Chrome Plated Wilton

[b7labelle]

Title says is all.

From what I've seen, I don't think they came this way...

Sorry for the mobile link.

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=160951916229&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=77903910889

 

[str8axle55]

I like it.

 

[Catalyze]

No...they didn't come that way. However, just for fun, here is a chromed bullet style Wilton.
Craig
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[alan camby]

I know little to nothing about metallurgy but, the first word that comes to mind...hydrogen embrittlement.

 

[davesnothere]

 

[slip knot]

Pimp my vice.

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

Holy Chrome vise Batman

 

[porschedude996TT]

I work for a large aerospace company and we buy them from Wilton in chrome for use in our clean room work. Chrome is easy to keep clean.

 

[RivennHewn]

I did a google search for 'Gold plated vise' and didn't find anything.

I really wanted to up stage you, but I failed.

that thing is bad ***.

 

[Burtonrider10022]

I think the bullet looks cool, kinda 50's like. But the standard vise looks silly.

 

[thejudges69]

I'd still beat the hell out of it and use it for what its meant to be used for.

 

[91bronc300]

I think the bullet looks cool, kinda 50's like. But the standard vise looks silly.

Same here. Now I want to see one copper plated.

 

[kams1973]

No...they didn't come that way. However, just for fun, here is a chromed bullet style Wilton.
Craig
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This pic belongs in the thread of awesome

 

[Dieselbutterfly]

i like it,beauty,and function

 

[Engineer61]

I know little to nothing about metallurgy but, the first word that comes to mind...hydrogen embrittlement.

That's why you should bake any plated iron/steel parts for a couple of days after the plating is done. Definitely cool, and I can see having a clean room vise chrome plated; much easier to clean/disinfect for medical device production. Don't see much need for a vise in electronics clean rooms; though when I worked at a hard drive manufacturer we had several very precise and expensive presses in the clean room.

 

[b7labelle]

He needs to buff it with some fine steel wool, make that sucker really shine.

And I agree, it's silly. The bullet vise however looks pretty sharp.

 

[metaleltr]

I did a google search for 'Gold plated vise' and didn't find anything.

I really wanted to up stage you, but I failed.

that thing is bad ***.

 

[Jure]

I think the bullet looks cool, kinda 50's like. But the standard vise looks silly.

well said

 

[03protege]

I don't think you would want to beat on it like a normal vise though, I would think the chrome would get upset.

 

[bigcaddy]

No...they didn't come that way. However, just for fun, here is a chromed bullet style Wilton.
Craig
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Awesome! Catalyze bought the West Coast Choppers edition Wilton bullet vise.

I found a Wilton Baby Bullet on ebay for .99 cents once. I was going to bid but ended up missing it by a few minutes. Nobody bid on the thing and it didn't sell. It was relisted and went for 86.00. I was pissed for missing that one.

 

[andywander]

I thought this vise on ebay looked interesting:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Vintage-Emco-No-13-Anvil-Bench-Vise-2-1-2-Jaws-3-Open-wilton-/221174227508?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337f02e234



It looks like it had a leg at one time, that got broken off.

 

[colt zantop]

that chrome bullet is KILLLLLLLLLER!!!

 

[Seb650R]

I really like that chrome bullet vise. I would never use it though. I think I would just put it in the living room because its so pretty.

Note: I'm not one for shiny objects, I guess its just the classic look of that bullet vise that works with it.

 

[EDGAR]

Hydrogen embrittlement can also happen when removing rust from vises or tools with the electrolysis method used by many here, after all, a lot of hydrogen is produced when using this method, similar to when plating parts. Since most people do not know about this, they do not bake their parts to remove the hydrogen from the metal.