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Found how to load photo’s ( I think ? ) also side of vise says 5” jaws 8” jaw opening but jaw opening is only 6” screw extends 2” out of the sliding jaw someone said possibly broken clip ? Jaw stops extending when it reaches 6” and is still secure in the body !! Still wondering if anyone knows...

Hello, I had a friend buy a different house and previous owner left a bunch of older tools. My friend unloaded boxes upon boxes into my possession. Lucky me !! Quite a few Snap on sockets along with other treasures. By the looks of some of the tools previous owner may have been into HVAC ...

RTM, I suspect that a broken clip would affect the operation of the vise ?? My vise seems to work flawlessly ?? I had our fabrication guy at work disassemble it clean it up. He also gave it a new paint job. And the tool room guy made a new set of hardened jaws for it !! Both guys charged me a 12...

RTM, the older post you reposted, does look just like my Wilton vise stampings and all ! The only difference I see is as I said my screw and handle extends out further from the sliding jaw ! Thank you !

I have a Wilton vise (not a bullet vise ) it's bolted to my bench so I'm hoping someone can help identify it without needing to remove it to look for identification numbers. It has a stamp in the casting on the left side (looking at the vise from the handle end) stamp reads 5" jaws 8" opening...

Wow, Thanks so much for the help mine does look like the 1948 model I have all the fences & etc for it too. It does run & cut very good the few times I've used it. As for the question about the Gilmore name ? I am a Gilmore and only live 50ish miles from Kalamazoo.Family has lived in Michigan...

Hello. I'm new here. Looking for info on a old Craftsman tablesaw I have. I bought it from a guy who said it was his Grandfathers. He believes it's from the late 40's or early 50's ? It has a narrow table. And the blade slides on a carriage up through the table. The way a Radial armsaw does...