Recent content by paris by night

Bonsoir Drivesit and sorry for the super late reply. come back safely from my travel. i was in france near the "lac Léman" on the swiss border under a tick snow fall. absolutely unequipped for the alps condition with my van and standard road tires ! i am not going collect tools or garage...

Bonsoir Drivesit and all guys. glad to hear you Drivesit and sorry for this long silence but even we are limited here i have massive work and not time for tools/antique research ! we are now close to 1 year restriction life and think our life will probably be different after this health/economy...

glad to hear you drivesit. i am very happy with this modification because i need the moving possibility but i do not like to see wheels so the time to made worth the result : i can move it with one hand, and the wheels are invisible so the look is really massive. of course the floor need to be...

Hi guys. Some news of the retractable wheels project. I ordered very small 30mm diameter wheels guaranted for 120kgs per wheel. Very small tolerance so hope they will do the job. Due to the not impossible but problematic cast iron welding i decided to made a fixed corner frame by dril and tap...

Hi guys. With the lock out due to Covid i finaly found time to search a decent socle for the mogul. Cast iron machines pedestral are very hard to find here because from some years house designers use them for foot table so prices rise up to immoral ammount. But fortunately a friend call me for...

i use BRASS wire brush with VARIABLE (low speed) angle grinder. the faster, best result and no problem for the chrome layer.

beautiful people share beautiful things on this forum. i do not have athol vise but i have been more admiring if. thanks men

hi guys. drivesit : i am still in high research on old american vises but they are rare here. anyway i found a pair of beautiful Hollands. not huge (130 pounds each) but suffisant to disturb my back to load in the van. will post soon, very busy actually. i am still on old safes resto, i will go...

Drivesit : no question, the older look better and have an aura. After touch the provider by phone the « japan black varnish » is for wood, to restore antique furniture with the japan lacq so clearly not for my use. After some research the best result seem to be with enamel motor paint. What was...

tool scrounge : disappointed that they are no longer manufactured in their homeland, originals must be proudly keep. drivesit : thanks for the link. i found here a "japan black varnish" sound like something very glossy, very thin tick and very deep black with strong pigment but it's 50 euros for...

Drivesit : do you have some infos on the "black japan" paint finish ? seem to be use on old vises. only info in english and not sure but look different that conventional paint. impossible to find any part of original color on the 34 so want to switch on black. merci Monsieur !

Tool scrounge thanks for the link, glad to see parts of this beauty are still made : sound like a successful vise ! however i don't really need the pipe jaws and at 141usd for so simple parts made in taiwan i prefer machine them ! Drivesit yes i am very lucky from some months with old vises. i...

Yes and very heavy : 76kg (167 pounds) on the scale ! Impossible for me to load alone.

Hi guys. Come back from La Rochelle with this very massive yost. Just find details on the new version but seem to be same. Anyway i prefer the look of this one with the big lettering. Buy to an old lady, the disappeared husband was working on the docks of La rochelle pier and big fan trading...

Beautiful. I will print and let all the catalog parts link to the vise Thanks