Recent content by TheOriginalJudgie

@VISE That is a hell of a stand!!! and a hell of a vice! I'm guessing once that combo is mounted in situ, it ain't moving again!

I've been after a pipe vise for some time, most to help with threading smaller diameter rod and pipe. While having come across a few used, they've all been in bad disrepair or too damn far away to warrant the drive. Instead I supported Aussie made and owned and finally bought a set of Dawn Super...

G'day Danny, you wouldn't happen to have a picture or two of that Leader vice at all? I've got to admit that I wouldn't have considered a Rotating Jaw vice as an offset vice, however it makes perfect sense! probably even more versatile as you said! However the ones you can buy here in...

Thanks for your responses! :-) its good to see that there are a bunch of these around, and many in the genuine factory toolkits as well! several of you seem to have some very nice vintage cars as well, particularly the Rover P4, which I immediately searched for on Wikipedia. Being a fan of the...

If there is anyone in Perth looking for a used Dawn, these are currently on FB Marketplace... they move fairly quickly.

Now that is interesting, How many of those do you estimate were produced? were they of grey or ductile iron construction?

Charles, No worries, I intend to be active with that sort of thing, until the next lot of sea-time anyway. Personally I'm jealous of all those Wilton Bullets. For something built to be used industrially, they also have real design style and from everything you read on here, almost...

G'day folks, Among the collection of new and old in the garage, I have these two King **** Wrenches.... well one is the real deal, very well restored, the other is a knock-off from god knows what period in the last century, but also came up well in the electrolysis bucket. These are among the...

G'day folks, Figured I would finally join up a couple of weeks ago after coming across this forum, never could I begin to imagine the wealth of knowledge here... Anyway, figured as I recently returned from deployment and got around to getting a new bench vise, I figured that would make a good...