I saw this rusty old vise lying on my basement floor. It went through a flood a dozen years ago, was previously welded. So, since I was bored, I thought what the hey.
Gave it a 3 day soak using store bought white vinegar (15%).
After a few hours..........



After 3 days and rinsed with the garden hose.



Wire wheeled and ready for paint.



Painted with some leftover car paint & greased up.



Oh, by the way, the crusty rusted screws turned out easily. Great penetration. Ready for light duty work.

Should have boiled it and rust blued it. You had a good start.

That vise reminds me of my grandpa's electrical shop in Oregon WI. Back in the 60s I was just a little kid and my brother and I would spend countless hours crushing those acorn shaped fuses in his vice. What fun we had...

Like clamps to a woodworker, a metal man cannot have too many vises.

Might spell that with a "c" as well...

Not me Doug. (c) The few vices I had are bit rusty. Been married for almost 30 years.

I do believe I have that same vise. No idea how old mine is, I acquired it used sometime in the late seventies, but it was old then.

It looks like it's had some hard use.

Yep. Must have whacked the hell out of the outer jaw to break it clean off like that. Weld job was well done though. Good enough for file work, drilling, etc.

I found an old single stage Hollywood press it weighs at least 50 lbs is my guess in a dump ground..I cleaned it with ever chemical known to man, wire brushed it, bead blasted it back to knew, Its the best most massive reloading press I have ever owned, and the fetch a fortune these days..Mine is the smaller version, I use it for up to .338 but hase swaged bullets in it..I love it..what a find.

I'll say. Great find.

Not sure now where I picked it up at.
Big old vise with the base broken off.
No way to bolt it down.

I had a piece of 3/4" steel plate from
trimming off a welding bench top.

Got the stick and stainless rod after it
and welded a 3" sq stob about 5" long on
the bottom. Then welded the plate to the
vise. Sets in hole on the welding table.
Can just lift the heavy sob out and move
out of the way for bigger projects.

Handy this way. Just happened to come
along at the time. Believe some heavy
equipment company had tossed it and I
asked for it. Sometime before '85.

Has pipe jaws in the web area. 5-6" wide
jaws, opens up over 10". Can't weigh
less than 75lbs.

Put longer rods and screw on a big
wood workers vise on the other end.
Drilled 1/2" hole's in the top about 4"
apart. Works slick to lock things in
place with just a bolt dropped in a hole
and the dog raised up.


George

quote:

Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
That vise reminds me of my grandpa's electrical shop in Oregon WI. Back in the 60s I was just a little kid and my brother and I would spend countless hours crushing those acorn shaped fuses in his vice. What fun we had...

BACK IN THE 60's...how bloody old are you

Tony: 20 years before the 60's mate!

Hell I can recall a few things back to
'46. Bet there's others here older with
better memories too.

George