WILD-BILL
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And I swear I felt like a kid on Christmas 
First find was a Wilton 1760 bullet vise. I found it in a pile in the back of the shop in pretty rough shape. The dynamic jaw was seized, pipe jaws and horse shoe collar missing and the main jaws broken.
After telling the boss what it was (and how much they go for) he gave the go ahead to order the parts and fix er up.
I have to say that all this time I really thought all the hype about these vises was due to their appearance but man do I really get it now. It's a dream compared to just about anything else I've used.
Next up were a couple of HGR finds. First was a Kurt D 60 that was on the site for $119 and the swivel base marked for $29.
Also this MSC carbide grinder with stand for $159.
I'm not sure if they new what the vise was as every other Kurt they had was listed as one (this one was just listed Vice) and was $250 and up.
Again talked to the boss and got the go ahead to go look at em and if they were what I wanted and could use them go ahead and get em.
I tore the Kurt down, gave it a thorough cleaning and stoned all the surfaces. New rebuild kit, jaws and a fresh coat of paint.
I though it kinda funny that the first ob for the D 60 was making a set of copper soft jaws for the wilton
First find was a Wilton 1760 bullet vise. I found it in a pile in the back of the shop in pretty rough shape. The dynamic jaw was seized, pipe jaws and horse shoe collar missing and the main jaws broken.
After telling the boss what it was (and how much they go for) he gave the go ahead to order the parts and fix er up.
I have to say that all this time I really thought all the hype about these vises was due to their appearance but man do I really get it now. It's a dream compared to just about anything else I've used.
Next up were a couple of HGR finds. First was a Kurt D 60 that was on the site for $119 and the swivel base marked for $29.
Also this MSC carbide grinder with stand for $159.
I'm not sure if they new what the vise was as every other Kurt they had was listed as one (this one was just listed Vice) and was $250 and up.
Again talked to the boss and got the go ahead to go look at em and if they were what I wanted and could use them go ahead and get em.
I tore the Kurt down, gave it a thorough cleaning and stoned all the surfaces. New rebuild kit, jaws and a fresh coat of paint.
I though it kinda funny that the first ob for the D 60 was making a set of copper soft jaws for the wilton
