DiResta 280lb VISE restoration

[@Venrixia]

I love watching a bunch of grown men experience child like joy fixing up an old vise. It's great .

[@simonacuthbert1]

Absolutely right. Actually, I've become a vice restoration junkie and need help immediately. I'm scouring KZbin for my daily fix and happen to have come across this. Oh what a rush....

[@sifergy8412]

@@simonacuthbert1you’re stealing my thoughts - I like it when they sand blast to de rust them (not sure if that make me a sad case but hey)

[@erikgreenaway8645]

Why am I just now watching this? Best resto yet and with hand tool rescue and others there.... This is RESTO GOLD!

[@HandToolRescue]

Shoot this into my veins.

[@cd-r8419]

Lol

[@林立基-k9b]

I see you !

[@InstrucTube]

Your face at 2:03 is everything. :P

[@cpepper5702]

Lol

[@jcapicy]

The smell of fresh EvapORust lol!

[@handymads]

Just came back to this tiny city apartment I'm renting after two weeks in my parent's garage in the country, where I spent most of my time working on a knife made from some old rusted iron I found lying around. It's hard to describe how satisfying it is to watch videos like these and be reminded of that THAT's really the type of life I want. Thanks again Jimmy!

[@whennaturecalls2]

I love seeing that tool from Erie, PA get a new life. My grandfather was a sheet metal fabricator and slate roofer in Erie, PA his whole life. He worked on church steeples installing roofing and the crosses and religious figures he build in his shop. He passed on his Chevy truck to me and I think of him every time I drive it. Thanks for this video, Jimmy!

[@harrisongrass]

Another great video by my "old school" hero who has the common sense to use modern technology to enhance his skills. Thanks, Jimmy, for all you have taught us.

[@m2hmghb]

A DiResta video, sigh - it's my biggest vise.

[@dustysparks]

I see what you did there... Every Dad in this room applauds ;)

[@AHustleIsLikeASideOfFries]

I have 3 vices in my shop, named them Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n Roll

[@steveo1413]

@@dustysparks this dad giggled like an idiot.

[@marcinsykut497]

Wow , what a workout for 3 guy for 3 days to get it apart . Beautiful piece . With love it will last another 100 years . Thank you Jimmy and crew .

[@dolrr54]

That is one hell of a vice. Any machinist worth his salt would be proud to own it. Great job gentlemen!

[@ecrusch]

If that old vise could talk, it would be thanking you from the bottom of its' heart. Good for at least another 100 years! Love & respect brother.

[@bruceminnier2936]

Outstanding find! And with Handtool Rescue none the less... you spoil us Mr. Diresta. Thank you.

[@TopoPilot]

I was fortunate to find your channel. The world needs more people like you. Helpful teachers who willfully give their knowledge to others.

[@robertfrench7376]

I love the fact that you are saving some of those GREATold tools and the chickens now have a vise

[@nzkiwi9]

Great trick I learned from an old-timer for getting rusted/seized components or bolts lose: With a torch, heat the metal. Rub wax of any kind on the joint. Let cool. The wax will be pulled into the joint/cracks & lubricant the metal as it cools. This works when penetrating oils fail.

[@StanislavG.]

Huh... gonna try it this weekend :)

[@mikesides617]

DiResta on Instagram: Tormach Breaks bit, pattern slightly irregular, “.....it’s OK. It’s a vise, not a piece of jewelry.” Puts jaws on vise, looks like effing Crown Jewels! Awesome Rescue!

[@jeffmcgrath2202]

Great to see someone restoring a red vise I grew up in Erie I knew people who worked there. Dad worked for national forge and Weill McLane they are all gone now.

[@landerryan1485]

“Evapo-trust me on this.” 😂😂😂

[@HandToolRescue]

You better!

[@DrFunke]

The montage of beating on this old vise made me unreasonably happy. It’s nice to see other people patiently beating on old iron. Thanks!

