Recent content by mikesea

Thanks for the awesome info,YEP,mounted as suggested.So about 40 years ago,I was in such good shape,I picked the 157 lb vise up ,zipped up a flight of stairs,threw her in bed of my 69 El Camino.Gave me alot of tire grip that day.

I was given this vise in 1976.It was in a plumbing shop I worked in as a young man.It weighs about 140 lbs.I use this vise a few times a week.i've pressed out control arm bushing and used it with a 2x4 as a stand to repair small outboards.can't imagine the work it did in the 50plus years before...

GET the Bose. Have 2 of them.Leave one out in the carport.Picks up am talk radio great,plays my c.d's of course fm too.Super sound,loud and clear.I live on a canal in S.Fl.,every Patriotic holiday ,I blast the America songs.Neighbors love it,carries far and clear at full volume. Plenty on ebay...

I'm not actually sure what Im looking for.I recall a forum/section ,where vises were in alphabetically,and if you had a particular one,in my case an old Chas.Parker 207,I could put a picture up and explain what it is.Im not that certain it was on Garage Journal at this point,but I can't find...

I finally got to take some picturs of my Parker Vise.Refresh my memory please.Wasn't there a Vise section to Garage Journal ?with various vices and people posting to catalog the different models? If so,steer me in the direction,Thanks

Hello,new member here. I have a Chas.Parker vise,#207,all 147 lbs.of her.Great ,dailey work horse.Picked it up on the Brooklyn N.Y. docks in the 70's.Pat. Nov 22nd 1910. I located this site where someone has done alot of work,but have no idea how to post on it.Maybe someone here does.They have...