Recent content by whodom

Thanks much for the offer. Lesson learned on that one. I wire brushed it, cleaned it up with Simple Green, and lubed the screw. It'll be interesting to see if it works any better than my ~30 year old 3-1/2" Craftsman vice that I bought new. Yea, the anvil is marked $225. He appears to get...

Well, hell. I figured this thing had WAY too much "patina" to be a Hazard Fraught product, but it does look very similar to some of their current listings. That's what I get for not researching it first. It's not what I was hoping to get, but it does appear to be a workable vice.

I just picked up this vise at the local salvage shop (think "American Pickers"). It was marked $95 but I swapped him a mantlepiece and wood from a house we're remodeling and got $50 off. So, for $45 I'm pretty happy with it. I already started disassembly and clean up, but I can't find a hint...

I just picked up this vise at the local salvage shop (think "American Pickers"). It was marked $95 but I swapped him a mantlepiece and wood from a house we're remodeling and got $50 off. So, for $45 I'm pretty happy with it. I already started disassembly and clean up, but I can't find a...