Recent content by jaycobie

Recently got this rare bird: A No. 2 Record clone vise from Denmark, and it's actually really well made. Looks for all the world like a Record or Paramo vise, save for the "Made in Denmark" on it's side. I've never seen this type of replaceable nut before. The tension spring on the spindle is...

I recently finished cleaning up this old 1/3HP Milwaukee/Kingston-Conley bench grinder from circa 1949. Replaced the starter cap (not pictured), bearings and some fasteners here and there. Added a fuse to the circuit, along with a screw terminal block from circa 1920 for easier wiring access and...

This is also common on older Swedish pliers. Here is a few of my E.A. Berg pliers from the 1950's and 1960's which all have a gap in the front-grip when closed. I also have a pair of needle-nose pliers from the same company that have wire cutters deep in the jaws. Those close perfectly both at...

My favorite brand of pliers and cutters is F.E. Lindström The green handles are original to Lindströms, but I'm not sure when they started putting those on their pliers. I've got a pair of smaller spring-loaded Lindström bolt cutters that are really nice. Pretty sure those are relatively rare

Got lots of Swedish pliers and cutters. Here is a smattering of E.A. Berg, F.E. Lindström, Eskilstuna and Bahco pliers and cutters I always try to pick up any E.A. Berg tools I come across. Not a single pair of their pliers I've found is showing the same amount of wear as other companies...

You can never have enough screwdrivers, and my favorites are the 600-series green-handled Bahcos. The big boy 689 is my favorite. It's less of a screwdriver and more of a blunt weapon. Unfortunately I use it far too little due to it's massive size (15mm wide, 2mm thick flat tip, 35,5cm/14"...

Since I live in Iceland, I find tons of Bahco and other Scandinavian tools when I'm scrounging. I've got a small but growing collection of wrenches, of course mostly Bahco, but one Billnäs and 3 Kongsberg. I actually like Kongsberg wrenches just slightly over Bahcos. Kongsberg adjuster nuts...

A lesser known modern tool maker in Sweden is "Stirex". Since they've been going since 1981 I guess they are not vintage, but I thought I'd mention them since we're on the subject. They specialize in ergonomic low-fatigue hand tools. They are partly marketed towards the food industry, but not...

And a couple more pictures of the stand

I just finished cleaning up and repainting this old Black and Decker No. 60 drill press stand, complete with a period-correct B&D 3/4" drill with Jacobs No. 36 chuck. These pieces are circa 1950, with the drill having a date stamp from 1949 on the rotor. Both bought separately over a period of a...

I'm trying to remake the Birtman Electric tag on my Rock Island 574 vise and I can't help but notice that the tag from mine is subtly different from the one's I've seen online. Mine is made from steel, and was heavily rusted. The lettering is too shallow to clean up properly (hence the rework)...

I need to replace the Birtman Electric tag on my Rock Island 574. I'm going to laser etch a negative on brass, then etch and flood-fill the tag. Before I try my hand at drawing it up myself, has anyone drawn up the graphic for these tags in CAD or some other vector program?

Something I posted on the "Bench vises forever" facebook a while back but got no responses. Thought it'd be worth mentioning here, if anyone in the U.S. is interested in some library expeditions for vise info: I stumbled upon the book "A Guide to American Trade Catalogs 1744-1900" by Lawrence...

A similar vise can also be found in this Rock Island catalog on Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/RockIslandManufacturingCo1934/page/n3/mode/2up

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