The making of a table

[RivennHewn]

We all know that would be much too small.

Sometimes I forget who all is here on GJ.

Everything is a matter of perspective.

 

[Jayman17]

That might just be enough space for his lista collection.

Jay

 

[RivennHewn]

Got to play with the boys, and their toys today.

Sure beats excel spreadsheets.

Had me some dang good ribs too!

 

[LXCam]

I’m with you Riv. It feels good to get out from behind the puter and do some real work for a change.

 

[PugetDude]

So, Riv who screwed up the red iron package?

 

[RivennHewn]

So, Riv who screwed up the red iron package?

Building owner. Poured his own slab. Actually did a fair job, just ran out of 3/4” embeds and used some 1”.

He just forgot to mention it before the steel delivery.

 

[RivennHewn]

Finished up the last of the Pex lines, and setting vanity faucets and the toilet.

I realized I had a cup of coffee at the vanity, a glass of ice tea on the window sill by the toilet, and a beer on my shop table.

Good thing we have more than one toilet

 

[RivennHewn]

Anyone familiar with these?

 

[RivennHewn]

Came across this guy on Instagram today.

Machinery Restoration | Von Industrial, LLC

Machinery restoration services specializing in reproduction etched nameplates and industrial design services.

www.vonindustrial.com

He recreates vintage machine plates/labels.

Looks like awesome work!

 

[Bears Fan]

Anyone familiar with these?

I'm stumped on what these are used for hold concrete forms together?


Those machine plates that guy reproduces look awesome

 

[RivennHewn]

Spent a buck at the community G-sale.

Not really sure what the intended purpose was.

Any thoughts?

 

[Bears Fan]

I'm not sure? could it be used for cleaning caulk off old window seals or something like that?

Are those blood stains or rust on that blade? Maybe it was used by Jack the Ripper

 

[Jeff Ivers]

It is shaped like a grout cleaner, possibly with the abrasive edge worn off?

 

[RivennHewn]

Took the wife out for a nice sunset row.

 

[RivennHewn]

Nice, easy Saturday morning. Two limits of crab in two hours.

Then the work starts

 

[PugetDude]

When’s dinner?

 

[Bears Fan]

When did Home Depot start selling crabs?

Looks like a great time

 

[Toolfool]

Missing some dungeness

 

[PugetDude]

When did Home Depot start selling crabs?

Looks like a great time

They were already handling *******, unions and ball **** valves, it isn’t surprising they got crabs.

 

[RivennHewn]

Interesting couple days at work watching a crew bore a 450’ long hole under a parking lot for a new 12” fire sprinkler line.

 

[RivennHewn]

Short video

 

[RivennHewn]

Nice little surprise showed up in my garage this morning.

 

[Bears Fan]

Nice Wilton! Where did it come from?

 

[LXCam]

Nice Wilton! Where did it come from?

Tide must have been exceptionally low today.

 

[RivennHewn]

Nice Wilton! Where did it come from?

Neighbor cleaning out the garage.

 

[RivennHewn]

The Wilton vise has no date on the slide.

The back was a bit loose, and I found out why.

Seems I need a new pin. Anybody got a part number?

 

[Jayman17]

I thought those were always 2 pins, I’ve never seen it using 1 pin. I’ve read in this forum that those holes rarely are in line with each other.

Jay

 

[RivennHewn]

I thought those were always 2 pins, I’ve never seen it using 1 pin. I’ve read in this forum that those holes rarely are in line with each other.

Jay

I see on the exploded diagrams, they all show 2 pins.

Not sure what to think about that.

 

[RivennHewn]

I’m thinking these threads look pretty nice!

After a quick bath in the parts washer(with a plastic brush), a coating of WD40 to prevent flash rust.

Going to leave it in “As found” condition.

 

[RivennHewn]

All cleaned and lubed, and reassembled.

Time to take a family picture!

 

[RivennHewn]

It even still has the factory dust cap!

Just need to cut and file the pins now.

 

[PugetDude]

Looks good, Riv.

All you need now is a Baby Bullet.

Which reminds me... We sold our '32 California Roadster Golf Cart a few weeks ago. The guy that bought it couldn't get his ramp back on the trailer after we loaded it, so I volunteered to deliver it to him the next day. He is downsizing, had a massive shop- said he just sold a wall of SnapOn cabinets and tools for $40K... He had a BIG Wilton vise, I asked him if he would sell it- answer was "no, my son is getting that one. I've been telling everyone it's not for sale" Then he told me he did have a "little bitty Wilton vise, but he sold it for $50 to the guy that bought his welder...He wasn't very happy when I told him what they are sellling for.

So- which one of you PHX GJ b*stards got a Wilton Baby Bullet for 50 bucks?
This will serve as an official pre-emptive "You ****"

Now, back to the Riven and Hewn adventure channel.

 

[F-22]

All cleaned and lubed, and reassembled.

Time to take a family picture!

That one still looks very much like a York vise. Wilton kind of ripped off the Czech patent when they started off, but noone knew it back then and Wilton was probably huge by the time York found out in the Soviet occupied Bohemia and couldn't really do anything about that...



Later Yorks use a pin on the front too (not the plate) and a single cap at the rear. But the version on the photo is quite identical to the first Wiltons, so it must be a pre-war version.

 

[RivennHewn]

Looks good, Riv.

All you need now is a Baby Bullet.

Which reminds me... We sold our '32 California Roadster Golf Cart a few weeks ago. The guy that bought it couldn't get his ramp back on the trailer after we loaded it, so I volunteered to deliver it to him the next day. He is downsizing, had a massive shop- said he just sold a wall of SnapOn cabinets and tools for $40K... He had a BIG Wilton vise, I asked him if he would sell it- answer was "no, my son is getting that one. I've been telling everyone it's not for sale" Then he told me he did have a "little bitty Wilton vise, but he sold it for $50 to the guy that bought his welder...He wasn't very happy when I told him what they are sellling for.

So- which one of you PHX GJ b*stards got a Wilton Baby Bullet for 50 bucks?
This will serve as an official pre-emptive "You ****"

Now, back to the Riven and Hewn adventure channel.

Sounds like my luck. Stopped by an estate sale last weekend, just because there was a large pole barn .

It was full of knickknacks, collectibles and figurines.

The shop stuff sold out the previous weekend, and they moved the wife’s **** out to the shop.

 

[RivennHewn]

That one still looks very much like a York vise. Wilton kind of ripped off the Czech patent when they started off, but noone knew it back then and Wilton was probably huge by the time York found out in the Soviet occupied Bohemia and couldn't really do anything about that...



Later Yorks use a pin on the front too (not the plate) and a single cap at the rear. But the version on the photo is quite identical to the first Wiltons, so it must be a pre-war version.

I was leaning towards war era, because the lack of date stamp, and it came out of an early 50’s house my old neighbor bought from the family of the original owner. House was a time capsule. Never remodeled/updated.

 

[RivennHewn]

Got to step away from the spreadsheets and hang with the crew for a couple days.

Assembled them yesterday, hung them today.

 

[Jayman17]

That door looks a little flimsy. Is that some sort of hangar?

 

[RivennHewn]

That door looks a little flimsy. Is that some sort of hangar?

Private airplane hangar.

 

[LXCam]

Private airplane hangar.

Don’t be so modest Riv, we all know it’s your garden shed door.

 

[PugetDude]

Well, sh*t. I got all excited thinking you were building a solar kiln for your worm logs.