Recent content by RH2506

I tinkered with electrolysis awhile back and like many I'm sure, was astonished at how well this process completely de-rusts ferrous metals. Has there been any proven additives discovered for the water bath that aid in removing paint also? The part I tinkered with was just rusty and no paint...

Anyone have first hand experience with the new model YOST 750-DI vise? It looks like there has been two models; one older model of (I think) regular cast grey iron with thread and nut bolts holding the stepped tooth lower jaws for round stock and the new model made of malleable ductile iron and...

It's interesting you mention a "flip lever" arrangement on your Record vise C lectric as I have been designing a base cover for my vises along with a flip lever tighten mechanism instead of a normal swivel clamp. Thanks for taking the time to write and offering your input. Ron

Thanks for the links to the other posts 2oolhound. I really enjoy the apparent quality of my Record vises, but just don't care for their open base arrangement. I've been developing a cover plate idea on Sketch Up and refining it to it's simplest form. Thanks again for your input. Ron

I never looked at it that way, thanks. I don't think I care for this arrangement.

I have three Record bench / machinist's vises. Three, four and six inch jaws. The two largest are brand new, unused old stock I bought 15 years ago, and the smallest was purchased at the same time, but had either sat on a shelf somewhere or possibly was "used," I don't know, but it does not show...

I have a HF 4x6 horizontal band saw that I've owned for 5 or 6 years. I have zero complaints on it's general usability and it really does cut exceptionally straight, square and true after my initial setup. My problem is that oil seeps through the casting in one of the corners of the of the oil...

Here are a couple of very hastily taken photos of my RECORD vises. I have to state a correction to a message about them a few posts above this one. It's been approx. 15 years or so since I purchased them plus the RECORD anvil. As they've been on a shelf, unused and out of sight, out of mind, I...

You did a doggone great job of restoring this drill!

Well, I think I would have all the indicators, holders, feeler gages, surface plate and measuring tools to measure wear in my vise, but, I don't think I want to take it that far. It's a real "beater" which had been given to me after probably having spent the larger part of it's useful life on a...

The Record 6 inch vise IS a well-made vise in most respects. I have 3 of them; the 6 inch, a 4 in. and a small 3 in. model. I bought them about 15 years ago, all new, along with a Record 55 lb. anvil. They all still have the factory cosmoline on them and just days ago took the 6 inch out of it's...

The movable jaw that opens the vise noticeably starts dropping or "sagging" below the level of the stationary jaw as the vise is opened. I read somewhere there is a key and a keyway inside the bullet housing that helps keep the jaws in alignment as the vise is opened, but never having used a...

I'm looking to buy a new, slightly heavier, more beefy bench machinist's vise than the one I consider my current "best" vise which is a made-in-England Record brand 6 inch jaw model. I have several other vises including an old beater Wilton 3 inch bullet model that has seen better days. My...