Recent content by dismayed

drivesitfar: I emailed about it an hour after it posted. No reply yet, if so I'll be in touch. I *should* be doing chores but it's hot around the house up here! At least it's good weather for paint stripped to work for my 1942 Craftsman DP cleanup I've got going. I'm the one that posted the rock...

Carla: Thanks for all the info your provided about my old Columbian find. I really appreciate the info, I've searched for some old ads but haven't found it in them yet. But I'll keep looking. drivesitfar: Do you have any local help for my cracking older Columbian (details below)? Also, you...

Found a nice Craftsman with 3.5" jaws today that matches my larger 5" jaw version! It is missing the handle for the base, not sure what I'll do for that but I'm super happy to find this one (and for free!) I saw this as I picked up some other hand tools and asked about it; it was the guys'...

I picked up this Columbian 3 1/2" while getting a workbench. Says "Columbian Cleveland" where it'd normally have the No. on the right side and on the left "PT APLD FOR". Doesn't seem to look like most I've seen, thoughts? Works just fine though! I'm now up to 10 vises since joining GJ and seeing...

Long time lurker, first time poster! I stumbled on this site after getting in to knife making and decided I wanted Made in the USA vise sometime in the spring of 2013 and now think I have at least 9 vises that I can remember. Thought I'd post a few photos finally! Pictured: Craftsman w/5" jaws...

My first post to this forum. I picked these up yesterday. A "Simplex Tool Co" "Utility No. 4" stamped Woon R.I., Made in USA and a Columbian "Utility No. 04". The Columbian No 04 next to my Columbian made Craftsman