Recent content by jjd56

Uh ooooo....! That's in my neck of the woods! What do i do..?...I just cleaned up this $3 find by a coworker. Now this. I think the addiction has set in.

In this world there are some things that you just know are wrong.... That manly pink vise is one of em

DRIVESITFAR: Unfortunately Only one of the square head bolts were long enough to use on my bench, but I did save the others. I shaped the heads of a couple stove bolts from the hardware store on my grinder to secure one jaw. They're more shinier and softer than what was there originally but I'm...

I don't have trouble replacing the cap on spray cans anymore.:D

DRIVESITFAR: As requested, I've found some more before & after photos of the saving of the Prentiss Bull Dog 55. Once demudded & apart, cleanup was a la rotary wire brush and solvents. Had to resort to sandpaper on some heavily rusted areas. Even the two broken jaw screws came out via the...

DRIVESITFAR: I did take some before photos of the Bull Dog. I'll try and find em and will post if I haven't deleted them.

So my "Green Monster" was a gift from my bro-in-law after learning i'd broken my cheapo chinese swivel base pivoting head vise. He said "I've got a vise you can have. It might be fixable...." The vise was pried out of his lawn (?) after sitting / sinking into the mud for two years. It was sad...