Toolmaker's Vise Restoration

[@guyfuller1369]

Betcha Hank was a member of the greatest generation. The skill, patience, and initiative inherent in that vise are attributes that made America the most admired nation on earth. Thank you for doing such a sympathetic restoration.

[@357magdad]

Thanks! Hank did a decent job on the vise and I can tell he made use of it in the shop.

[@ScoutCrafter]

The sprit of Hank lives on thanks to you. Lovely restoration of a great vise! 😃👍

[@357magdad]

Thanks ScoutCrafter! I was using Hanks vise this afternoon!

[@scoobydoobysue]

Hank knew what he was doing when he made the vise. Great restoration MD!

[@357magdad]

Hank did a decent job!

[@stephenkent8903]

Magdad I think Hank is smiling and clapping the way you have restored his vice! 👏👏👏👏👏👏❤ You get an applaud from me as well. I can see my father doing the same thing that Hank did.😊

[@357magdad]

Thanks Stephen! I'm glad to be the new owner of Hank's vise!

[@brianlittle3452]

Looks like a shop project. There was lathe work, milling, taping, and pining. The vise was a wonderful shop project. Over tightened screws are the sign of a young man making sure that the screws do not come out (not conjecture but personal experience on this old man's part). Nice restoration.

[@357magdad]

Thanks Brian! Hank made sure those screws were TIGHT!

[@lv_woodturner3899]

As you said, shop made, but very well made. I did get a smile from the hole. I expect some words were uttered when the drill broke through. I know the feeling, I have my share of hiccups. A very good find for $20. I have a shop made machinist vise, about the same width but not as long and smaller diameter screw. Also very well made. I paid $40 for mine, which was also a good deal, excellent condition. It does come in handy. Well done on the restoration. Dave.

[@357magdad]

Thanks Dave! I'm surprised Hank didn't weld up the hole or make a threaded plug. Maybe it was a high school shop class project?

[@frankg3072]

Great video today. You analyzing Hanks thought process into making the vise and your thoughts on disassembling and repairing and restoring it. Excellent!👍

[@357magdad]

Thanks Frank! Hank did a decent job. I'm proud to be the new owner.

[@jackthompson2132]

Great show Magdad! My dad was a machinist and he made a lot of difference items to help him in his work. When I first seen your vise it sure looked like a shop made. You did an Excellent restoration !!! Thank You for sharing!

[@357magdad]

Thanks Jack! I'm happy to be the new owner of Hank's vise.

[@patjohnson3100]

It took a lot of patience and care to bring that vise back. I was holding my breath as you removed those socket screws. I didn't want any of them to break. Besides gaining a very useful shop tool, your careful work is a nice tribute to Hank.

[@357magdad]

Thanks Pat! Those screws made me nervous!

[@chuckB9679]

That vise is a work of art! My grandfather was a machinist at Ryerson Steel in Chicago and made exceptional tools for use on the job. Looks familiar! Thank you!

[@357magdad]

Hank did a decent job on the vise. I'm enjoying using it!

[@johnkelley9877]

That is a very impressive shop made vise. 4 location holes with pins and 4 screw holes for the jaws means a very accurate vise. The restoration looks great! Thanks for sharing this.

[@357magdad]

Thanks John! Hank got a little carried away with the dowel pins...

[@rollerbald]

What a really great piece MagDad. Hank would be proud! Good judgement on backing off that tap. I broke one off in a rifle receiver once and had to take it to a machine shop to get it out. Since that day I tread very carefully with taps and dies. 😁

[@357magdad]

Thanks Bill! A broken tap is not a good time...

[@andyc972]

Thanks Magdad, that was a great restoration and a nicely made vice, those shims give just the right clearance for a smooth but slop free slide ! I think you made the right call on those troublesome threads, it's so easy to push on and wreck the job or snap a tap !

[@357magdad]

Thanks Andy! I tried the vise with and without the shims. Hank had them in there for a reason.

[@805ROADKING]

Hank put alotta thought and work into that thing!! He would be proud of ya Bud!!☻

[@357magdad]

Thanks RoadKing! I'm glad to have it!

