Recent content by Doc Moses

I have been searching vise threads and read a few contradictory posts. This Craftsman is from my FIL, he passed this spring at the young age of 94. I have read that the 506 signifies Columbian mfg, and the 51811 signifies model number. The third pic is from under the base. Does it indicate...

Fierljeppen. Thank you. That is my vise model in your pic. Mystery solved.

My leg vise has this marking, it also has "1918" stamped into the front jaw. Does the triangle/C mean Columbian manufacture?

The guy in the video has some good ideas. Thanks for the reference.

yes.

Buried in the ad statement is "There is new style drama also." That does kinda describe some of the statements here if ya think about it...

Thanks; it was the "ethical" thing to do!

respectfully, your garage is way too clean. Scary clean.

Using the lift as a dock is genius. I never thought of that. I have one of the lifts as well. It is one of the best purchase I have ever made. I have many bikes, and several bikes under restoration at any one time, I am actually contemplating buying another of these lifts.

My former wife (late 1980s) would buy Tupperware at garage sales, stick it in the freezer, watch it shatter, and then exchange it for new Tupperware. She would have to go to a Tupperware party thing to swap out the broken (fraudulently I might add) Tupperware and while she was there she would...

I was sold on the Eastwood $35.00 model after reading this. Then I went to checkout and it said 10-14 days shipping. What? It is 2017. That ship time is ridiculous. SO I found it for a little less cost (same thing as Eastwood) at JB tools, 2-5 days shipping. For what its worth...