I Drove 5 hours for this Athol Vise

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@_BigLife_ 4 ай бұрын

Thats awesome man, two more to go. Tha Athal has to be my favorite. The craftsman is cool, though. I don't know what would make me drive five hours. Three hours is as far as I have driven for a vise so far 😂

@swkohnle08 4 ай бұрын

I live in CT and have driven to NJ for tools. I picked up two nice Charles Parker No. 239X's yesterday that I plan to restore and use.

@GoldmansGarage 4 ай бұрын

@@swkohnle08 post a link if you film it

@anthonymorency1107 4 ай бұрын

that so crazy! I was literally going to buy that vise when she dropped the price to eighty bucks. I'm right around the corner from there.

@GoldmansGarage 4 ай бұрын

Sorry

@anthonymorency1107 4 ай бұрын

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

@p52893 4 ай бұрын

Best vices ever US made

@GoldmansGarage 4 ай бұрын

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

@ChristopherNayar-t2c Ай бұрын

I did just slightly over 4 hours for a vise. Columbian 224 1/2 coachmaker I believe, don’t feel like going out to double check in the garage

@warthog02 2 ай бұрын

I did a 7 hour round trip to get a 300 lb Trenton. Though the most I've driven for a vise is maybe 1.5 hours round trip

@andyguss1861 3 ай бұрын

I'd road trip for a good patternmakers vise or a Studley type piano vise.

@sibhuskyguy 4 ай бұрын

Tools from the Coopers out in PA I would drive for 24 hours if I had to.. They have a lot of rare/antique/hard to find quality tools at good prices... especially blacksmith/farrier tools..

@TonyPatullo 2 күн бұрын

I have an Athol 624 1/2X. Do you know what the difference is between the 624 1/2X and the 624 1/2? I can't seem to find any info on it.

@GoldmansGarage 2 күн бұрын

@@TonyPatullo the x is late in the athol branding production. The x denotes removable jaws an n in that series would denote welded jaws. Yiu should see 2 screws holding each jaw on

@tonylenge424 3 ай бұрын

Nice addition! You know allot about vices, I have a Parker No. A, a small vice. I never see it for sale. How rare is it? Or is it just common.

@GoldmansGarage 3 ай бұрын

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

@GoldmansGarage 3 ай бұрын

@@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

@tonylenge424 3 ай бұрын

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

@MG-ub8ge 4 күн бұрын

Hi I’m thinking of picking up an Athol vise on Monday. Is it worth picking up? And what should I look for so I don’t get a huge paper weight. Any information is greatly appreciated.

@GoldmansGarage 4 күн бұрын

@@MG-ub8ge hard to go wrong with an athol. What model are you picking up? Look to make sure it’s complete and nothing broken off (can happen on anything cast iron). Look at the jaws see if they are abused

@ChristopherNayar-t2c Ай бұрын

I restored my craftsman 5176 but I now need to do my 5171 and I found that the main nut is broken but I my along the bottom and no damage to the threaded area. Do you know if there is another common vise that I could get the nut from to put in my craftsman 5171? Or anything to replace it with? Or if I should just use jb weld putty to repair the bottom of the nut, the part that slides into the static jaw is broken off

@GoldmansGarage Ай бұрын

@@ChristopherNayar-t2c bullet nose style with 3.5” jaws I believe the only doner you could use would be another 5176 or the stationary of the same size. Though I think that’s acme thread and you could get new acme thread from McMaster Carr but make sure you measure it accurately

@ChristopherNayar-t2c Ай бұрын

@ thanks. My 5176 is all restored now, it’s a smaller bullet nose. My larger bullet nose is the 5171 and the nut was broken when I got it home and got it unfrozen. It was quite a disappointment.