Recent content by twagler

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...

Another "help identify this vise" request. This rather rusty vise is for sale locally and there is only this one picture available. The key identifying characteristics of this vise, at least to my eyes, is the mounting system. It looks like it has a separate toothed/serrated baseplate with a...

I think you are likely correct, and that the ebay listing was a mis-identification. I took a quick look at some of the Millers Falls catalogs that are available on the VintageMachinery website, and your vise has certain features that did not match those images. Have you found a catalog image...

That's a real beauty! I'm thinking Miller Falls, if this Ebay listing is accurate.

Your Ridgid vise looks like it is from the time period when they were manufactured by Columbian for Ridgid. I'd suggest reading through this thread for some more information: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/ridgid-bench-vise.470283/ This catalog page (see below) from that thread...