Recent content by SteveD

Jeff, I just revisited this thread and just saw your response, 6 years later! I looked and don't see the date code. If it's a shallow stamp it might have been filled with paint.

Recently completed a restoration on this vise. I'm wondering about the vintage, anyone have any idea? It came with a beautiful vintage workbench (which I also restored), that I'm told was originally used at Grumman, an aircraft manufacturer on Long Island, in the 40s.

I recently restored a Reed 204 1/2 R. I've owned it for 25 years and just recently moved into a new garage and felt it needed to be spruced up. It was attached to a vintage work bench that was located in an aircraft production facility on Long Island during the war. The vise jaws are...