[@mustie1]

now ya need to make a 20 foot bench to mount it on,

[@Mekratrig]

You know it's going to be a good day when you find a new Diresta video among the suggestions. Verr impressed with the care and expertise shown restoring this beautiful monster.

[@bentonturner1619]

Good to see your truck rear tub slider being used love it, love the videos Good on you jimmy

[@TylerSnyder305]

That's a beautiful beast of an old Vise and I like how you stopped at putting it back in service instead of polishing and painting it and stuff.

[@jcapicy]

That tape measure action at the end was hilarious! Seriously nice vice and restoration! Thanks for sharing guys!

[@MrMilarepa108]

the vise would still be kinda big if that were cm...

[@ericnicastro]

It was so cool to see this restoration. Erie is my hometown and Reed Manufacturing is a big deal to this area. The people that work in that shop would be proud to see that vice restored.

[@BlueCollarBachelor]

The one guy looks like the Hand Tool Rescue guy... EvapoRust furthered that connection.

[@frankbusuttil2572]

There's little more joyful than giving a second life to an old tool. Something you seem to do in abundance JD. Thanks for sharing.

[@johngassmann9581]

Of course Hand Tool Rescue shows up with the Evaporust.

[@fitzyholden1036]

A good soak in a 50\50 mix of acetone and automatic trans fluid works great for freeing up things like this.

[@chopfather2730]

Made in my hometown Erie PA! Some of the best vises and pipe wrenches!!!! The company is still in business!!!!good stuff!!!!! They also cast pipe wrenches for ridgid.zurn foundry is also in Erie they pour toilet carriers.and other cast plumbing fixtures!!cool to see the vid!!!!! Peace!

[@edstuff1198]

I am from Erie PA also. It's great to see these old Reed vises still going strong and it's one of the few of the heavy insustries still operating in Erie. DiResta and his friends did a great job restoring that monster. The patent date on the vise is my birthday except the patent was 47 years earlier! Too bad that many of the old factories lining 12th street are mostly gone, and GE is a shadow of what it once was, there were almost 14,000 employees when I worked there. I grew up on the lake shore between Hammermill Papers and GE.

[@drloqutis2492]

There is something so satisfying about watching a piece of america history that was discarded and being brought back to life that is amazing. Thank you JImmy.

[@daveconaway4028]

I’ve got over a hundred vises. Reeds being some of my favorites. I’m still looking for a a Reed 209. Nice job on getting it back in service.

[@jaydee2620]

If u ever need a good home where one of those vises will b well looked after I will pay shipping lol

[@africanelectron751]

Hu...so it's your fault I can't find any.

[@vinnysmith587]

Do you have any Wiltons? What models? I just picked one up

[@Loosewire2]

It's great to see something so lovingly restored despite all the work it took to do it.

[@ALSomthin]

Pounding wedges in stuck vice jaws is just asking for trouble. I have seen the massive mighty jaws just snap but Im so glad this vise is being restored. I have one just like it.

[@TomsLife9]

I was thinking the same thing. what's the alternative? pre-soak in rust remover before working the parts free? edit: I thought you were referring to the base coming off. but still, what other options are there? hydraulic press? soak in oil ore additional rust remover? I liked their heating idea to loosen the grip

[@claudiolorenzon1997]

@@TomsLife9 50%50% automatic transmission fluid and acetone. Chews up the rust and penetrates deep in the cracks. Freed lots of rusty things up with that mix.

[@johnr1350]

That is a thing of beauty. Cheers Jimmy for giving it at least another 100 years of life!

[@werty4329]

"Every man needs a vice" .. yours just so happens to be vices, much love brutha. T

[@joeallen6481]

we've got this exact same vise in the barn on family ranch we use daily, just had to repair jam nut on handle it was not letting it loosen anymore. Awesome tool, it lived on a post outside for years until we brought it inside the shop

[@jerrodnewsome1495]

I love to see older stuff re machined.

[@eviltricster8090]

Everytime I see Jimmy's shop I think of how fun it would be to make something there. Literally have every tool you need and tools you didnt even know existed.

