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[Smitty]

Thanks Bob. The oldest Wilton that I have is a 1965. Needless to say I was pretty excited to see the date stamp on this vise and it’s in good condition.

 

[Productbob]

struck up a conversation with an older guy gassing up his 1960's era ford pickup. turns out to be a retired farmer and I asked him jokingly if he had any old vises gathering dust in the barn. He said he thought so and we exchanged #'s. His grandson just sent me these.....so heading there with high hopes tomorrow!

 

[davethorik]

Loving the tool **** in this thread...
Another Athol vise. This one has 1 1/4" jaws. Model No 3

Some nice tool **** of your own! I especially feel that little Athol should be shown again. Seems most of those are in collections, are broken, or are going for big $. I like that clamp knob, wonder if its original?

 

[davethorik]

struck up a conversation with an older guy gassing up his 1960's era ford pickup. turns out to be a retired farmer and I asked him jokingly if he had any old vises gathering dust in the barn. He said he thought so and we exchanged #'s. His grandson just sent me these.....so heading there with high hopes tomorrow!

Nice grouping there. That Athol looks like a workhorse and appears to have the newer style swivel base. Is vise #2 a Reed? Can't quite make out the lettering.

 

[Smitty]

struck up a conversation with an older guy gassing up his 1960's era ford pickup. turns out to be a retired farmer and I asked him jokingly if he had any old vises gathering dust in the barn. He said he thought so and we exchanged #'s. His grandson just sent me these.....so heading there with high hopes tomorrow!

Hopefully that’s the tip of the iceberg. Have fun.

 

[J.C.]

Finished up a Dawn vice yesterday that had the prettiest main nut I have ever seen:



More pics here.

I also did a video of the quick release function, as I have been long curious how they work in the Dawns but had never had one in my hands to look at.

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[Productbob]

dave- could be but i can't make it out either.

smitty- just texted with the grandson and yes there some more in the barn. he just couldn't get to them in the dark. said there is Luther clamp-on laying on a bench but he didn't take a pic because it wasn't bolted down to anything

 

[Productbob]

J.C. nice cleanup on the vise and good job on the video

 

[Outlawmws]

Bob, Looks like a potential gold mine!

 

[Vise]

Smitty - great find on the Chicago bullet. Like you (before this find) all my bullets are Schiller Park.

Bob - very jealous of that fantastic opportunity! Have fun!

 

[davethorik]

Found this little guy in the FREE JUNK bucket at a yard sale. It was actually the only thing worth grabbing there.

No markings, 1.5" jaws. Seems well made although I suspect it's an Asian import. Obviously the guide rods are missing, so I'll have to figure out a replacement.

 

[Productbob]

dave always nice to get a free one once in a while. Couple of guide rods and it's ready to go!

 

[Shiftless]

Bob, Looks like a potential gold mine!

Outlaw is right.
Dark old dusty barns are often gold mines. I see a Wilton Shop King for one. Don’t forget to bring a good flashlight or even a headlamp. Wear boots for crawling over piles of stuff to get to the gold. I found an Athol 614 once under a pile of broken furniture. Good luck!

 

[Smitty]

Vise
Thanks. 65 was my oldest Wilton so finding a 47 was a real treat.

 

[Smitty]

Prentiss Bull Frog


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[Outlawmws]

Even has the gullet puffed out!

 

[Smitty]

He had a Stanley Sweerheart for breakfast.

 

[Fierljeppen]

struck up a conversation with an older guy gassing up his 1960's era ford pickup. turns out to be a retired farmer and I asked him jokingly if he had any old vises gathering dust in the barn. He said he thought so and we exchanged #'s. His grandson just sent me these.....so heading there with high hopes tomorrow!

Nice grouping there. That Athol looks like a workhorse and appears to have the newer style swivel base. Is vise #2 a Reed? Can't quite make out the lettering.

I'm pretty confident that's a really old Hollands machinist vise. That would be a great find!

 

[Outlawmws]

Tried to shed more light in the subject but the glare from the D jaw made it difficult...

 

[Fierljeppen]

Tried to shed more light in the subject but the glare from the D jaw made it difficult...

I can't make out the cast letters either, but if you look at the main screw spindle, static jaw and body. It looks all Hollands machinist vise to me.

Man, I wish I could go to that barn with him tomorrow!

 

[ken w.]

I picked up 4 vises today. One I found in the garbage. Here is what I got :
1. Columbian 203 1/2 . Painted black.
2. Wilton marked 111008 / 111111 . What model is this ? This was on top of a garbage can on big trash week.
3. Sears 5178 small red vise . Japan.
4. Reed 104R with a chunk out of back. I got the seller down to 1/4 of asking price due to damage. It's kinda hard to hide that.

 

[Svt_ivan]

Finished up my sweetheart today.

