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    Metal Cabinets vintage or homemade and no name toolboxes. got any to show please do

    drivesitfar : Thats a very good question on drawer size,,,I have not seen this one in person. Maybe we can figure out an estimate of rough dimensions of the box based on drawer pulls and what others have seen in person and can measure? I am guessing in between 10 and 12 high,,and 13 -15 wide...
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    Metal Cabinets vintage or homemade and no name toolboxes. got any to show please do

    Hi, garage folks, I am way far behind on the vise page ( but have serious vice for vises!) If you know tool boxes like the vise guys know vises than someone will make this look easy. It has been anything but for me.Today I have a question that I only know how to ask,probably. I am looking for a...
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    The VINTAGE toolboxes of Garage Journal!

    Hi, garage folks, I am way far behind on the vise page ( but have serious vice for vises!) If you know tool boxes like the vise guys know vises than someone will make this look easy. It has been anything but for me.Today I have a question that I only know how to ask,probably. I am looking for a...
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    Let's see your toolbox.

    Re: Let's see your toolbox. Anyone know who made this box? Hi, garage folks, I am way far behind on the vise page ( but have serious vice for vises!) If you know tool boxes like the vise guys know vises than someone will make this look easy. It has been anything but for me.Today I have a...
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Outstanding display !!! Spent most of summer talking and looking for a beam and axel to make something like that , that could be pulled down the road to the show grounds. Only 4 miles. Steel wheels way cool but out of question for road. Would be nice display along side of one of big buildings...
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    A semi famous tractor collector and expert on the science of collecting and hiding the fact, once made a list of things All husbands should know. It included the advice the you should name them Not number them. You should collect all the same brand( thereby confusing the issue With them all...
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Drivesit, bagged89 , I don't know where my post went but I sent one earlier? I have pictures of this vise ,as you see, I do not have a weight ,(scale no good in bright sunlight) digital readout. And yes there are no letters or numbers cast on the sides at all. And yes it sure loks like the one...
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    BAGGED89 its here in my hot little hands, had to clean the jaws to take the pics,,, it was all equally covered in that fine patina. Anything else I can look for to id it? Anywhere else I can clean?what do you know I might be getting the hang of this yet!
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Here are the pictures of the jaws of the unknown vise. Thanks for the help. If it's a Parker I still don't know which one though. Thanks for patience I am a slow learner on the computer,,good thing there are retired teachers around here who understand!!!
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    I'll get them for you this afternoon. Did not think of that. The shape of the body is just so rock island.
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    ok, this one looks like a rock island but it has nothing cast into it. nothing at all on the sides. Does not appear to have ever been there. Anyone want to take a stab at what model and make this is. Its 5 1/2 jaws. ,thanks.
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Thanks ,,,knew it had a C model just did not remember which one it was. Would like to put the hollands on a scale but don't have one that will take the abuse. modern dig bathroom scale to fragile.
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Have not posted in a while. I am not able to make these cool things happen from my phone. It will ,,,I can't. Have purchased a horders pile of vises and will be fixing them up and selling them off to finance my retirement which will begin in part next month!!! Will still have to do something to...
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    The industrial vise looks like a wilton 450. Wilton's have shown up with other names on them. Not that I understand why. What say the wilton experts ? In post number 35854.
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    4 feet, pat pend, fish hooks, date, 4 inches wide. #4 jaws look original but don't know for sure..not checkered,,,,straight lines across jaws.
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