FARMAN33

You never know what's underneath all that paint. In doing a few hundred vise restorations, I’ve found the needle scaler comes in “clutch” a couple dozen times. Took a nice “big logo” Reed down to bare metal and found a high school shop...

Kind of (not really). The spindle is 1.5" and the openings for bearings were 1.5" I took a grinder and took a little off the unthreaded portion of the spindle. Brightened it up with a wire wheel and lubed it up. Slipped on perfectly after that.

Placed a couple of thrust bearings in my 8” Ridgid vise today. McMaster Car was the only source for 1-1/2” ID bearings and washers. Also placed a spring between the spindle retainer and rear bearing (always in compression). Result is a SUPER...

Ya I knew I could part it out but it seemed like a shame since it’s so close to complete. I had to unfreeze the swivel jaw on my Hollands 46 and it was tough. I just don’t have the drive for anything over 5” for right now.

Finally got the Columbian 503 cleaned up.

Oh, I hear ya brother! If I’m buying a 6” + these days, it’s mostly done. Give me this little guy any day!!! Tom Deverna custom casting!

My last Reedsman.

@Mr Wonderful That's a "parts vise" and that's a great thing for you! The center nut for the base on a 6" goes for about $50 anywhere I've seen one. Those lock downs look great and are another $50 for the pair. The main spindle nut is $25 all...