Recent content by colmal

So, how common are the Goodell Pratt/Millers Falls Vise/drills ? I've been keeping an eye out ever since I got a Goodell-Pratt clamp on, haven't seen any even in US, a few clamp on Drills is all. Does every vise aficionado on here have one ? is it even a bucket list item ?

While having a look around also noticed the Lock Tools (Australia) pipe vice I have pictured above (yet to put it back together, have just scrubbed it down and removed the crappy paint job, left some original paint on it) is a near identical copy of a Reed No 0 pipe vice, the front claw is the...

There is a few similar on Ebay at the moment- a Hollands, NYE Tool works Chicago and some more modern Ridgid. And yes, In USA

Fine, Thanks to the enabling @Outlawmws and yourself, I just bought it.

Ok, you caught me-just checked, it seems I have a pipe vise section. Vulcan No 1- made by J. H . Williams and Co, New York -1891, 1903, 1904 patent dates Small Record pipe vise, currently in molasses 1940's (?) Lock Tools, made in Australia, bought as it was acquired by Siddons (Sichrome)...

You missed one, came across this rare vice today

And if I decide to buy it, what colour is original ? I'd have to paint this one, cause I'd grind off the initials.

Is a Pipe Vise a vise ? looking at A Reed 90, 1914 patent date, A bit unusual with the clamp on, has some nice features, not the type of REED I was hoping for as my first Reed, hmmm This maybe a wait and think, hope someone else buys it,may wake up early one day and buy, if it hasn't sold, or...

I haven't been getting much Sidchrome the last few years, mainly doing some Vices and Rota toolboxes,but I have been keeping my eye out for some bucket list sets and completing, without getting ridiculous some cabinets and toolboxes. Spent the last few days cleaning, and sorting out some rare...

22 series also The 'K' after Made in Australia is a year code, if you have a letter you could date the spanners, 'H' for example is 1987

I've solved that, maybe gone a bit overboard, but it's been bugging me for 5 yrs. The short set I have I'll put back in the 20 piece holder and sell at some stage. Realized you don't even see the Proto branding when it is in the cabinet, so the Eklind is acceptable to me, even the Eklind short...

You too can use and restore a drill press vice like Bubba.

It's taken me 2 years, just bought the exact one I wanted with the 1928 patent date, complete with pipe jaw :) Had a Irwin Record pair of 4" Fibre jaw covers delivered yesterday, wanted to try them as the magnetic ones are a PITB, put them on my 1960's Dawn universal to check the fit (copy of...

This arrived today, just gave it a quick scrub down, will derust repaint at some point, liked the oval handle mount. Looks like a Japan made copy of a US vice, cast in pipe jaws aren't common to OZ made vices like the US, maybe missing a swivel mount as well. kinda well made, a little bit of...

Just arrived, Pictures are kinda of deceptive and didn't really think about it, happy with the Red cased set, but WTF do I do with the loose ones ? I don't own a tank or a 30 ton lathe, they're ginormous.