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Neat, thanks for the tip! Edit—the bottom threads on mine are indeed a bit messy. Thank you for the comparison pic. I’ll use a file to try to open up the damaged thread enough to free it.

I’m a newbie with this stuff, but figured I’d share. I picked this 18” Stillson today at the Habitat ReStore and found this thread while researching it. Lots of cool stuff here! AA seems to indicate this is a number 34. The screw nut doesn’t want to go all the way to release the top jaw, so I’ll...

This is incredibly detailed—thank you so much!

I am fairly new to vise collecting/restoration, and would appreciate any input from the forum about replacing the jaws on a Craftsman 506-51820, 3.5” jaws, that I picked up at an estate sale. (I believe it may be a Columbian?) from around the 60s or so: The jaws look like replaceable T-jaws...

I got one years ago as a groomsman’s gift, and it currently lives in my son’s hockey equipment bag. It’s perfect for that kind of thing, or a glove compartment.

This is most of the haul from an estate sale I hit yesterday. The owner was apparently a merchant marine, and there was a lot of nautical stuff. The little Fuller vise is stamped “Japan” on the bottom, but I love the quality of my everyday-use Japanese-made Craftsman vise (70s or so, I think)...

Just picked up my first from this brand. No. 851, 7” brake spring pliers. Kind of neat/different.

Thanks! I’ll give it a shot.

I found a Keystone number 81 in a box of old garage sale buys. I can’t figure out how to remove the jaw to give it a proper cleaning. There is no screw, but there is a metal peg of some sort. I’m not sure how the peg is held in place, but it didn’t budge with a few gentle taps with an old...

Thanks! I was having a tough time guessing the size. The pipe vise is something I may or may not ever even use, but I’d take one as part of a package if the price makes sense. It would have come in handy a few years ago, but who knows if/when I’ll have the need again. I’ll keep an eye on the...

Hi everyone, I am a casual DIYer and slowly setting up a workspace in my garage. I came across a listing for this Wilton vise and pipe vise located reasonably close to me: The posting has no measurements or other details. The seller is asking $200. I would be using these, not reselling...

The dimensions are 13.5" x 8.25" x 2.5", so it's not an exact match, but that seems to be the closest match (for Kennedy at least). Thanks! I did find an almost exact match, though it doesn't appear to be manufactured by Kennedy, and there are some other (minor) differences: Bauer & Black...

Hi Everyone, First time poster, but I've been lurking a lot over the past few months as I've been getting interested in finding/restoring old tools, etc. I've visited this thread in particular a lot while trying to research a small metal box that I found at an estate sale. Here are some...