Hell yes, Twertsy! That repair looks great.
My Ajax 32 project got mixed up in a general wire wheel and BLO fest in the back yard today, as full sun and clear dry air breezed in from NJ today (usually wind from the east means rain, but not today). I found another “27” under the static tower, and uncovered evidence (in the form of buggered parting lines) of a partial mold collapse during casting, which I speculate caused an inclusion in the jaw, leading to a blowout while cooling. There is a very cylindrical open tunnel through the jawface, which might mean something, but I don’t know what. I’ve decide to conserve this as a factory second, instead of “improving” it, so I resisted the temptation to refine the appearance by filing down the rough spots.
I am also stripping a little Stanley vise and decided to BLO my collection of Bonney unfinished wrenches.
Ran into some difficulty doing something stupid - buffing the rust off an LS Starrett calipers, they got jammed into the clamp holding the block grinder to an outdoor bench (this is after buffing every other thing in these photos without incident). Ripped it out of my hand (along with a bit of finger), sent the clamp flying into my thigh (gonna leave a nasty bruise there). And the calipers are mangled. I superglued the finger, but those calipers - arrg. I was wearing glasses, a dust mask, a hat, and a face shield and neoprene gloves. Maybe next time a shop apron and heavier gloves. And a better mounting system for the grinder. And don’t buff calipers.
(Only Bonney's date code system would give us the opportunity to bring that expression into a vintage tool conversation!
) If you have "_ P" codes in there (which I didn't see...), too, then your set came from 1924 and 1925 production.
