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@Mr Wonderful Funny, "R"s are ALL I seem to find here (big and small). The older ones are very nice!
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So I now have 2 baby bullets that were both made in June 1946. Found the swivel base on EBay (slipped through the cracks at less than $600 delivered!). Found the one on the pow-r-arm locally and wanted it because he figured out the old swivel locks fit the hole for the pow-r-arm!!!
The guy I bought it from had a couple other Wilton’s he was trying to sell. Only really wanted the baby but figured if I could catch a good deal for all, I could resell and lessen the cost of the baby. So I bought his C3 and 600N.
Bugged me that the C3 was a shade off so stripped it and now I kind of LOVE it! 170 pounds!!!
The guy I bought it from had a couple other Wilton’s he was trying to sell. Only really wanted the baby but figured if I could catch a good deal for all, I could resell and lessen the cost of the baby. So I bought his C3 and 600N.
Bugged me that the C3 was a shade off so stripped it and now I kind of LOVE it! 170 pounds!!!
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Ok thanks! Ya Boeing isn’t too far from me. I remember my dad went to that surplus store a few times. I was always upset that I never got to go with him. It sounded like an amazing place.
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Scored a 206R the other day…
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Yep, missing swivel base. At $100, I had no problem with that!
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Hell Yeah!!!! SCORE
I landed this Prentiss 54 for a smokng deal! I've been wanting a graffiti logo bulldog forever. This one has a repair on it but I don't care. The previous owner restored it for me lol. Now it has been assimilated into the larger "borg" of vises waiting to be finished.
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Looking like a proper "hoard" now! Graffitis are too cool. Prentisses are beautiful but fragile vises.
It's because that dynamic jaw would fit either model. I believe one is a swivel base and one is a fixed base. The dynamic jaw is the same casting.
I saw that one right after it was posted and knew it had your name written all over it. No way I was going to get over there.
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Arts and crafts day today. 50s Craftsman 5” (art deco). Also the cleanest Reed I have ever seen! 105 that has really never seen a stray hammer strike.
Wow that 105 is amazing!! I just landed this Hollands 13H that’s in pretty great shape too. The back of the slide wasn’t so lucky with the hammer strikes. The price was definitely right though.
Couple more additions to my pile. These may both end up finding another home.
Picked up a Columbian 404 1/2 last weekend. I tried to let it go but it kept pulling at me. It was an outdoor vise that was welded to a stand so some damage to the base. Handle is bent and the swivel nut handle is pretty bent up too. I think parts from a 604 will be interchangeable, at least for the base and swivel nut and 604's are easy to come by around here. I might even have a couple. Someone plugged the swivel jaw hole with a piece of brass that I ended up drilling out. For an interim pin solution I got my 3D printer operator on it. He had it designed and was printing within an hour. I'll probably leave this one as is, it has a nice patina to it.
The other one is a 4 inch Wilton with a 3/53 date code. I saw it listed at an estate sale and was shocked it was still there when I showed up hours after the sale started. Price was right so I brought it home with me. Really just cleaned it up and will probably leave it be.
Picked up a Columbian 404 1/2 last weekend. I tried to let it go but it kept pulling at me. It was an outdoor vise that was welded to a stand so some damage to the base. Handle is bent and the swivel nut handle is pretty bent up too. I think parts from a 604 will be interchangeable, at least for the base and swivel nut and 604's are easy to come by around here. I might even have a couple. Someone plugged the swivel jaw hole with a piece of brass that I ended up drilling out. For an interim pin solution I got my 3D printer operator on it. He had it designed and was printing within an hour. I'll probably leave this one as is, it has a nice patina to it.
The other one is a 4 inch Wilton with a 3/53 date code. I saw it listed at an estate sale and was shocked it was still there when I showed up hours after the sale started. Price was right so I brought it home with me. Really just cleaned it up and will probably leave it be.
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2 quality pieces there! LOVE the Chicago casting Wiltons.