Ridgid Vise Value

[In The Doghouse]

You guys posting photos of the antique vises has piqued my interest in a heavy duty, preferable old, vise in my shop. I presently have a 4" jaw vise that was purchased at Harbour Freight some years ago. It has served me well but finding a good US Made steel vise seems to be the right thing to do.

There is a Ridgid vise for sale on Craigs List at a location close to a family member in a neighboring state. The guy is asking $75 for it, but I have to say it seems like it has had a rough life.

What do you garage dudes think? I have a sandblaster and could clean and paint it. What is it worth and is it worth some TLC?

 

[rusty65]

That vise is made in germany and has a steel not a cast body and is very much worth 75 dollars that is a very good price and the vise is not that old.

 

[dirtydogintex]

No cracks/repairs?
Jaws in decent shape w/some tread left?
That's prolly a low to fair price.... at least down here.

Me, I'd wipe it down w/a splash of kerosene and lots of of rags.... then start using the snot outta it!!

 

[In The Doghouse]

He said he will take $50 so I will ask my brother to pick it up. It may be a while before I get it home but I will let you know.

He sent me another photo via text. It looks like it would clean up pretty good.

 

[kams1973]

Those German made Ridgid vises are tough and definately made for work.

 

[In The Doghouse]

My brother picked up the vise for $50. It may be a few weeks before it makes its way home to me. Yea!

 

[In The Doghouse]

TADAAA! Got 'er finished up. It was wire brushed with the 4" side grinder, degreased, the jaw tops cleaned up with the milling machine and painted with Hammered Blue paint. Got $61 in it.
Looks good and works great! Now I want to build a new bench to bolt this nice vise on, which leads to this discussion: http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2931816#post2931816

 

[rusty65]

Hey doghouse I think we need better pics of the camaro in the back ground to really judge how well the vise looks . Anyways it looks like you did a great job on the vise.

 

[I van putski]

Looks great. Good job. I have never really seen a rigid vise before.

 

[Steevo]

Nice vise and a good deal.
I saw one like that go for $225 recently at an auction.

 

[Brownstone]

That is a screaming deal on an awesome vise. I have one like it that my wife gave me for my birthday a few years ago. I once crushed a 3/8ths drill chuck in mine (without a cheater)--vise didn't even grunt. Hope it serves you well.

 

[SteveCh]

That really looks good!

 

[CNGsaves]

Wow, that's an incredible 5 day multi-state transformation of a great vise!!

Definitely worthy of a . . . . . . YOU **** !!

Congrats and I'm way jealous of how nice that vise turned out.

Gotta tell us now how far that vise travelled (where to where)?

 

[davesnothere]

Hudge score.

 

[Rebelphotog]

Very nice. I never run across deals like that around here. I really like that color too.

Hudge score.