Recent content by RDW

Thanks much KM

Picked these two brothers up this past Sat. morning at an auction. Got them both for $165.00 each. To me, the odd thing was there were only two of us slightly interested in these two vises. I was really surprised there were not more folks in the hunt. Both are one-finger turns. No welds or...

This is my first restoration. I didn't come across this sit until I was well along the way with the cleaning process. Unfortunately, I didn't take any before pictures. Really wish I had because it looked like it had been used as an anchor. I really enjoyed restoring this vise. I've learned so...

Gentlemen, this vise is not worth haggling over, it's just a cheap vise I'm using to learn some skills of disassembling, cleaning, refreshing, and reassemble to give to my nephew. I enjoy learning something I've never been around or done. My original question of model number was just in case I...

justintendo- This is just something I am playing with and learning on. It works smooth now, just real ugly. I plan to glass bead, clean it up and paint it. Once I'm finished with it I'll give it to my nephew as he has no vise at all. My go-to vise is a Wilton 9400 I've had 35+ years. I think it...

Walkers, why such sarcasm?

I am very new to restoring vices however, I've found a much liking in doing so. I'm about to finish restoring a Columbian 504 I picked up at an auction a while back. I'll post some photos when I'm finished. Now, for the help I need. I can't locate a model number or any marking other than Wilton...