horse" gives you the ability to clamp with your foot leaving both hands to work with. It ratchets & locks tight & releases easily. With two units you can create work surfaces or work with long or awkward pieces. They fold up to carry easily to a jobsite.
Man I wish I could restore that monarch. It need some love. Great content as always
I will seriously take your ad vise into consideration and get one for my garage.
God. Biess. You. Well. And. Your. Family. Too. Thank. You. For. Share. Your. Knowledge. I. Got. Many. Anvil. Too. In. My. Home.
That floor vise is nice to have the long bar for good leverage
I've learned so much from your videos. I don't work in the trade but I love building and creating for my home on my days off and your videos have helped me accomplish some major projects.
Thank you
I lucked out and got a really nice quality vise at a flea market for $15. I mounted it on an old solid core door that I use as a workbench.
Post vises use either true square thread, wrapped around a shaft and forge welded if they're old enough, or a "modern" (~1910+) modified square thread. Only if you bought a currently made one, which are available, do you get an ACME thread. There are quite a few good discussions of post vise history online, largely mirroring the treasure trove of information on anvil history, makers, designs, etc. I strongly suggest that anyone seriously hunting for either inform themselves as much as possible so that when you come across something you can identify it, and potentially any accessories you should be digging through that shop looking for. My post vise is completely lacking the "original" mounting setup, so I need to build that for myself at some point, for instance.
William Cunningham blacksmithception question. Can you use an unmounted post vise to build the mounts for a post vise?
I know, I've got an old Wilton just like the first one you showed that I have been dragging around with me for almost 40 years ! 😊
A little beat up, but still serves its purpose very well.
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
Ken Gamble I have the same one too, mine is missing one of the pipe teeth on the lower jaw area. Ever seen a replacement set?
Call Wilton. That bullet vice is worth a lot.
I built a vice when I was an apprentice. It serves in the shop of a carpenter. I'm glad it gets used instead of just sitting around if I kept it.
Thank you for the details on the post vise, Scott! You really made my day with that. Now I can go forward with confidence with installing a couple of those I've collected over the years. I could have just done it and learned the hard way, as I usually do, but I wasn't in a hurry, and I wanted to do it "right." So thank you for taking time to go over something relatively simple but highly valuable. These will complement my other kinds of vises. I like vises - nothing better for freeing up both hands and making work safer. Well, maybe an engaged brain is competition for making work safer. :)
Enjoy your videos Sir.
I have a yost 750-d vise that has pipe jaws that flip around I got it on amazon for $189 great vise I love it
I have a vise that mounts to the truck receiver.
And I use that vice and rig it in a tri stand pipe vise.
Very handy in the field
My wife says I need to 'get rid' of some of my vises, but golfing is not going to be one of them.....lol.
And the kind you're talking about, I have too many of those too.
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I really enjoy your videos and appreciate your Character and Love of tools, specifically steel tools like anvils and vises
I watched your video again and I want to like it again ♥️
I have 3 mounted in the garage. Each one has it’s purpose and are indispensable.