Recent content by Sdflcorran

That was my thought too. While 18-8 is only equivalent to Grade 2 steel strength-wise, I figure the wooden workbench would start to break prior to any bolts failing. Guess this way I'll have two fail safes.

Question - are grade 8 bolts necessary to mount a vise for casual use? I can get my hands on any number of 18-8 stainless bolts for free. I figure I can use fender washers to disperse the load.

I do like the idea of a naked vise - it just might not be this vise. Do I need to strip the WD-40 with more Simple Green prior to BLO? It feels dry to the touch like it soaked into the metal.

Sweet: Mine is in the same date rage as far as I can tell. No luck with any date stamping on mine. It looks identical to the picture in the 1945 catalog (minus the pictured replaceable jaws). Not sure who that made it past the proofreader. Drives: The plan is to really polish the contact...

Spent some birthday cash on a 5 gallon bucket, heavy duty Simple Green concentrate and a few wire wheels. I let it soak in a 4:1 mix for 3 days along with an axe head and mattock head, then pulled it out to see if there was any paint left to remove (yes on the axe and mattock; no on the vise)...

Going to post pictures as I progress on my first vise restore. This first post will basically mirror my post on the big Vises of GJ thread. After buying a house last year I decided that I needed an old vise that I could restore. About 3 days into seriously looking I missed out on a $25 Simplex...

Here's a shot of the cast jaws after stripping all the pain/grime. Here's the original paint color.

Anyone ever taken little kids with them on a 90 minute drive to possibly buy a Wilton? That's what I'm considering this weekend while the wife is out of town.

I'm at work now, but I think you're right about the slightly deformed slide since that was a bear to get off the last few inches. Currently the parts on my table are the dynamic jaw, swivel base, split post w/ set screw and the static jaw with the vise nut that is stuck. I will try to get a...

New to Garage Journal but figured this thread is probably how most people are introduced to GJ, so I'm posing here first. Bought my first house recently and managed to score one with a basement, which is a total oddity down here in FL. There is a man cave area under the stairs and that has...

I picked up a 5185 that looks almost identical to the one on the right. Despite the description clearly stating it has "welded" jaws, the picture shows replaceable jaws. Wonder how that slipped past the catalog editor. My 5185 definitely has cast jaws. I'm having trouble getting the vise nut...