Recent content by Kong1970

When I was taking it apart, I neglected to mention there was a dowel pin holding the drive nut inside the static side. I couldn't get that pin out and I was afraid I'd destroy the vise. I got help from a friend who got the pin out for me and once I got the drive nut out of the static side, the...

Thanks all for the kind comments this is an awesome forum, glad I stumbled upon it!

Hey Drives- thanks for the compliment and the tip about using newspaper. I used Bel-ray waterproof grease just because it is what I had available. Seems to work well enough but I think I may try never-seize next time I lube it. I still was wondering the approx. age, my gut thinks pre WWII. I...

Is this worth a look? Wish it was closer, about an hour from me. Wondering if anyone can ID the vise from the pic. https://southjersey.craigslist.org/atq/5519936139.html

Well I finished repainting the Columbian. I'm not sure if it is an improvement but I like the gray better. Not too bad for my first try. I'm pretty happy $50 plus a can of primer and a can of paint. She works beautifully now too, smooth as silk with no slop to speak of. Here are shots of...

Hi, I picked up this Columbian No 603 on Craigslist a couple weeks ago for $50. It has some cut marks on the jaws but works well enough. Can anyone tell me the approx. age and did I do okay on the price? I'm going to repaint it. I took a few shots after I hit it with a wire wheel.

I got it disassembled and took a wire wheel to it to remove the blue paint. I'm going to repaint it a dark gray color. I hope my new paint sticks as well as that blue stuff did. Here are some pics.

Can anyone tell me the approximate age of this vise?

Hi, I'm new here and I picked up a Columbian No 603 vise on Craigs today for $50. It has a few score/cut marks on top of the jaws but otherwise seems in nice enough shape. I'd like to strip it down and repaint. The jaws were very hard to open past about 4". I started removing some paint...