@@Thehippiehobbitgrows unfortunately the closet one for me is still a 3 hour drive. Very sad

I stand by what I said. The first ever used in a tv show cgi does not hold up so much over time. The story. The acting. The overall whole. It’s better

@GoldmansGarage reminds me of Leonard and Sheldon deciding what to watch. Love it.

that opinion should have been vindicated once it was revealed the b5 creator pitched the idea to paramount and they passed on it….only to produce an almost exact copy a few years later callled deep space nine

@@MegaRiffraff thank you

Columbian had an interesting history as many manufacturing business did. For a little bit prentiss made vises for them essentially just rebranded prentiss models (they did so for Yost as well). Columbian had a welded model with a sloped back. The model in this video is an earlier model when they had the factory in Ohio and did the casting in house but before they made some changes which lasted the majority of their production history

I saw that in the BVF group. You also made that limited run of 10” jaws. Those are impressive. I have the 58 back from my welder buddy and it’s almost time to make the “brief history of Prentiss” video. Thinking I should do a short video on swivel jaw vises too and what makes them useful

Please don’t , I don’t anymore encouragement or inspiration 😂

I would encourage you to bring them back with the R series design

Columbians are very underrated. Considered very reliable and great users. For some reason they are often undervalued and don’t command great price

@@_BigLife_ I think so too. Tomorrow or Friday

@@KB-qi3zi it’s a pre 1923 model. A 91. The casting is Athol Mach Co

@@Barb-k9o condition matters quite a bit. A 108 can be worth a decent amount. My condolences on your loss. May I ask where you are located as if you are selling it i potentially would be interested in picking it up

@@Barb-k9o I’d also be happy give you advice on how to price it. That said if you have any tool oriented family members good tools are always great to keep in the family

I am in Lockwood NY. Thank you for your kind words. No one in the family is interested in the vice, so I would like to sell it. Any help in pricing it would be appreciated, or if you are interested in it yourself, please let me know.

@ I’m looking to see if there is a way to dm you. That’s a little west of Binghamton. I’m in Sullivan county so about 2.5 hourish drive

@ KZbin no longer has DMs. You can find me on TikTok under the same Goldman’s garage and we can dm there. I’ll ask you for pictures of the vise and can help you figure out pricing

@@veracious99 on the dynamic jaw of the reed it will have a 3 or 4 number stamp. That is the date of manufacture. So 912 for example would be September 1912

@GoldmansGarage ok...its 221. So Feb 1921. Cheers. Also has 76 stamped up higher...some sort of production no.?

@ yes the 76 is likely on multiple parts during assembly so the correctly fitted parts went together

Paint stripped a few coats of black off...base coat seemed to be a light green. Would this be the original paint. Or possibly a undercoat. What color traditionally were they?

@ reeds were black with the letters in red

@@_BigLife_ all depends. Really need to finish the 3 or 4 I have taken apart now and get those listed for sale. 2” and 2.5” are very collectible so might be sold before I get around to making it pretty

@@_BigLife_ yes that design is a bit different. I look forward to when I eventually pick one up to take apart

@@GoldmansGarage it definitely takes a little fiddling width to get the fitment, correct.

@@donchoate13 that is the original paint is was medium light blue green turquoise with grey and other flecks in it. Join the bench vises forever group on FB and you can see some pictures of NOS examples that a few members have collected The 624 1/2 is a great vise. If you restore it I’d love to see a video showing it off. Tag me in it if you do

So the Parker no a should be 25 pounds have a jaw width of 3.5” and was the smallest of its series. It’s a slightly lighter weight model. I found it in a catalog from 1912 which you can see if you join the Facebook group bench vises forever. It’s in the files section at the top of the page. I belive this model was not produced after the 1920s definitely not in the 30s as 1930 was when Parker relabeled all its model numbers for basically the last time. That vise should be perfect for home owner and lighter use projects and should continue to last generations. If you are looking to restore it I recommend looking at vise restoration videos by @m7metalwork and @uwannawatch. Both have great restoration videos which will give you the info you need

@@tonylenge424 oh and on rarity. It’s relatively rare or unusual. Not very hard to find but not really common. It had an original cost in 1912 of $6

Really appreciate all the info. Thank you for taking the time..

@@randyroy4074 what else does it say. The Yost 104 was produced for awhile and very likely looks like other similar vintage reed and hollands vises. At one point they were made in the same factory. There are slight differences. Yosts if that era are often a bit heavier then the hollands or reeds. Restored a yost 104 around a year ago. Nice gentleman needing one for his garage bought it

I have one of them off the top of my head I forget if it’s the 4” or 5” will check tomorrow as I’m working late

So the one I have left is the 4” base not the 5”

@@swkohnle08 post a link if you film it

Yup. It’ll be a nightmare if I ever have to move. At this point there are a few tons of vintage USA cast iron

@@GoldmansGarage wow

Sorry

@@GoldmansGarage no reason to be sorry, I'm glad it made it to a good home!

My personal favorite. Though unfortunately a modern vise made by fireball tool is likely the best ever made. And the reed r series has a few features that in objective functionality would put it there above athol. I still personally prefer and love my athols but I also want to be objective

The person who I sold it to was very pleased with it

Did a lot of reading. Looks like grapeseed oil for an hour at 450 is the way to go. At least 3 times. Might do 5 to give a really clean polymerization. I’m thinking making sour dough in it

They can be. Overall I think I got something special in the unmarked 209

@@robertpetersen443 the retaining clip is either missing or broken. I’ll see about tagging you in a short on it. Either Tuesday or Thursday depending when I’m home and make the time to pull one out. If you flip the vise over in the dynamic (the moving jaw) the screw goes in at the base of the casting where you can see the main screw at a 90 degree angle there is a hole that should be threaded and a 1/8” metal retainer that slots into a grove to hold the screw. It’s almost certainly missing or broken. Yiu can make a new one with an angle grinder and some sheet steel

Thank you. I’m very happy with this recipe. It is delicious

Agreed

I thought so

@@_BigLife_ they did make them for craftsman after the reedsman

@@GoldmansGarage that's what I thought. I would love a Reedsman some day.