Recent content by 72rallye440

Very nice!

Most of my tools are older Craftsman and they always served me well. More recently purchased new Craftsman tools clearly are not the same quality. I've tried some SK tools recently for the fist time and really like the quality. That will probably be my choice for hand tools going forward.

I thought I would take a run at posting a review for a unique little product that probably most of you are probably aware of. I dabble a bit in off-roading in a Jeep Wrangler and over the summer acquired an old M416 military trailer from a storage shed in pieces. After restoring the trailer I...

I took the vise completely apart and removed the keyway. The dynamic jaw still stops at the exact same spot. I took a measurement of the spot where the jaw stops. The is exactly 1/16" difference from one end to the other. No question the dynamic jaw is slightly bent about 2" from the jaw. I...

I did take the nut assembly out and it's still a no go. I did not try to screw nut assembly in by itself but I will tomorrow. I think it's shot and I'm really disappointed. I think I will attempt to take to a machine shop to see if they can do anything with it.

This vise has served me well since the 90's in my home workshop. I'm truly disappointed in myself for ruining such a great tool. The "cheater bar" was a 3' piece of 2"x2" square tubing. If anyone has any other ideas on how to fix it I would really appreciate hearing them.

Jack, thank you for the response. Sounds like my stupidity may have cost me a vise. Yes........it was a rather large cheater bar.

I've spent a lot of time reading posts here but never registered until now so I guess this is my first post. I'm looking for some help with a SnapOn (Wilton) 1760 vise I bought in the mid-1990's. The vise has always served me well until I decided to do something stupid and presumably bent the...