The VISES of Garage Journal
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Hemi49
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Hello,
Just had to post what i picked up today.
Been here for a while but didn't want to post too much as life's circumstances prevented me from that.
I have been wanting one of these for a while but didn't expect this to be my first craftsman
topop101
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Sure looks like it is a Milhoff. I have one, and I am sure Joe S. will weigh in.
At that price I did momentarily calculate the time/fuel it would take for me to drive to KC.
I discarded the idea only because my Sunday is already booked.
Yeah I would need conformation it's a milholf before I pull the trigger. Price is ok but 35 would be better.
jreb10
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The Milhoff name is hard to locate on these vises. Mine is down in the shop so I can't look at it right now, but as I recall it is close to the handle and tends to get dust/dirty and hence is hard to find. I had to use a wire brush to unearth the name on mine as it is not very prominent.
EDIT: Topop101, see my post #33045 in this thread. There is a photo of the Milhoff name. It is located on the surface under the the bolt that holds the dynamic jaw insert in place. Perhaps this can help you determine that it is a Milhoff, although I don't see how it can be anything else but a Milhoff.
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Hemi49
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BAGGED
I didn't see them on their site......I've bought the odd taper jaw screws for a couple Craftsman vises from them......Maybe I'll give them a jingle next week....They might have some lurking in a dusty bin somewhere......
bagged89s10
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Ahhh. I need to order those odd taper screws too for my American scale but I keep forgetting to call them.
topop101
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4 or 5 hundred post ago I remember some one posting a link to some one who carried them . Sorry Hemi I wish I could be of more help than that.
Hemi49
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joe.striper
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Yes indeedee, definitely a Millhoff. Damn, 2 in 2 days! I'd love another one. Even at 50 its worth it.
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alfagarage
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I talked to "ida" about 3 days ago on that vise.....She said she'd get back to me, but didn't......I guess I pulled the trigger a millisecond too late.....Beautiful vise; congratulations[/QUOTE]
Thanks!
She told me someone was interested in it from New York, but I was the first to contact her so she waited for me.
Shows that there is still some decent people who deal on with C.L.
Did you know that it was a 5198? I thought it was a 5197.
I didn't ask for any numbers just size.
[/QUOTE]Thanks!
She told me someone was interested in it from New York, but I was the first to contact her so she waited for me.
Shows that there is still some decent people who deal on with C.L.
Did you know that it was a 5198? I thought it was a 5197.
I didn't ask for any numbers just size.
alfagarage
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sorry, no.
alfagarage
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Just to show you what you did to me,
I couldn't stop at just 1 or 2.
Here it is buried in with all its other siblings.
Right to left:
Athol 614 (was my grandfathers)
W.D. Mohn Reading PA drill press / mill vise
44 Yost Meadville PA
5198 Craftsman
300 Wilton
103 1/2 Reed
3C Reed
#4 Wilton Chicago
D Vise Dremel (my 1st vise when I was 10-12 yrs old, Christmas present)
60 Morgan Milwaukee
19 1/2 Prentiss
505 Columbian
I couldn't stop at just 1 or 2.
Here it is buried in with all its other siblings.
Right to left:
Athol 614 (was my grandfathers)
W.D. Mohn Reading PA drill press / mill vise
44 Yost Meadville PA
5198 Craftsman
300 Wilton
103 1/2 Reed
3C Reed
#4 Wilton Chicago
D Vise Dremel (my 1st vise when I was 10-12 yrs old, Christmas present)
60 Morgan Milwaukee
19 1/2 Prentiss
505 Columbian
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alfagarage
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I grew up in New Kensington.
I don't live too far from there now.
How did you find yours?
Hemi49
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I talked to "ida" about 3 days ago on that vise.....She said she'd get back to me, but didn't......I guess I pulled the trigger a millisecond too late.....Beautiful vise; congratulations
Thanks!
She told me someone was interested in it from New York, but I was the first to contact her so she waited for me.
Shows that there is still some decent people who deal on with C.L.
Did you know that it was a 5198? I thought it was a 5197.
I didn't ask for any numbers just size.[/QUOTE]
Alfa
I told her I wanted to buy it and asked her what numbers were stamped on the end of the spindle.....She said she'd have to get back to me.....I just assumed she was going to wait for her son or husband to get home and do the identification......Oh well.....I'm sure you will give it a good home.....
oldldh
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Another 5198!!!
