Recent content by BlackBert

Thanks again for the advice everyone. Here's the finished product. I decided against painting it. After degreasing, I media-blasted with 80-grit glass bead, then worked it over with wire wheels. Blew it out with compressed air, wiped it down with acetone, greased the wear surfaces and...

Oh Jeez - you guys are so right. I assumed when you were all saying "split" that it would be a clean, machined split, but it is quite literally cracked intentionally by the factory. For mistaking that part of this, I think I should be forgiven, but not realizing that if it were a complete...

I'm definitely not a vise enthusiast, so I didn't know what he was offering. And he brought it over and it took both of us to heft it from his truck to my workbench, I still didn't know - I was just like "wow, this is a BFV!" Now that I'm doing the research, you're absolutely right, I do owe...

I'm new to this forum, so hopefully these pictures I tried to attach come through. The collar that cracked is cast iron. I considered welding it, but my welding skills hover between novice and amateur and I never welded cast iron before, so I did what everyone seems to do these days and asked...

First of all, apologies for getting the model wrong. After some rust clean-up I can see this is a 206R, not a 206B. Not even sure if 206B is a thing...

I was recently gifted a Reed 206B vise after telling a friend I was in the market for a large vise. He said a client of his gave him one, but it was too big for his shop and so he gave it to me. The vise needs some minor restoration, so I watched some YouTube videos and immediately started...