Recent content by kirkgun

Thanks everybody. I mean it. Thanks for enlightening me. I would never have considered that I could get a well made vise, without spending a small fortune. All I just had to do was shop for something probably 60 years old or more. And as a super bonus, I could get a vise made that just...

Because of you guys, I now have a sturdy hunk of American Iron instead of modern piece-of-poop from a home improvement store. When I googled "quality vise" months ago, I ended up in this thread. I figured I should thank you guys with a couple of pictures. It's no beauty queen. And I didn't...

I was recommended to put this into the main vise thread. I am guessing this is it? Anyway below is copy and pasted from a thread I started: I'm digging around to find a good used vise and discovered garage journal yesterday. Anyway, one potential vise is below. But there is no information...

Yeah, it is on a online auction site. It's a couple hours away from my home. but shhhhhhh... don't let anyone know. Somebody who already has a half dozen vises will get all giddy and start bidding it up.

Thanks for the input guys. Could anyone give me a link to the main vise thread? I'm not finding it at the moment. And those certainly could be replacement jaws. But what makes me think this is effectively an "unused" tool is the ultra thin layer of corrosion (and still visible machining...

I agree. I'd ****** up a 6 incher for 50-100 bucks. But what I don't know is if it is a 6" ? I haven't mapped it out yet, but it'd probably be about a 4 hour round trip.

I'm digging around to find a good used vise and discovered garage journal yesterday. Anyway, one potential vise is below. But there is no information online, only a couple of mediocre photos. And I can't decide if it's worth the trip. As you can see, it's a Record. It's made in England...