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Thanks! But I'm beginning to lean towards hitting it with some new paint to make it pop a bit more.

Thank you, I noticed that when I started scrubbing with the brass bristle brush, some paint was definitely coming off. Fortunately I caught it early enough, and this vise is not all that valuable, but it's a good cautionary tale when working with something where you don't want to remove the...

So I soaked it in Simple Green, then went at it with a brass brush and WD40. It's definitely an improvement, but obviously won't knock anyone's socks off. I'll probably just leave like this for now and ponder if I want to go any further with painting etc.

Thank you, I'll start with that approach (I'm going to post on that thread about my Cyclops nail puller). The small craftsman vise will go on the workbench of the newly built garage. I'm torn about the "look" - the garage itself and thus all the built-ins are brand new (see attachment), but I...

So I've had this very rudimentary Craftsman vise since new (1975). Over the years I've acquired bigger vises, but still kept this one, relegating it to portable/mobile duty. Now for some reason I find this vise sort of cute and I am considering adding it to a workbench. Given that it's...

Thanks, that was my concern as well, I'll go with the hot rolled version:

Yeah, I found a shallow pocket for the a spring, though I think the thumbscrew would be easier to use. I'll start by fabricating the dog and attempt a homemade leaf spring, then see how I like it :). Edited to add: would this be a good starting point, or is it too hard and I should go with a...

Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure of the model of my vise, it seems close to a 53A, but not exactly. The 53A does show a fixed pin and a leaf spring, discontinued of course:

That's a very kind offer, I would be happy to take you up on it if all else fails (happy to cover shipping cost as well as celebratory beverages :)). I'm not opposed to trying to make my own, assuming the off-the-shelf options like the one I posted above wouldn't work. I'm assuming just a 1/2"...

My first post on this great thread - I'm not much of a woodworker (more of a mechanic type of guy), but this Wilton woodworking vise came with the house we bought, so how could I say no? I'd like to clean it up a bit and put it to use, but I see that the pop up dog assembly is missing. I...

Yeah, who knows. Armorpoxy told me to roll it on using an epoxy rated roller cover, which is what I did. The consistency of the bubbles over the entirety of the garage, and over two separate attempts, tells me that I'm doing something wrong, consistently.

That hadn't occurred to me, good suggestion. I'll have to give it some thought - I'm not sure that I'm willing to go through all the work of knocking out concrete, digging up a foot or more of gravel and dirt, working around rebar, and doing plumbing repairs, all to be able to use the built-in...

That's a good suggestion, I'll definitely keep it in mind if/when I decide to do something different for the floor.

With the floor being "done", I started moving some of my stuff that has been scattered throughout the house/basement for the past couple of years into the garage. It looked a little sad and disorganized, but I was happy to have it all in one place: I then moved in one of my shelving units...

On another topic, I got a chance to recoat the middle section of the garage where I sanded the bubbling SPGX. To my disappointment, the second attempt looked worse than the first, tons of bubbles everywhere: I guess I can't blame the product because other folks seem to have good experience...

With the stub of the leaking pipe now staring at me, the engineer in me couldn't resist trying to inspect it to see why it was leaking. So, in went the 50 ft probe: Not much of interest for the first 15 ft or so, just a regular pipe: But then things got interesting: I made a video...

Well it's been a crazy busy summer, and I apologize for dropping this thread completely. But I'll try to go back and recreate what transpired since the last real update. First, the contractor cut off the leaking pipe in the garage, and routed a replacement pipe around the back of the garage...

Right? I was initially holding out for the 14 piece combo to go on sale, but the 10 piece combo went on sale, and two 10 piece combos were same price as one 14 piece combo... So I get more cabinets and benchtops for the same price... Seems like a no brainer!

Well, see how the left unit's upper pallet is at very the edge of the lower pallet? When the truck showed up, that right-most block was completely off the pallet, and the whole thing was hanging and leaning precariously, I was afraid it would tip over as he moved it to the liftgate. Took us...

Hi guys, thanks for the posts, I know I'm way behind in updates. It's been a crazy summer, and I've been super busy in the garage (catching up on car projects, in addition to finishing it). I definitely need to post some updates, hopefully in the next week or so. But here's what happened today...