Recent content by Vise-Roy

OUTLAW, I believe you're right on the short handled hammer being a brick or a masonry hammer. I googled both and even the new hammers have this short, skinny handle. I guess for easy manuvering when you're hold a brick close to you for cleaving with the hammer.

Thanks DenisG. I was actually wondering originally if that was the problem, but I didn't want to tackle that before getting other ideas. I'll see how it goes.

OUTLAW, in your picture of the six hammers, what is the one that's third from the left made for? I have one like that (including the rust) I found in my Dad's old tools and I was wondering...., why the short straight skinny handle?

OUTLAW, you nailed it. I spent no more than one minute with a flat file on the "bump" on the center linkage, filing it down just a hair. Pure luck that I stopped at the right point. It now works like it was brand new. Tried it on several different sized objects. Has that crisp "snap" when it...

Yep, I have tightened up the bolt enough so that you have to use pressure to close the handles as you're supposed to do. They pop and lock, but spring open when I remove my hand. Here ya go.... 6" ruler in one for scale One side of the handle: VISE GRIP On the jaw: No10W other side of the...

I found an old pair of Vise-Grip brand locking pliers in an old tool box. They lock, but then they spring apart again when you let the handles go. The spring is intact. There appears to have never been the movable handle which you disengage the pliers as found on other locking pliers. There...

Yep. I bought it at an antique mall, one of those places that has numerous booths occupied by dealers. I bought it from a booth of a fellow who has bought, restored, and resold old tools for decades. I've bought several of his tools over the years. He died a couple years ago. The vise is...

My three workbenches: Left photo is the one I use the most. Top is regular tounge-and-groove oak flooring. Craftsman vise. Next is my woodworking bench. 1-foot ruler laying on it for scale. Made from laminated ash, with a prison-made front vise and a Morgan end vise. Leaning up behind it with...

An accepted rule of thumb for old vises in good condition is $1.00 per pound. Certain top brands or special models may go for more. Makers known to generally produce lower quality vises go for less.

How this 30" Craftsman carpenters toolbox looks now. I'm donating it to the local Boy Scout camp, and this is the color they use to mark their tools. Interesting... I found one website that shows a brand new Craftsman tool box like this one, but black in color. It lists the retail price as...

Okay, boys, I got it. This 30" Craftsman tool box is a carpenter's tool box. The 2 hooks on the inside back are for holding a level. The 2 clasps in the bottom close to the front are to insert 2 wooden pieces with grooves for holding handsaws in a vertical position. The blades are inserted...

I recently acquired a metal Craftsman tool box. 30" long, 9" wide, 9" deep. 3 handles; top center and two side handles. Handles are bare aluminum. To close the lid - a large center draw catch with a small interior lock, two smaller draw catches toward the ends. No tray was with it. Don't know if...

I might have posted these elsewhere in this forum (can't find them this morning if I did), but here's an American Scale #20 at my mother-in-law's house that I refurbished. I didn't weigh it, but it sure feels a lot lighter than the 43 pounds in the list of American Scale vises.