Working on my new, to me, vise Rock island 143. Just used scraps I had around the shop. The stand is aluminum with the top and bottom being large channel. Will do a little welding tomorrow then take it apart to polish aluminum and paint vise the closest I can find to the original green. Having fun, wife thinks I’m nuts.
Rock island 143
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woody 73
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OP very nice...
Just think if your wife saw some of are posts , she would think you were the sane one and we were all nuts.
Just think if your wife saw some of are posts , she would think you were the sane one and we were all nuts.
SweetD
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Nice! Keep us updated...
Roberts210
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Tell the wife she should love your hobby, cause it keeps you out of bars and strip clubs.
Robbie B
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That wingnut that attaches it to the stand; is that factory? It looks cool, I’ve never seen one shaped like that.
Just finished the 143. green color is close to the original (well sort of) as I could get. Works great opens with one finger as it should. Now it can go with my other baby’s. Need to add on to barn
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SweetD
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Looks great! Question, did you, or are you planning to, fill the column with concrete or something?
No, the column is a eight inch aluminum tube. I was thinking about mounting it on casters (I have some metal ones) so I could move it around. If I do, I will do some welding to enlarge the bottom plate to give it a wider stance. I won’t use it much cause I have a few others that are for daily use. Just like to collect and redo. My reed (the blue one) is the big boy that I use most often.
