Recent content by Geurt

Great find Brad! Your York will clean up nice. Since starting this thread 6 years ago, I restored a couple of these Yorks. I used both sandblasting and electrolysis with success. Choose whatever is easiest available for you. Regarding paint, I am very satisfied with Rustoleum Hard Hat spray...

Very cool modification and the condition of the vise is near mint. Good job!

I had good experiences ordering through the York website. Indeed you get an invoice and then you have to transfer the money yourself to their account. Shortly after you will receive your order. The jaws you selected should work fine for the 150.

My father in law gave me a hammer he got from his father. I cannot ID the brand nor the use. Maybe the collective knowledge on these forums has the answer. What I know: - Faces have a slight crown - Non magnetic metal, seems stainless - Marking says: patented Nov. 9 1926 patented 1927 - Brand...

Cool story! I'm sure the little 60 will clean up well. I got another sweet deal on an 80. Its in a fair condition. Maybe I'll only clean it up. I'll upload some pictures tomorrow.

Sorry man, can't help you with that. I also noticed later models to be more rectangular, but have no idea about the timelines for changes. Also the 'A' addition to the models. No idea what that stands for. To me an 80A looks the same to an regular 80. Maybe you can ask York directly?

Yesterday I visited the Tokyu Hands store in Shibuya, Tokyo. They had a larger collection than the store in Hiroshima. It was really geared towards the hobby crowd. Very cool nonetheless. I bought a Canary scissor and a small Vessel hammer with hard plastic faces. Today I went to the Factory...

Went to a Tokyu Hands in Hiroshima yesterday. Overall the store was nice, but the tool department was a bit of a dissapointment. Very small selection and most of it was made in Taiwan or even India. So I did not buy anything there. My bet is on Tokyo for the Tokyu Hands and Factory Gear store...

Thanks for the tips! We'll for sure spend some some time in Hiroshima and be back in Tokyo (Shibuya) before we leave. I've red your posts, very helpfull! I know now what to look out for.

Dear Japanese tool friends! At the moment I'm on holidays in Japan. While in Kawaguchiko I stumbled upon a nice little toolshop. I didn't have that much time to spemd there, but managed to pick up some nice Japanese made tools. I would like to buy some more things though. Any particular...

I had a similar sort of hammer not to long ago. I heard it was a forging hammer for blacksmiths. In smaller sizes also used by jewelery makers.

I just finished restoring another York 80 vise. To celebratre page 1000 of this awesome thread a picture of it with a York 60 and York 100 I did earlier.

Think my crappy phone makes it look orange, but its definately red in real life. Finished assembly today Now I need to go find another one to do

bright red again!