[@stevegorkowski3246]

I hope Hank or his relatives see this video. Would be great to hear about how the vice was made! Great job. I have one with plastic jaws!

[@357magdad]

That would be cool Steve!

[@BeachsideHank]

@@357magdad That is my vise, I made it in high school with a hacksaw, bow drill and files, I would appreciate its return, thank you. -Hank

[@larrynelson734]

Hi magdad. You really put your heart that vice. It is really looking good now. Hats off to you. 👍👍👍❤🤠...

[@357magdad]

Thanks Larry!

[@johnmclaurin]

Great results, that vise will definately help you with small items! BTW, Uncle Bob flew in and is resting comfortably on my kitchen table! I’m trying to decide where his permanent place will be!

[@357magdad]

I'm glad Uncle Bob arrived safely John! I was using the vis this afternoon!

[@briansworkshop01]

Thanks for a fantastic video and a amazing vice thanks for sharing your time and skill 🥃🥃👍👍🇬🇧

[@357magdad]

Thanks Brian!

[@Dardrum]

Hank would be very happy with your work Magdad. I was very nervous when you were removing those cap screws with that cheater bar. Thankfully it went well.

[@357magdad]

You and me both! I thought I snapped the first one for sure!

[@Dardrum]

P.S. Thanks Hank

[@ivanstiles7030]

Looks great Magdad! That's a nice tight made little vise. I hope Hank sees your video

[@357magdad]

Thanks Ivan! I wonder if Hank is still with us?

[@thenkgarage]

Look's great! Lot's of character too! The shop made tools are some of the coolest out there!

[@357magdad]

Thanks! It will be handy to have at the drill press!

[@patrickrhin9152]

Hey !Bonjour Magdad vraiment une superbe restauration de cet étau de machiniste, il est vraiment très beau. Il est vrai qu'avec la perceuse à colonne, avoir un petit étau est parfois indispensable pour percé les petites pièces et les maintenir en place. ❤

[@357magdad]

Thanks Patrick! I was using it this afternoon!

[@Dalesworkshop]

IF you got paid for that restoration you would have earned it. Great looking vice and great job.

[@357magdad]

Thanks Dale! Hank made a nice puzzle for me!

[@MattsGarage1791]

hank's vise is a functional, well-made work of art that you honored by restoring.

[@357magdad]

I'm glad to be the new owner!

[@TheCleric42]

All this talk ( 0:20 ) about square things reminds me of my favorite cartoon line-“Fat Albert, how can you be so round and so square at the same time?”

[@357magdad]

We watched the Fat Albert Halloween special this year!

[@stevewalker7822]

It’s a great vise! That’s a great thing for your collection!

[@357magdad]

Thanks Steve! I was using it this afternoon!

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

Super nice press vise and a great cleanup.

[@357magdad]

Thanks!

[@patrickmeyer1967]

Chuck must have been busy wrapping presents when you did the one. Otherwise he would have insisted on a Flitz mirror shine!

[@357magdad]

Chuck will be at it again on Wednesday.

[@rogermcdonald1607]

Magdad, I think Hank was a pretty good machinist! That's a really nice vise you got and will last you a life time. 👏🇺🇲

[@357magdad]

Thanks Roger! Hank made a solid vise!

[@larrydemaar409]

Nice restoration, looks handy!

[@357magdad]

Thanks Larry! I was using it this afternoon!

[@donemmerton9720]

Looks great! Hank would be proud. That's going to come in handy in the workshop.

[@357magdad]

Thanks! I was using it this afternoon!

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

Mr Hank was a very talented Machinist Beautiful looking Home Made Machinist Vice he must have spent hours in the shop making that vice .. Mr Magdad good thing you found Old Hanks Machinist Vice or it would have ended in the scrapheap the restoration came out great If Mr Hank was still wilt us i am sure he would be very proud of you restoring his home made vice .. Take care and enjoy your Sunday looking forward to Wednesday video What could it be 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@357magdad]

Thanks Roger! Chuck will get to do some polishing on Wednesday!