Kowabonga Cowboy Bob!!!
And $ 80.00!!!!
Dare I say---
YA DUN GUD, BUBBA!!!
Oh, and by the way---
YOU REALLY, REALLY ****!!!
Now, if I can just find one, at a similar price, down here on the Redneck Riviera...
(I was interested how closely the 5198 was, in size, to the Reed 3C...)
My biggest problem is being a poor retiree, and these jewels turning up during the Holidays...
My Vise Collecting Fund is very low...Oh well...
Back to the quest...
But First---
A GOOD SULK!!!
Kowabonga Cowboy Bob!!!
And $ 80.00!!!!
Dare I say---
YA DUN GUD, BUBBA!!!
Oh, and by the way---
YOU REALLY, REALLY ****!!!
Now, if I can just find one, at a similar price, down here on the Redneck Riviera...
(I was interested how closely the 5198 was, in size, to the Reed 3C...)
My biggest problem is being a poor retiree, and these jewels turning up during the Holidays...
My Vise Collecting Fund is very low...Oh well...
Back to the quest...
But First---
A GOOD SULK!!!
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va.grouseman
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Previously posted by Oldldh.
My biggest problem is being a poor retiree, and these jewels turning up during the Holidays...
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True words Old.---I hate November.---I recon everybody is needing Christmas money so every vise you've had on your short list and been looking for all year, they throw at you all in a two week span.---Forcing one to make hard decisions like passing on a barrage of super rare iron or bankruptcy.---Chief Ten Bears would say ("It shall be bankruptcy").----I RECON SO.
My biggest problem is being a poor retiree, and these jewels turning up during the Holidays...
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True words Old.---I hate November.---I recon everybody is needing Christmas money so every vise you've had on your short list and been looking for all year, they throw at you all in a two week span.---Forcing one to make hard decisions like passing on a barrage of super rare iron or bankruptcy.---Chief Ten Bears would say ("It shall be bankruptcy").
----I RECON SO.
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Shiftless
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Nice find, Alfa! (...what an understatement!)
Many of us only dream about finding a 5198 anywhere at just about any price but you really scored.
You ****!
Many of us only dream about finding a 5198 anywhere at just about any price but you really scored.
You ****!
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oldldh
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alfagarage---One would assume that anyone using a "Nom de plume" such as your's, would have a pristine work space littered with bits of Italian exotica such as these...
If that is true, I may forgive your pilfering of the 5198...
If, however, your work space is just littered with Italian food containers, stale bread sticks, and empty Chianti bottles....
Ve vil haf you shot!!!
Shot, do you hear!!!
If that is true, I may forgive your pilfering of the 5198...
If, however, your work space is just littered with Italian food containers, stale bread sticks, and empty Chianti bottles....
Ve vil haf you shot!!!
Shot, do you hear!!!
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drivesitfar
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Alfa: Great find and the others on your bench aren't too shabby either. I know it can be a little difficult getting a word in edgewise with this group but please post more pics of your vise family when you have time.
Oldie: It's a swivelin b'tard so don't get your ******* in a twist over it. You know since there hasn't been a non swivelin one found that is still your unicorn.
Joe: Not that I need 100 points because its sort of like the old gong show but curious which member gets that gear swiveling open screw little vise?
Oldie: It's a swivelin b'tard so don't get your ******* in a twist over it. You know since there hasn't been a non swivelin one found that is still your unicorn.
Joe: Not that I need 100 points because its sort of like the old gong show but curious which member gets that gear swiveling open screw little vise?
HCNDM
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Got the vise finished up...
Pretty happy for what wil be a user....
Also got tire of working on the ground in a very small shop so knocked up a welding table...
For a first attempt at a tig project the welding needs more practice.... Spent ten minutes jumping on the supports with my 200 pounds. Seems like it wil hold.
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Pretty happy for what wil be a user....
Also got tire of working on the ground in a very small shop so knocked up a welding table...
For a first attempt at a tig project the welding needs more practice.... Spent ten minutes jumping on the supports with my 200 pounds. Seems like it wil hold.
