Recent content by Marcotte97

Love the look! I see the brass tag on yours too, does it mean anything? Here is mine before paint and finish:

Black finish is actually rustoleum flat black enamel over self etching primer. I read that they had an original paint color of flat black so wanted to stay close to original. And this will be easy to touch up once I start beating on it. Just watched a video on the sculpt nouveau, thanks for the...

I used the original one and put a small weld on the backside (that touches the nut) and filed it to a taper so the more I hammer it in the tighter the nut gets

Taking advise and inspiration from many of the beautiful vise restorations on here I managed to restore an old prentiss vise with a slight spin. Used heat browning of slide and other parts then dipped in oil to create nice bronze color and rust protection! Have a question about the brass tag...