 

[Productbob]

Finally back from the filthiest, most **** (literally) filled "barn" I've ever been in. Turned out to be a farm work shop covered everywhere with 'stuff' from rats, mice, raccoons and bats. The actual seller was the grandson (acting on behalf of the grandfather) who had a huge case of sellers remorse. He didn't want to sell anything and has vision of returning the family farm to its former glory.
Inside was tons of old manual and electrically powered drills, saws, grinders, etc all covered in rust and stuff. After a solid hour of "no, I just can't sell that" finally broke through on the Columbian Woodworking vise that actually fell to the floor with part of the bench attached when I tried to turn the handle (see pic). In the end brought home a Wilton Shop King, a Luther clamp-on (2 1/2" jaws), a Lakeside swivel (3 1/2") that I pulled from a mouse stuff pile and the mystery vise (congrats to Fierljeppen) a Hollands with 5" jaws! The Hollands is in great shape and spins easily but when you look at the pic it looks more like a 46 or 48?? Sure that I missed some things and could have used another pair of eyes on this trip. Total cost of this adventure $80 and a lot of shower water. Left with an open invite to come again, so we'll see

 

[kenc184]

I envy you that Hollands Bob, and you definitely deserve a "you ****" for $80 the lot. I would've paid more than $80 just for the Hollands. Looks like it says 46, which is a 6" vise.

 

[RBarnes]

Thought you guys might find this U tube video comparison of a Wilton bullet vise and Columbian interesting. I know it is hard to be objective when you love Wilton bullet vises, but...

 

[Productbob]

Ken thanks. Agree it looks like the number 46 but it's definitely 5" jaws. Checking on Mr. Scott's spreadsheet a Hollands 46 has a swivel base and weighs about 170 lbs. Haven't weighed it yet but feels about 80 lbs. gonna clean them all up a little this morning and try to get more numbers off each one.

 

[Shiftless]

productBob:
You got a great deal. Congrats.
Thanks for that great story. I’m glad I warned you about the boots, but I forgot to warn you about wearing a dust mask when in closed spaces with lots of rat poo. Consider wearing one when you return. A friend of mine got sick after he cleaned out a rat infested shed in his back yard.

 

[trijeff]

Bob, try to get that Athol 324 1/2 X combo vise, just make sure you're up to date on your rabies and tetanus shots

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[Smitty]

Found a nice circle sided Prentiss Bull Dog today. The vise has been well used but it’s in decent shape. The 515 has 4 1/2” jaws and weighs in at 55 lbs.


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[wabo100]

Picked up a craftsman 5197 its in really good shape I will probably sell it soon jaws are like new

 

[Johnny_V]

Picked up a milwaukee 807 at an estate sale today for $7.00. Anyone know its value?

 

[Outlawmws]

Picked up a craftsman 5197 its in really good shape I will probably sell it soon jaws are like new

That's a great find, and only one size off the holy grail of 5198! - yours is 4-1/2" the '98 is 5"

 

[Productbob]

Shift- did have a mask with me but once he started saying yes to selling my excitement got the best of me and I started ripping into things before he changed his mind. lol next time for sure.

tri- tried real hard on the athol, but couldn't get him interested (yet). it's missing the 3 pipe jaws but is in great shape and mounted on a rolling stand. Going to contact him again next week and remind him I'm interested.

 

[KMScott]

Picked up a craftsman 5197 its in really good shape I will probably sell it soon jaws are like new

Quick question wabo, can you confirm the jaw spec;s on your Craftsman. This jaw drawing is from a Rock Island and it looks like it might fit. The screw C/L dimension (3-1/4) the channel width (7/16) and the jaw height (1-1/2) Thanks in advance.

 

[davethorik]

Posted this no name 1.5" clamp-on vise the other day. Got it free out of the junk bucket at a yard sale, missing the guide rods (5/16 diameter).

Brainstorming for ideas for replacements, preferably of the free variety, I remembered I had a foot long piece of 5/16 brass bar stock in my work box. It had come in a lot of tools I bought years ago, so it was essentially free.

This took more work than planned, and certainly more than the vise is worth (I rescind my prior comment that the vise seems well made ), but the end result is pretty neat IMO.

 

[Productbob]

smitty another nice pick-up! Do like the circle look.

Dave-- your fix came out well and is probably much better than OEM.

 

[Smitty]

Thanks Bob
Yeah, out of the six designs they did for the Bull Dogs it’s one of my favorites.

 

[wabo100]

quick question wabo, can you confirm the jaw spec;s on your craftsman. This jaw drawing is from a rock island and it looks like it might fit. The screw c/l dimension (3-1/4) the channel width (7/16) and the jaw height (1-1/2) thanks in advance.

3 1/4 ,7/16,1 3/8

 

[Loydski29]

Picked up a nice Parker 2X today it hasn’t seen much use the jaws are in great shape. I took a picture next to my 4X for size comparison.


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[AndrewH]

Quick question wabo, can you confirm the jaw spec;s on your Craftsman. This jaw drawing is from a Rock Island and it looks like it might fit. The screw C/L dimension (3-1/4) the channel width (7/16) and the jaw height (1-1/2) Thanks in advance.

I have a 5197 as well, I’ll measure tonight when I get home.