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    Show us Your Vintage Bench Grinders!!!!

    Nice stand and nice welding setup!
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    Show us Your Vintage Bench Grinders!!!!

    Dude, do yourself a favor and get a real grinder. That poorly wired, stone on a motor with no guard or rest...It might 'work great' if you lived in a 3rd world country.
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    Introduction and my Parker 5X

    Please post a picture of the nut and where the large chunk is broken out. I would advise you to thoroughly inspect all components before putting too much time and money into it, or getting too attached. The jaw surfaces may present another issue for you. Make sure the nut dovetail (female...
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    Used Snap-On KRL Series Box Advice

    That belonged to an airplane guy, or gal.
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

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    Walker jack stands pinch weld adapter

    In for info....I have the same stands as backups, but jack (with an adapter) on the pinch and support else where with the stands. I really like their flat nature.
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    Ridgid bench vise

    Build a stand for it. No need to take up valuable bench space. How in the hell did you manage that?
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    P&H welder

    Search for TL-295, T1-295. T1295, and TI-295
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Look again, it appears to me that the side mounting bosses are broken off.
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    Unknown vintage vise

    Western champion
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    Adding a DRO to a Mag drill?

    Look up drill press digital depth gauge. My quick choice would be a long enough travel indicator on a mighty mag base.
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    Echo CS-590 or similar chainsaw.

    590 with a 16" bar. Watch the chips fly.
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    Harbor Freight torches and the like

    Go with propane, that way you will only need oxy from a gas supplier. Yes, you can do that, miller / smith make propane specific kits. Call around to your local weld shops for info on how they sell/lease/deposit/fill their tanks. Buying used tanks and used torches can be a real **** shoot...
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    Show us your arbor press!

    The problem most likely is that you are transferring load through the magnet. You need to recess the magnets. While I do own arbor presses with axial and radial holes in the ram, it is nice to leave them solid. What press do you have? I'd suggest a cup/cap that fits around the ram with tooling...
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    Snap-On Box ID and Value

    For a working box, I'd suggest you go to harbor freight. For a next old box, that is kinda one of them. As mentioned KRA59 top The fact it has an add on base, makes me think it was probably used hard.
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    Let's See Your Chainsaws

    Nothing crazy, my 2 favorite saws. MS361 with a 16" bar...about all I really need. 372xp original, wide clutch cover, large dogs, full wrap handle and 24" light bar.....setup for noodling mostly. And a tach to tune them with because my ears aren't the best.
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    Early Prentiss No. 21, Replacement Jaws?

    It needs some moderate machine work to fit replacement jaws. The current ones would be removed via cutting them out. With care you could cut sharpen up those jaws with a file. Unless you are hell bent on using it, I'd clean it up, put it on a shelf and find a more practical, less fragile...
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    New Vise Day: Athol 624. Excited, but need some help

    RandyIA, it was abrasive media blasted, the close up photo below clearly shows that. You are correct, it is his to do as he pleases, I just personally find it sad that the vise has lived so long only to be damaged in this way, due to lack of education.
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    New Vise Day: Athol 624. Excited, but need some help

    Sand blasting or any type of abrasive media blasting of machined surfaces, especially plain bearing surfaces is very poor practice and actually turns the surface into a lapping surface with small cavities to carry abrasives. A paint stripper, electrolysis and careful powered wire brushing of...
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    Which bench vise should I buy?

    Do a return and get a Milhoff all steel, ~$550 shipped last time I checked. https://www.milhoff.com/
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