Recent content by Gtyler

It looks to me like its a Record copy. I've never heard of the brand though. Eron was another company out of Japan that produced vises exactly like the English made record vises. I'm not sure if it was a collaboration with Record, or if they were knock offs. I have herd that the Eron vises are...

Well done! Looks like it's in great shape. It will certainly serve you well.

Is that an optical illusion? If not that is the mother of all vises!!! How much does that beast weigh? By the looks of things I think you should add that to this thread http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79320

I must say, those craftsmans are indeed a very fine looking hunk of iron. Beautiful restore job on the one.

Not much of a red fan eh? You're going to hate the colour I just painted my Yost. Guess what it's red! How do you feel about green? Personally I'm feeling a bit like it's christmas around here. On another note why is there not much talk about Yost on here. It's always Parker and Reed and...

Dang! That beast is in really good condition for it's age. It will clean up nicely. Also, well done on the score.

I would love to add that 8" leg vise to my blacksmith shop, but $650!! that seems way out there unless it weighs 650 lbs, but it looks more like 200 ish to me.

More great info! Thanks! Never would have guessed that a ridgid branded vise would be made by Columbian. I assume the material would be ductile cast iron like the Yost and not grey or white. Is that a reasonable assumption? Edit a short while later: Nice call! It looks to be identical to a...

Thank for the great info! What about this vise specifically? Anyone have any info on it like vintage or casting material?

I've been reading this thread for a while now and I finally get to post my recent finds. The "little" one is a Yost 33c with 5" jaws and weighs in at 98 lbs. The monster is a Ridgid 60FCPN, with 6" jaws and weighs in at 160 lbs. Looking forward to getting them mounted and putting them to work...

I agree with most here. It's probably worth that especially when compared to what you can get for $50 new, but If you keep looking something better will come along I'd imagine.