Thanks Grouseman, I hear ya on not beating on it but I think my Granfather would want me to get use out of it and have it serve me as it did him. I certainly won’t be using it as an anvil and hope that I am able to give both of these to my grandkids.
First post here and wanted share my vintage Columbians. I have a an autocrat 415 which I just finished restoring and will install on the bench in my garage and a machinist 203 1/2 M2 that I will mount in my soon to be built 20x30 workshop. These were my grandfathers vises who worked as an...