[@gayle525]

👍 it’s looking very cool. Hank is pretty talented.

[@357magdad]

Thanks Gayle! Hank did a decent job.

[@thomasryan8218]

Definitely shop made,I made 3 different sizes. When I retired I gifted all my tools to one of the apprentices.

[@357magdad]

I'm sure they appreciated them Thomas!

[@Uwannawatch]

That's a sweet little vise!

[@357magdad]

It has already come in handy!

[@beerdrinker6452]

I just bought one of these less than a month ago. Almost no use for it, but my wife can sell it when I am dead. Nice video.

[@unwired1281]

My brother liked to say it’s worth having just to say you’ve got one‼️

[@357magdad]

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

[@garyryman4947]

What a great project!

[@357magdad]

Thanks Gary! I'm glad I got those screw loose!

[@icfreelynow]

I think this is your noiseist video ever, lol. Love all your stuff

[@357magdad]

I did a lot of grunting...

[@IrishLion-re8bu]

Nice vise Magdad! Just for the record, my 3 year old daughter has been watching your videos with me now and refers to CHUCK as Chucky Bird 😂. She just randomly said it😂

[@357magdad]

Chucky Bird loves his new nickname! I'll try to work it into Wednesday's video.

[@IrishLion-re8bu]

​@357magdad I bet she smiles real big 😇

[@timeflysintheshop]

Getting the last screw out of something like that is such a rush of VICTORY!

[@357magdad]

I was relieved when it broke free!

[@jerrywilson9730]

There's always 1! Neat vice Thanks

[@357magdad]

Thanks Jerry!

[@geraldschrader8511]

Nice work on the vise! I was sure you were going to snap that allen wrench - what a relief that all the screws broke loose.

[@357magdad]

I thought I broke the first screw. Hank had them super tight!

[@drivesalot0063]

Great find Magdad. I don't see many of those either. It would be nice to learn something about Hank. I'd bet he was a wealth of knowledge. Nice job bringing that old vice back. Have fun working with it. 😀👍

[@357magdad]

I was happy to find it at Jacktown!

[@garymucher4082]

Nice vice refurbishing project. A much have for any drill press. Amazing how many times I use a similar vice with my floor model drill press... Thumbs Up!

[@357magdad]

Thanks Gary! I've already been using it!

[@raging_deacon_workshop]

Great job on that vice! That looked like it was a a lot fun to work. Thank was a craftsman, for sure.

[@357magdad]

Thanks! I'm glad I was able to get it apart!

[@choppermike3329]

The Hank vise is restored and looking good. No "Made in China" on that beauty. I've broken a couple of taps in my time, glad that on stayed in one piece! You now have a real heavy duty and useful vise. Really nice vise!👍🏻👍🏻

[@357magdad]

Thanks Mike! It is a sturdy vise!

[@GuntersGarage]

Id say that was most definitely diy by a tool & die maker. Ol Hank would be pleased with your work.

[@357magdad]

I feel like it might have been a high school shop class project.

[@GuntersGarage]

@ if it was they did a pretty dang good job.

[@danielgraf8294]

Very nice resto!!

[@357magdad]

Thanks Daniel!

[@wingnutsworkshop]

Nice work! I see how convenient that vise could be.

[@357magdad]

Thanks! I was using it this weekend!

[@lrbrad4d]

I was told that the first project an apprentice would make was a machinistçs vise. Hank was proud of this project, and it shows. 👍🍻😉

[@357magdad]

Hank did a nice job!

[@MrPhil1969]

Real nice clean up. I remember that being one of the shop projects in metal shop in high-school reserved for the seniors. Junior year we forged 10" Bowie knives out of files. Could you imagine the pearl clutching and hand wringing that would go on today if that was a metal shop project? 😂 Hank was probably a teen when he made that.

[@357magdad]

Thanks Phil! I think it was a high school project.

[@ihrescue]

I don't mind offering a back-handed compliment on your technique for video capture. I was real interested in this restoration when you had acquired the vise.

