vise

Picked up this derelict for the price of a couple of bags of groceries. Perhaps not a steal but certainly below the typical asking, around here. Anyway, I can go a few days without food... Looks like she was pretty rusted at one point and repainted, is that red-lead primer peeking through...

I usually don't watch random carp on YouTube, but this video came to my email inbox so I decided to pay the 5 minute ante and watch it. I'm glad I did, this pseudo- fractal vise jaw design has a lot of merits and is easy to do with stuff already laying around the shop. Dude's techniques are...

HI All, I am in the midst of refurbishing a 50's era Wilton C1 bullet vise, I picked up for cheap. Several years ago when I started the project, I striped the whole thing down and did an initial cleaning. I found the nut was very worn out so I ordered another. At the time, I thought the screw...

I like to keep the table covers on my machine as much as possible so wanted a vise stop that could bolt to the vise itself and allow me to keep the covers on. Found a few off the shelf and similar solutions on the interwebs to make one that bolted to the vise and not the table. But hey, I've got...

I'm looking at making a two piece mill vise to handle larger parts on my mini-mill (PM25) than I can't get in my Kurt vise. I've seen a few designs. One design by This Old Tony that looks like it might be a bit large for my mini-mill and has more pieces to it, but seems very solid. I could...

I have been contemplating getting a new vise for my mill and the Glacern Machine Tools GSV-440 (4") was on my short list. So, I just tonight decided to take another look at their web site. Behold! Vises ship for free right now (CONUS) and the 440 is priced at $349. Shipping to me would be...

Hi guys, Despite my love of vintage machinery, i am still keeping my 1976 Taiwanese Jet mill drill due to money and space constraints (1 car garage). I have been wanting a Kurt vise for my mill drill for quite awhile, but they were always too expensive. Since my milling table is only 9-3/8"...

Hi guys, As many of you already know, I have a 1 car garage that is stuffed with woodworking and metalworking equipment. So, I have been looking for ways to save space, lol. I have found, on a couple of different websites, a nifty space saving gadget. It is a finger brake that is mounted onto...

I was searching the shop for something else and stumbled on this vise. It's been sitting in the back of a cabinet for years. I'm thinking of throwing it on ebay but I don't really know how to describe it. The shaft is not threaded and there is no mount for a handle. It appears it was built...

Hi guys, I wasn't looking to buy a blacksmith post vise at all. I mean, come on! My 1 car garage is so packed with woodworking and metalworking equipment that I started to sell some woodworking stuff and decided to focus more on metalworking due to lack of space. Why would I want to...

Hi guys, I recently bought anot her vise to add to my mountain of vises - a baby bullet vise. I originally thought this vise was really old since it says Chicago on the body instead of Schiller Park. However, when I opened up the vise to see the date stamp, it says 173. Since it doesn't say...

I have a problem, I think. I am a newbie and I am still building my woodworking /metalworking workshop in my 1 car garage. I love vintage vises. I have quite a few, including old Columbian woodworking bench vises, and a couple of Wiltons, including a Buller vise :-). In my workshop, the...

It seems like most entry and mid-level milling vises come with swivel bases. I never really understood this, especially for smaller vises (for smaller machines) where Z height is at a premium. What's the general consensus on the usefulness of a swivel base? On another milling vise thread an...

I just published a video of my new welding cart build: It's mostly a combination of ideas from others in order to suit my own preferences and equipment. The video shows all the steps of construction, including an unplanned lesson on fire safety. :-)

I picked up a Wilton 1765 Tradesman vise that was being junked by a local business. The jaws were destroyed and the main spindle in the retainer clip area had massive wear, as did the clip itself. Otherwise, it was in good condition. I ordered a clip and the jaws, which was easy. To repair...

I picked up a Brown & Sharpe Tool Makers Universal Vise recently. I want to disassemble it to clean it up. I am stuck and could use some guidance. Here is the Vise. I removed the swivel Base and bracing levers. That leaves the Vise connected to the angle base. I would like to remove...

A short vid , fly cutting jaws of an old vise I found at the scrap yard . The aluminum jaws were kind of chewed up and a few places where cutters cut into the jaws. Welded those over then milled and fly cut them. No clue what make or model this vise is...was on an old Supermill at the junk yard...

Saw this vise on an old Supermill at the scrapyard I frequent. It was outside, covered in gunk and chips but the handle still turned so I grabbed it for scrap price. Took about an hour to scrape all the encrusted chips and gunk out of it, then about an hour or so with wire brushes and wheels...

I have noticed that 6" long parallels are commonly available in widths from 1/8" - 1/2" and am wondering if this dimension is a significant parameter for any operation when using a milling vise? Thicker parallels seem attractive from the point of view of being less likely to fall over when...

Warning: I tend to over-analyze and write a lot. :) Terribly oversimplified version: What is the cheapest way to hold an item for surface grinding when the opposite side is not flat? I inherited a surface grinder, as detailed in a vintage machinery post a while back. I don't have a mill and...