Hi Mark, i have that same vise that i picked up at a garage sale some years ago for $7.00. I find it to be a very smooth operating vise, and very well built. Only disadvantage with mine is you cannot mount it to hang over the edge of a bench to clamp shafts etc verticle due to the rear jaw...
Interesting post topic. I was told years ago in a conversation about the old steels being better, (by an elderly man who hammered and sharpened circular saws,) that the newer saws etc don't have the amount of nickle content in them. Also said to support this therory, that the older metals never...
Sure appears to be a 6x18, made by Atlas for craftsman. That is the newer style headstock with bearings instead of bushings, Keep them oiled. Lots of great work has been done on these lathes. Do not overload it, work within its means.