Recent content by jerryd67

Needing some help from the Vise experts on this page. I bought a vise last weekend at an auction...seemed to be in decent shape, and I didn't pay a lot for it. Here's my dilemma...it's marked as a Columbian No. 504 vise, but it doesn't look like ANY of the other Columbian 504 vises I'm seeing...

I've been looking for a 519X for some time, and finally had one pop up on an "on-line only" auction not too far away. They didn't know what they had as the Craftsman badge was MIA, and had advertised it simply as a "heavy duty vise". I could tell from the couple of photos provided that something...

If you think he won't use it that much I'd go with the 1/2 hp. If you thought he would be a more serious user, I'd go with the 3/4 hp.

Finished product...great work as always, Matt!

Bagged, sent you a PM.

Thank you for sharing...that's one I had not seen before. I'm amazed at the variations they made in these things.

I hear you Bob...the original label on my 1 hp is off center, and it drives the OCD part of me crazy, but the grinder is in such great original condition, I can't bring myself to touch it.

Forgot to mention...I've got a whole sheet of the "Shatterproof Glass" labels printed...be happy to share, just shoot me a pm with your address. Maybe you can send me back $1 to cover postage. If not, no big loss.

The 397.19451 has 8" x 1" wheels, just like the 1 hp. I've seen different 1/2 hp versions that utilize both 6" x 3/4" and 7" x 1", but all the 3/4 hp models I've seen (I also have a round-top version 397-19670) have the 8" wheels. I recently helped my brother-in-law restore a 1/3 hp pre-block...

Bought this 3/4 hp last year at an auction, and finally got around to restoring it. The stand got donated to my 1 hp I bought recently. The paint (and label) were pretty rough, and since I have not been happy with the durability of re-paints on these beauties, I invested in powder coat...

There was one on the left as well, it was just shorter and buried under a thick layer of crud...not to mention a challenge to get out. I’m in agreement about it being a PO mod though. Interestingly, the round support rods that the tool rests clamp to had “flats” ground on both sides, and as you...

A couple new additions to the family...a near pristine 397.19360 1 HP, complete with original owners manual and a dirty (but complete) 397.19670 3/4 HP gold label round top. The 1 HP will just need a thorough cleaning and bearings, but the 3/4 HP will be a complete resto. I've been looking for...

No, it's not a Parker/Reed/Yost, but happy with the way my very first vise resto came out...

Want to buy (or trade for) two Craftsman cross rails like those in the pictures below. The stand in question came with a Craftsman/King-Seeley (103.24280) band saw that I'm restoring, but the same stand was available with several other Craftsman tools of the same era, including some 8" table...