[@357magdad]

Thanks! LOL I was already using this vise yesterday!

[@larrymills8527]

Back when i was in school shop class in the late 60s i made one of them from ruff castings it taught us how to use the differant machines to do the machineing of the parts and they fit and worked great.

[@357magdad]

I think Hank may have made this one in shop class too Larry.

[@stevehogg]

Another great restoration. You should have 100K subscribers.

[@357magdad]

Thanks Steve! Maybe someday...

[@ronduval1142]

Really nice job, but I don't understand why you don't wear hand protection we you are using your grinding wheel! It also would keep you hands clean.

[@357magdad]

I get nervous about wearing gloves around rotating machinery. Plus I like to be able to feel when the metal is getting hot.

[@thomaslyon2112]

I agree that Hank made that vice. If it was a production piece, it would have some markings. I enjoy your videos. I hope you and your family (and Chuck) have a wonderful Christmas and the best new year ever!🇺🇸👍🤪

[@357magdad]

Thanks Thomas! Merry Christmas!

[@terryrogers1025]

Just a thought, Hank might have used a manual impact driver to set those Allen head cap screws in place at final assembly, those screws are, I believe, a grade 8 in the industry. You were right in saying the screws were to fasten component parts together, it is the dowel pins that take the vise pressure and align the parts, but either with or without the dowel pins the vise would be strong enough to take load pressures being that it is a hand tightened vise, Dowels are for alignment stability/ repeatability of parts location. Great job of refurbishing the vise and they are about the handiest small parts vise in a shop, enjoyed watching.

[@357magdad]

Thanks Roger! An impact driver would have helped me get them loose!

[@scroungasworkshop4663]

Hey Magdad, it’s possibly an apprentice piece because in a lot of trades making a particular piece is part of their final exams. My mum used to sell Wedgwood porcelain and would sometimes get an apprentice piece through and the same with glass cutters that made vases ect. Nice restoration. Cheers mate, Stuart 🇦🇺

[@357magdad]

Thanks Stuart!

[@19Bmiller]

Hank would be pleased.

[@357magdad]

I hope so!

[@bigvicsworkshop]

Hank seems like he fit in just right around here! Nice job! Now go mix up ya some 50-50😅

[@357magdad]

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[@donscottvansandt4139]

Very nice! I need one for my drill press. Antiseize is very good thing. So many people don't use it. Especially with all the dissimilar metals used today. It helps cut down on galvanic corrosion...

[@357magdad]

Thanks! I had been lookin' for one for a while.

[@TheKidFromYTown]

Very nice job done on the vise.

[@357magdad]

Thanks! It is a good addition to my shop.

[@TheKidFromYTown]

@@357magdad 👍

[@ozarkbonsai7838]

Oh Magdad, you should have used Scoutcrafter 50/50 mix on those 10 bolts. Made my teeth hurt watching you take them out. Ha ha. I really love watching your videos. Hank would have proud of you.

[@357magdad]

The screws weren't seized, they were over torqued by Hank.

[@westhighlandsshop]

Hank would be proud, came out great!

[@357magdad]

Thanks David!

[@alvk6955]

An uncle of mine was a machinist and worked in tool rooms part of his career. That vise looks like something a tool room machinist would have made post war in the late 40's or 50 's

[@357magdad]

Thanks! It seems shop made.

[@MASI_forging]

Great restoration as always 👏👏

[@stephenbridges2791]

Speaking from experience, I was sort of holding my breath that you didn't break off that tap. It would have been hell getting it out.

[@357magdad]

It was touch and go there for a while Stephen.

[@seanmertens3049]

Hank would be proud 🎉

[@357magdad]

Thanks Sean!

[@AndyM.]

DUDEZILLA! 'HANK' built that thing to survive a nuclear holocaust!!

[@357magdad]

It is a solid vise!

[@larryborkstrom3580]

I see how handy one can be it came out great

[@357magdad]

Thanks! I was using it yesterday Larry!

[@troyb1733]

I was praying for you those were not going to break when you were using the cheater pipe. Looks great, thanks to hank and shop classes.

