Recent content by Mattcook120

I'm from loganville Georgia, a town halfway between Atlanta and Athens. I looked for a few days on local CL and FB marketplace, and there were very few vintage American heavy duty units for sale, and all were priced astronomically. However I probably should have reached out here before making a...

Awesome thank you! So not a machinist quality unit but definitely one of their best for workshop uses at the time, which is how this unit will be used. And peep that unit that sold for $220 in 1958 money that weighed 268lbs!!! Holy bejeezus 😮

I appreciate all the feedback. I know literally nothing about vintage vices other than my experience with my dad's old unit, which he got from my grandfather, who bought it when my dad was 5 (so about 64 years old). Can't remember his vice's make / model, but all I know is we used it A LOT and...

My brother asked for a good bench vice for Christmas for his new shop. Didnt feel like buying a new one as they are likely all manufactured overseas, and wanted to get a good old-fashioned American made vice. Listings and prices were all over the place, and at first I thought I found a pretty...