Recent content by WAS Jr

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Gerstner willl sell you the leatherette. May be cheaper in the long run.

Beautiful. Very few workpieces can go eye to eye with one of those Kearny and Treckers!

Fantastic work! bill s

Outtahere, is the 1.44 value a constant? I could confirm by looking it up, but that would resemble work. Thanks in advance for supporting my long term laziness project! bill s

Although I know little compared to the true experts here, could it be possible that the name was defaced at the factory? I know I’ve seen several vises (for example) where the name was eliminated because of a cosmetic casting defect. The item was still functional, just not as “pretty”, and was...

I think someone is 3D printing the cups now, saw somewhere someone was selling them. Sorry, can’t remember the source or where. bill s

Delta and Delta/Rockwell collars are 2 3/4 as well. They make a fancy cast one and a cheaper one of 1/8 thick x 1/2 wide (if memory serves) sheet metal one. Neither are an eyesore, you might consider looking at them if you lose confidence in the one you made. bill s

Same vise, name has changed over the years. bill s

When i got my mill the drill press became a large tap guide. bill s

Well, gentlemen, I can finally gloat over my Holdridge 3D, it was on EBay with seller with bad reviews but i got it for $300, which I was happy to pay. I contacted him before bidding, Eprey had cancelled the sale and refunded the buyers (for this actual item) money because of no contact or...

Never used it, but some of the old-fashioned chrome moly tube frame aircraft builders would fill the tube with sand while bending it to keep it from kinking and creasing. bill s

Can’t help you with the Reed and Prince vs Phillips argument, but I’ve heard that the last American military aircraft to use flat blade screws was the Boeing P-26 of the mid thirties. The Smithsonian Air and Space museum restorers grew to loathe those screws when they restored their Peashooter...

With all due respect, ”Chas” is actually an antique way of abbreviating Charles. The name is Charles Parker and it’s the same company that made the famous Charles Parker shotguns. You are missing a bottom cast disc that the vise sits on, a long threaded rod that screws into the base and passes...

Did your grandpa build or rebuild precision machinery? It might be that they are to some kind of mechanical scraper. bill s