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alfagarage
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alfagarage---One would assume that anyone using a "Nom de plume" such as your's, would have a pristine work space littered with bits of Italian exotica such as these...
I only wish I could have that in my garage!!
One of my favorites is the round tail SZ. That will never happen.
But here is what I have plus a bunch of scooters.
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drivesitfar
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HC: Vise looks great now. Funny the expressions you guys across the pond say that are translated much different here. Knocked up means something much different than put together in American English. Google the movie with that name for a quick reference. Nice looking table though and Waaaaaaay better than working on the floor.
HCNDM
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Drivesitfar: had a good giggle Just now.
Happy to be off the floor. My shed is I heated. And knees were aching from rough cold concrete.
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Happy to be off the floor. My shed is I heated. And knees were aching from rough cold concrete.
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econotrk
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Same as you, Clist. Also had a seller that held it for me a couple days while I was out of town. When I picked it up it was covered in mud and I didn't have a tape to measure the jaws. Never thought it was a 5198, still hoping it to be at least a 5197. The wife and I stopped on the way home to get a bite to eat when I remembered about the number stamp. A little spit on my finger when we got back to the car and I knew I had scored. Yours looks like it simply needs a wiping down, are you leaving it as is?
diagnosis
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HCNDM: The vise looks great, and your knees will thank you for the table. the welds look really good for your first attempt at TIG. It's all practice and experience, and if that''s your starting point, you're on the right track!
Fretters
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The other meaning still means putting something together, just in a different manner.
We have the same meaning for it here too. It's all down to context. Plus there's the third and likely original meaning, of knocking someone up as in awaking them by knocking at the door/window.Outlawmws
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joe.striper
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Outlawmws
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The other meaning still means putting something together, just in a different manner.
I suspect the spelling is (supposed to be) different in reference to ladies and babies; nocked up, as in borrowing the term from archery where you "nock up" an arrow so its ready to send...
So it's probably much older that people think...
KMScott
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Just WOW. You **** Joe.
bagged89s10
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Shiftless
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Joe:
Another nice score!
Suckage earned!Those little babies are way easier to carry home than the heavy guys. And they take up a lot less room than those 5198's everyone gets so excited about.
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Outlawmws
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Joe:
Another nice score!
Those little babies are way easier to carry home than the heavy guys. And they take up a lot less room than those 5198's everyone gets so excited about.
Joe always seems to ****...
What do you call someone that ***** that often, that many places?
joe.striper
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Joe always seems to ****...
What do you call someone that ***** that often, that many places?
Caitlyn????
AnotherJarhead
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I had posted this in the vintage tools but a member told me I should have posted it here probably so I could get more input (maybe my name should've been AnotherDumbJarhead). Hopefully I'm not breaking any rules by reposting it here. Just joined up the other day and had a question about a pipe vise (please look at that thread to see if you can help). I had said I was looking for a Wilton bullet and I just brought one home today. It's a little used and has weld spatter and such but, hey. it's a vise.
This one here is probably just a wee bit more vise than I could use but the price seemed good and my thoughts were that I could flip this for the vise that I really want.
That said. Any thoughts on if I should try to clean it up or let it go as she sits. I guess it had been welded at the ears to a table but that can be cleaned up a bit. There are no cracks or breaks on it. The action is smooth as silk (Now I see why these are sought after). Jaws line up true and square. The swivel base works great but it is missing one of the rods. I wish I had a need for something as big as this but I don't.
The key was stamped 12 76. I paid $75 to a very nice gentlemen for it. Any thoughts? Appreciate any input.
This one here is probably just a wee bit more vise than I could use but the price seemed good and my thoughts were that I could flip this for the vise that I really want.
That said. Any thoughts on if I should try to clean it up or let it go as she sits. I guess it had been welded at the ears to a table but that can be cleaned up a bit. There are no cracks or breaks on it. The action is smooth as silk (Now I see why these are sought after). Jaws line up true and square. The swivel base works great but it is missing one of the rods. I wish I had a need for something as big as this but I don't.
The key was stamped 12 76. I paid $75 to a very nice gentlemen for it. Any thoughts? Appreciate any input.
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Outlawmws
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First thought is that's a big brute with the jaws bolted on from the outside like that! Second thought is you **** for getting it for just $75!
How wide are those jaws? (not how for it opens; the jaw width...)