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Anyone get their ordered canceled for #1863 due to inability to fulfill the demand? I just bought Pro and that was my first order, a disappointing start to the membership.

No worries on the thread! I am new here too. I just think you get more responses in the vise megathread if you had a pressing question in the future. If you're planning on a restoration make sure to post! I'm near O'Hare myself. I don't get up North by you very often but if I don't leave IL...

I also have some Tennsco legs and I'm not sure on the top material. I'm OK paying a premium for hardwood if it lasts a lifetime. Walnut out of the question... Maple pretty expensive, birch maybe a step down in price? Oak I read splinters too much even though it's relatively high on the Janka...

Hi there, welcome to the forum. I think generally vise questions should be reserved for the 'Vises of GarageJournal' megathread, but I've been guilty of posting outside the main thread myself. Interestingly enough I restored the 4" version of this vise a couple of months ago. Here's a link...

I recently upgraded my Craftsman clear handle screwdrivers to Proto Durateks and couldn't be happier

I bought a Macnaught K32, really nicely made. Didn't spend forever looking, but one of the only grease guns I could find made in a first world country. Made in Australia. Hose made in Germany. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FNCMLTB/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Please keep us posted I just picked up a very similar Hein-Werner bottle jack at a garage sale. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/187779662@N07/49949922301/in/dateposted-public/" title="20200502_153230"><img...

Great pics. Yeah I've heard great things about the TBU. Your's is about on par with mine but maybe a little bit worse. Good job on the frame resto while doing the brakes. Thanks for sharing the axle ballpark price. I've read axle seals as something to do as well. Actually rounded off the ~22mm...

Your pictures didn't load for me. Suspected it was a 3rd gen. Same year, and I actually have 154k on the clock too, what are the odds. I thought mine was bad. If your pumpkin was that bad how in the hell is your frame still holding up? I have to ask, haha. Do the Tundra brakes bite harder or...

3rd or 4th gen T4R? I know both are bad. 3rd gens you need to check the rear control arm mounts, the passenger side more so. Seen so many of those busted off. Next are the rear shock mounts, a lot of those punch through. My frame rail has been patched before, they sell made in USA kits to...

Replacing bearings on my 1/3 HP block. Stamped NDH 77503 USA. As far as I know they do not make bearings in the US anymore. I believe you can re-pack shielded bearings? If anyone wants them PM me and just pay shipping.

See if it's something that's drop shipped by the manufacturer. You're not going to know how it's packed especially if it's drop shipped. I just received a Little Giant hand truck from Zoro but drop shipped by the manufacturer and Little Giant put the thing is a f'ing bag and gave it to UPS. You...

I've also been interesting in delving into higher quality paint jobs. I've completed a couple of restorations of vises, clamps, bench grinders, etc. all with Rustoleum. I've noticed beyond a way longer drying time the durability is still pretty weak. And I've generally been using the enamel...

I've been anxiously awaiting the Eagle Grip locking pliers as well. I'm sure Corona hasn't been doing any favors to the manufacturing industry. Luckily geography does play a huge part - hopefully with the factory in Nebraska that area isn't too heavily hit. If anyone has an update I'd love to...

Appreciate the response, and yeah DOH should have clarified I wasn't looking for COO on a vise marked Chicago, IL...haha. It's the 6", I can't believe they wouldn't mark USA anywhere on it... Must have been a weird transitionary phase?

Hi GJ, Went to an estate sale today. I picked up two Wilton bullets, got both for $230. The smaller 4" bullet, appears to be Model #840. I'm not sure if that's the correct identifier. #840 is marked 10/1953 manufacture date on the bottom of the slide. Has a swivel base. The larger 6" bullet...

Thanks so much everyone and especially the resident expert torqueman for some answers. Probably one of my more pressing questions is if it would be outlandish to think the 1/4 cast iron was built better than the 1/3 aluminum. Side by side I feel like the 1/4 cast iron runs more powerful than the...

I've contributed to the vise restoration thread, and as I acquire tools for my first home purchase, I've become fascinated with older USA tools. Naturally that led me to my next project, a Craftsman block grinder, thanks GJ. I went out and bought two on CL, figured I could use one for parts if...

The Kobalt QuietTech has a three year warranty if I recall correctly. That alone should inspire a lot of confidence in the product (when weighing oiled vs non-oiled). What warranty does the Husky offer?

I finished up my 4" '400-R' Ridge Tool Co (I believe what we now know as Ridgid) Vise. No Wilton but definitely still a good hunk of USA metal. My first vise restoration and I'm really happy with how it turned out. I still need to get some fasteners and mounting hardware, in the pictures I don't...