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Ask, and ye shall receive !!! In another thread, I mentioned that I had broken my 6" vise, and had been on the hunt for something bigger. In my neck of the woods, quality used tools don't come along that often. When they do, they're usually worth about 3 cents a pound (to the scrap dealer). I bought, and returned the crappy Chinese vise I'd bought, and went into one of the local tool stores to get a price on a brand new 8" Record bench vise. I knew it was going to hurt. The one place I already had a price from wanted just under $650 Canadian Pesos for one. I doubt the tool store I went to was going to be much better. He did call me back, but I missed the call.
The reason I missed the call was because I was picking up my new (to me) 8" Record 114, quick release vise !!!! At lunch, I took a look through the local buy and sell, and what do you know. Somebody put one up for sale last night !!! Yay !!! I jumped on the phone and an hour later we were loading it in my truck !!! Items like this just don't come along here very often...and definitely not at a great price. I don't think even I could break this big bruiser.
I felt kind of bad about it though. It was the owner of a machine shop who was selling it. After 2 years of getting pretty much no work (downturn here in the oil patch), and constantly losing money, he finally decided to call it quits and was liquidating the shop. Oh well...that's how it goes sometimes. I didn't bother dickering with the guy about his asking price of $300. The poor guy was losing his business for goodness sake.
The thing came on a huge stand too. Good grief...talk about heavy. At least we were able to load it with his forklift. At home, I just backed the truck up onto the lawn and tipped it out. My back has been giving me some problems, so I asked my neighbor for some help rolling it into the garage. I had to toss out some of my wood collection to make room for it, but it's in there. I was keeping too many small bits and pieces anyway, so I didn't feel too bad about it. Anyway...here it is ! It's got some kind of coating all over it, but it's in great shape, and functions flawlessly. For $300 Canadian Pesos, how could I go wrong ?
The reason I missed the call was because I was picking up my new (to me) 8" Record 114, quick release vise !!!! At lunch, I took a look through the local buy and sell, and what do you know. Somebody put one up for sale last night !!! Yay !!! I jumped on the phone and an hour later we were loading it in my truck !!! Items like this just don't come along here very often...and definitely not at a great price. I don't think even I could break this big bruiser.
I felt kind of bad about it though. It was the owner of a machine shop who was selling it. After 2 years of getting pretty much no work (downturn here in the oil patch), and constantly losing money, he finally decided to call it quits and was liquidating the shop. Oh well...that's how it goes sometimes. I didn't bother dickering with the guy about his asking price of $300. The poor guy was losing his business for goodness sake.
The thing came on a huge stand too. Good grief...talk about heavy. At least we were able to load it with his forklift. At home, I just backed the truck up onto the lawn and tipped it out. My back has been giving me some problems, so I asked my neighbor for some help rolling it into the garage. I had to toss out some of my wood collection to make room for it, but it's in there. I was keeping too many small bits and pieces anyway, so I didn't feel too bad about it. Anyway...here it is ! It's got some kind of coating all over it, but it's in great shape, and functions flawlessly. For $300 Canadian Pesos, how could I go wrong ?
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