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    Ideal No. 3 stencil machine restoration

    Hello folks, I know this is not typically the type of tool that is posted here but I figured that it is indeed a tool and someone may have an interest in this sort of thing. I picked this early Ideal No.3 stencil machine a few weeks ago. It was seized up with rust and totally non-functioning...
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    Vise # 3..Actually 403 1/2 Reed

    Hello gents. Two weeks ago I was looking for an older vise and came across one at a garage sale (Rock Island 542). While looking for information on it I came across you guys and the rest is history. Now I'm vise hunting. Purchased #2 a few days later (Reed 2C). Now, after picking the brain...
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    Something a little different - Kick press

    Hi folks, I just thought I would post something a little different..but tool related. I refurbished this old girl a few years ago. Nothing fancy but it's cleaned up and works great. I have a small business on the side making nylon rifle slings, "rigger" style belts, hatchet belt carry loops...
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    Vice # 2 or should I say No. 2C

    Hello folks.. (Dang! I know I used the wrong "Vise" in the title. If you knew what I did for a living and how many time per week I type the word "vice" you would understand.) Anyway..New guy here again. I picked up my first vintage vise ( Rock Island 542) a week ago and while searching for...
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    Help date Rock Island 542-BX Vise please

    Hello folks, New guy here and I've really been enjoying reading your forums for the past several days. I am not exactly a vintage tool collector although I have a fair amount of them as well as modern. I had been looking for an old vise for quite some time and stumbled across this one at a...
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