Recent content by vintage nut

Went together easily enough, only challenging part was getting the air (or at least most of it) out of the system. Ended up having to put it together the opposite of how the instructions listed. That made a huge difference in how well the lockup worked. Sent from my X13 using Tapatalk

I have to imagine that 150# rating is very conservative. The grab and yank test is subjective, but holding on the vise (not just the little stub out of the pow-r-arm) it truly felt like I'd rip the lag bolts out before it'd slip. Bigger bolts or a lesser bench I'd be willing to bet you could...

I'll paint it my normal green and gold at some point in the future, but I've just got way too many other things to do right now Sent from my X13 using Tapatalk

I've wanted one of these for a very long time, finally have one set up. 825 toddler bullet on a 303 hydraulic pow-r-arm stand. Even better than I could have imagined in terms of positionability, and rigidity wise I feel like I'd rip it off the bench before that 303 pow-r-arm slipped. I put some...

Picked up a Milwaukee deep cut porta band yesterday, and put together a little stand for it. Cut out half a dozen blades to test it out, and I'm pleasantly surprised. I actually prefer it to the full sized delta vertical metal saw Sent from my X13 using Tapatalk

Calling the freight company again today, still trying to get it up here. This will be a fun toy. Sent from my X13 using Tapatalk

There must have been a few Unions back in the day. Union tool co out of Orange Mass made rather nice machinist tools, starrett equivalent. Sent from my X13 using Tapatalk

Jeff, I'm looking forward to it. I still need to get my end of the trade finished off... Drives, I'm using the vise in a vise to hold the knife with the sides of the handle up for sanding. Much easier to work on it that way. Normally I stick a drill press vise in the rock island, but I used the...

These little Wilton's can be useful. Sent from my X13 using Tapatalk

Just thought this was worth sharing as an example of how hard cracks can be to notice. This set of jaws has been on my rock island for the whole time I've owned and used it. I cleaned and polished them, and never noticed the slightest thing wrong with them. Last night I put them on the surface...

Once you figure out where it's touching, it shouldn't be too hard to see which side of contact is high and which is low. No matter how you end up going about it, I'd at least start by coating it with sharpie or layout dye to see what you have to work with Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk

Put a coat of dykem (or color with a sharpie) one of the surfaces. Watch where it scrapes and transfers and that'll show you the high spots. A needle file or scraper will take care of them. Prussian blue is a bit trickier to read, and I've always preferred layout fluid for that sort of fitting...

The swivel bases I've seen on 6"vises are in the 30-50# range Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk

I'd go over the box (nut) with a wire wheel. It looks exactly as I'd imagine a baby version of my Peter Wright to look, and they had their name stamped on the screw box. Some of the others had a name stamped somewhere on one of the legs Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk

For anyone wondering, I've heard from drives within the last few days. He sounded to be doing well, only up to his eyeballs with housework. I'm assuming that's why he's been quiet Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk