Recent content by 14-Bolt

Bams50 I have that excact vise in 5" on my welding table at work. I do like the machine unpainted look. I just love old vises, if this site wouldn't of popped up a few years back I would of saved hundreds of dollars in old vises. Why wilton?, compare a 6" chinese vise and a 6" wilton and you...

There's dumb and there's shouldn't of been born dumb. Check out this ALL original wilton bullet on ebay. This is NOT my listing. Just for GJ member amusement...

Finally a little light pounding. I just really didn't want to crack the "hollow" casting. But kept hitting socket side to side and from bottom with lots of Pb Blaster. Than it wouldn't come out because I beat it so much so I took a grinder to the top and sent it the other way. Should of done...

Catalyze you have a rock island with rear swivel, would love to see a pic, I have a 577, thats seen better days. I was in the proccess of refurbing it when I found this columbian. The rock is missing its swivel base, its way more stout than this #406. But the rarity of a rear swivel jaw is just...

I would agree, thank goodness. I thought it was just stuck in the top when I bought it, knowing it was tapered. Then when I got it home and it wouldn't budge I removed the jaw and looked from underneeth, and my new vise high instantly went away. I'll get it out tonight. Have to work on truck...

Just picked up this sweet setup a 8" dayton grinder and a columbian #406 with swiveling rear jaw on a neet old metal fabricated bench. Anybody guess whats hammered down in the tappered hole for rear jaw. Its a 3" japan spark plug socket that reads 5/8". Thinking of grinding two flats opposite...

that was a dumb try. Do I have to be a pledged member of GJ before I can post pics? because im having trouble.

But is it a Wilton?, got it for $25 off CL, not excactly what I was looking for, figured I could clean it up and paint it, price was right. Has different part numbers on front and back jaw, base, lead screw, and has same model number 1546 on right side of both jaws. Has been completly...

Test, for pic

One,two, three?

Find myself on this board alot so I figured I'd join. And the guys on the coloradok5 board are getting sick of me posting about tools and shop stuff. Thanks for having me.