Recent content by Davelite

I lived on the island for a while, and loved it!

Thanks for keeping the advice coming. I like the idea of saving the jaws, I'll do that for sure. Enough of you have suggested brazing it that I think I might try instead of just junking it. "Waste not."

Big thanks to all of you, I appreciate your responses! I was easily swayed by the beefiness and low price, but I guess this will be another tally in the Lesson Learned column. I doubt I'll put the effort into brazing it, but if I have a free afternoon I might take it apart just to see the crack...

Thank you all, feeling the comradery

Found what I thought was a valuable, heavy vise at a garage sale, but another post on this forum says all I got right is the heavy part. When I got it home I started cranking on it and noticed some backlash. Turns out it's broken. Now, this thing cost me $10. What kind of work am I looking...

My family moved into our first home just over 2 years ago and the list of completed (and planned) DIY projects is huge! The tight two-car garage with two cars in it leaves very little space for a traditional work bench and tool chest but I'm making it work. I joined mostly to ask about a sweet...