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Shrug if it's junk that's OK, I'm into the letter stamps and ax for $10, I'm not hurt too bad as i needed the stamps. Thanks for the input. I didn't see any other markings. But I will look again. Thanks guys!

First post in this thread. I searched first and didn't see anything, but maybe I missed something obvious. Going to look more. Picked up this Craftsman Vanadium axe today at a garage sale. With a set of 3/8" letter stamps for scale. It looks like the back face was used as a hammer more than...

I have a 5410, can confirm, good pliers. Never tried the smaller sizes tho.

You want a Parker #2 wrench. There are a couple on eBay but $$$. Keep looking, I've seen then as low as $20 or 30

We exclusively use carbide taps at work to "open up" threads that shrank at heat treat. 58-62 Rc D2 tool steel. Carbide taps dont get used in "soft" metal, The teeth will chip. They buy us fancy Sandvik HSS taps to run in cnc machines that will put hundreds if not thousands of tapped holes in...

I love old 1/4 drive sets in metal boxes, however a lot of older 1/4 sockets don't have detents in the sockets. I won't use them as I have plenty of sockets with detents. Not sure if that's the case here. Can't tell from the pic.

It was made by Parker. 2nd one down.

That's a guy in Ohio. He spams the ads nationwide.

Most sellers use some arbitrary measurement when they say 8 inch vise. Usually it means opening. That appears to be a Wilton C1 or C2 combo vise, 4.5" or 5" jaws.

The recipient, an unmarked Prentiss no. 4 that is my dad's. He bought it without jaws and it's currently sitting in my basement. He will be able to use it more if it's bolted down in his barn. Lol!

Picked these up today from the local vise guy. The packaging is crumbling, I'm going to open them up and put them on a vise. Thought you would like to see the photo. I'll take more when I open it.

Recently snagged one on fb mp. I ended up paying $50 for the whole contraption, I could tell it was small in the pic and maybe got too excited. up close its pretty rough. the jaw shelves arent cracked and the vise works smoothly. Dated 1-76.

There are plenty of examples of prentiss vises without cracked slides that exist. I own a few myself. Usually when a slide cracks, it will make the slide slightly wider and will give resistance when opening/closing. I just can't see workers squeezing cracked slides into vise bodies when new.

Athol never made vises for Craftsman afaik. That's a rock island vise.

I don't have any Record vises, but are all feet spaced evenly on the circumference of the swivel base?

Don't people collect the Craftsman C3 cordless tools? I thought that was a thing.

After my dad retired from wrenching, he gave me his Mac dial torque wrenches in 3/8 and 1/2. We have a Skidmore tester in the inspection lab at work, both were right on the money.

Hey no problem! I have a Rock Island vise, same deal couldn't see pin on the bottom. Because someone had welded the hole up and instead of a pin there was just a heap of weld holding the main nut in. Sigh. At least you didn't find that!

I think using a snug fitting piece of rubber hose would hold up better than plasti dip. probably get the hose cheaper, too.

I see a circle right by the casting void. Looks like the pin may have been ground flush with the casting.