[@357magdad]

Thanks Troy! I thought I snapped the first screw!

[@rawbacon]

Hank probably made that on company time, cost one of the automakers about 5 grand to make that vise.

[@357magdad]

I think it was a high school shop class project.

[@timeflysintheshop]

Sure, now we know everything like the back of YOUR hand! 😊😊

[@357magdad]

The director should have yelled "cut"! and had me move the camera.

[@lotharfunke8749]

Great video 👍👍👍

[@357magdad]

Thanks!

[@chriholt]

Hank was obviously a master!

[@357magdad]

He did a nice job Chris!

[@62forged]

Hank must have been a skilled machinist.

[@357magdad]

Hank did a nice job on the vise.

[@beerdrinker6452]

Nice video.

[@357magdad]

Thanks!

[@charlesehmke8403]

You need to grind the mushroom off the back of the punch at the 9 min. mark.

[@357magdad]

That's just a hunk of brass that identifies as a drift.

[@charlesehmke8403]

@@357magdad IT would still be a good idea to grind it down. Wouldn't want a peace splitting off.

[@alpine1600s]

They should be standard machine bolts. (1/4-20) I'd replace them. Even though the pins do all the work. Bolts just keep it together.

[@357magdad]

The socket head cap screws are 1/4-20. It was good practice cleaning up the threads.

[@timeflysintheshop]

What no flitz? Did Chuck flip you the bird? 😅😅

[@357magdad]

Chuck will be back at it on Wednesday!

[@nescobaraloplop9468]

Here's to you, Hank!

[@357magdad]

Hank did a decent job!

[@liljoeii6091]

Thank you for the video

[@357magdad]

I'm glad you enjoyed it Joe!

[@DeeegerD]

Was this not functional prior to disassembly? Why not just clean and lubricate? Seems over the top this time.

[@357magdad]

It was dirty and rusty. Now it's clean and running super smooth. Cleaning up old tools is fun!

[@timothynewkirk2654]

KILLER VICE ! I'll gladly double your money for it ! ...Newk from Kentucky

[@357magdad]

Thanks Newk! I was using it this afternoon!

[@IcecalGamer]

👍 for Magdad at 9:35

[@357magdad]

Thanks! Spielberg should take notes...

[@IcecalGamer]

@@357magdad Madgad hand is top tier visuals compared with the modern Shaky-cam that exists everywhere now days, even in documentaries or comedies

[@imperialpresence1173]

most important tool in rebuilding a vise...is a bigger vise

[@357magdad]

That's great ad-vise!

[@beerdrinker6452]

😂 Back of hand.

[@357magdad]

Spielberg should take lessons from me...

[@killmimes]

Was hank a navy machinist?

[@357magdad]

Thanks for watching! All I know about Hank is that he engraved his name on the vise.

[@unwired1281]

👍👏

[@357magdad]

Thanks!

[@ronniemcevoy2946]

I made one of like that when I had to do na engineering course

[@357magdad]

It would be a great final project for a student.

[@suzukibandit-t6n]

Hello. Perhaps education was done as a job. I have almost the same.

[@357magdad]

I think the vise was a high school shop class project.

[@JimTurner-rd8jh]

👍🤓

[@357magdad]

Thanks Jim!

[@noads1035]

I don’t think Hank made that vise. Someone with the skills to do that wouldn’t have scratched his name in it with a buzzer. He would have stamped it. I bet Hank found it at a sale and marked it to identify it as his. That will make a great addition to your working tool set. Oh, you can clean up the flats on the top of the jaws. Those are meant to hold something up at the top of the jaws, for drilling through for example.

[@357magdad]

Thanks!

[@bigvicsworkshop]

U out of Scoutcrafter 50/50? Would made that alot easier. But not as entertaining 😅

[@357magdad]

The bolts weren't seized, they were over torqued.

[@bigvicsworkshop]

@357magdad 🙂 Hank is my kind of guy then...

[@davidvanzuiden3906]

A thumbs up for your hand. NAH.....

[@357magdad]

Thanks David! 🖐️