Recent content by twagler

Yeah, I have a colleague at work who is a "driveway mechanic" just like me who basically said the same thing - he always works on his vehicles using jack stands only and he doesn't see any reason to make it more complicated. For me though, it comes down to two reasons: (1) The added safety...

Here is my version of a DIY car stand that I just recently completed and put in service for the first time. It differs a bit from the typical criss-cross stacked wood cribbing. The top layer is a piece of 14" long x 18" wide x 5" high piece of c-channel, that my low-profile floor jack can fit...

Thanks for the tip. I never would have spotted this deal otherwise. Purchased one last night, which was lucky since as of this morning it looks like they have sold out already. I've never owned any Knipex tools previously (too much $$$), but for this great deal I was curious to see if they...

This little hobby vise is listed for sale locally. I'm just curious if anyone is familiar with this style and what it might have been used for. It seems to be more of a clamp than a vise actually since it doesn't seem like the jaws could open very far. Several other odd features: - The jaws...

That's an interesting vintage advertisement for a vise for very niche, specialized application - thanks for showing it. This 1936 ad would have been right about the time when dairy farms were modernizing from milking cows by hand or using in-situ milking machines over to the concept of a "dairy...

Thanks for your reply - I've picked up my actual two axes now from the gov't surplus warehouse, so have better pictures than the "stock" pictures from the surplus auction listing that I had originally posted above. It turns out that my two axes are slightly different from one another - one...

I'm happy to report that I did manage to snag the Hallowell cabinet that I had posted about above. As promised here are some more pictures. This was acquired from one of those online estate sale outfits - the bidding was fast and furious, but when it all ended, my $23 bid ended up on top, and...

Snagged two of these "new old stock" fire fighter axes from GCSurplus (the Canadian government surplus equipment clearing house) for $25 each. I'm guessing these are from the 1960s - the gov't has been clearing all sorts of civil defense/nuclear holocaust items that have been squirreled away in...

Hey, that's an interesting vise! I never knew Wilton made anything like that. Here is a catalog excerpt from their 1971 catalog: The entire Wilton vise catalog can be found on the VintageMachinery website at http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=32200

Thanks for the catalogs! I'm really excited to find out exactly what type of cabinet this is, and that it is proper shop-grade equipment with roller drawers. I'll definitely be bidding on this item now. I've looked through all of the catalogs, and it looks like the auction-listed item that I'm...

Good eye - I had missed that stamping completely. After zooming/inverting color, I'm pretty sure that the first part of the word is "Hall..." so I'm thinking this cabinet is indeed a Hallowell. Thanks everyone for your replies. If I manage to snag this cabinet I'll report back with some...

I have a few higher voltage, 3-phase machines to which I have added a cheap chinese VFD such that I can run them on 240v single phase power input. However, the best that these VFDs can do is to act as "voltage doublers" so you would need to connect to 240v, not 120v if you want to get up to...

I've spotted this vintage metal cabinet for sale locally by online auction, and I really like the art deco drawer front styling. A reverse image search points to Hallowell as a possible manufacturer. Just curious if anyone knows what type of drawer slide would be likely for this era of cabinet...

Mystery Vise (unknown manufacturer). 3-3/4” jaws that opens to 8-1/4"” and weights 73 lbs. Swivel base, with center below the bench swivel release. Plain iron jaws, no replaceable steel jaws, no cast-in-place steel jaws. I have this posted over on the big vise thread where I had asked for...

Thanks for your reply, and to Micah D and Shiftless as well. I actually ended up as the winning bidder on the vise for not too much money and have started taking it apart for cleaning and repair. The identification of the manufacturer still remains a mystery, since it is completely unmarked on...