[@ReedPipeTools]

That was a lot of work put into the REED 208 vise! The 208 vise appears in the REED 1916 catalog. It had a list price of $98 and weighed in at 278 lbs. REED vises have outlasted their makers in many cases. Thanks for sharing.

[@Brian-uj6gm]

just $98?

[@thomaaz]

98 dollars in 2016? I'm not too sure about that folks :)

[@ReedPipeTools]

@@thomaaz My mistake - 1916 price was $98. Sorry! It's from the 1916 catalog and then the 1916 price.

[@rickymccafferty7840]

You know anything about the Reed 224 1/2 R? Google doesn’t know anything about it.

[@thomaaz]

@@ReedPipeTools thought so :), amazing tools, they last 2 lifetimes.

[@markharris5771]

And to think some people waste money joining gyms, but to get a good workout they should just buy a massive seized up vice! Great restoration, both for the quality of the work and the fact you saved this great piece of engineering.

[@Blind_Reviews]

It always pains me to see people try and disassemble the slide.. but don't use a wire wheel to remove the rust and debris.. so they end up beating the hell outta the thing..

[@diannelogsdon6107]

Or adding some penetrating oil, works wonders. Carl

[@desertdweller9548]

Yup. Amateur hour.

[@johnrathbun2943]

I know that just kills me also. If they would stop and think about what they are trying to achieve it would make their life alot easier. Work smarter not harder.

[@rickdearmont9950]

Thank you for breathing life back into this beautiful old vise.

[@nakamakai5553]

FINALLY!! HEAT! YAY! And then the millwork was especially nice - pretty jaws again.

[@williampike6813]

I like these people. I haven't seen a Diresta video in what feels like forever.

[@quickboost]

When things are stuck try a solution of 50% acetone, 50% automatic transmission fluid, also know as Fagen's Brew. Mechanics workshop did a torque test; Nothing 516, WD40 238, PBBlaster 214, Liquid Wrench 214, Kano Kroil 106, Fagen's Brew 53

[@FIGGY65]

IMHO acetone and ATF is fine for a small glass jar (or perhaps a quart) of parts, but the flammability risk is too great when using a larger quantity of acetone. A saner (and safer, cheaper) "solution" 😆is diesel mixed with about 30% ATF. Very old and proven mixture. Just did a large industrial chain at work a few weeks ago using 3 gallons of this very mix. Very successful as always.

[@glennmoreland6457]

Surprising how stuff that was well made in the first place always stands the test of time...🇬🇧👍

[@boothbytcd6011]

That sonic boom you heard was Abom79 breaking the sound barrier coming up from Pensacola. (and yay Hand Tool Rescue!)

[@arthurrock4979]

I still can't get over Spike's passing away :(. That cat, Jimmy! That cat, was like the coolest cat in the world!

[@JobyP]

“Evapotrust Me” ~ Hand Tool Rescue 😂

[@sethbracken]

I wish Andrew had a channel. I love that Dallas-style trash talk.

[@MrSKRZYNIU]

Best coop I could imagine - HandToolRescue and DIRESTA!!!! You’re the best!!!!! Love your work and hope that one day I will become one like you are. You both inspired me to start my own channel. I’m working on my first project and you both will be first to see it. Hope you will like it :) All the best to you and your teams!

[@tekviper9]

I will never restore tools but your videos on the process are fascinating ! Thank you for sharing !

[@mattiviljanen8109]

Age-old vice got jaws made with a CNC. Old meets new in a great way.

[@jdswaffles]

thank you jimmy, i really thought this a perfect representation of what we should show our youth. i love all your videos and really appreciate what you do.

[@TrevorAndersen]

Hand tool rescue cameo!

[@mathewfaber]

Oh ya noticed that too eh bud?

[@bigoldgrizzly]

We used to have the equivalent Sheffield made vice at the Pit 'I worked at. I think it was called a Record chipping vice and it weighed in about 2 1/2 hundredweight. When the pit closed one of the blacksmiths made off with it [and a load of other stuff] in the back of his car - looked like concord taking off with his front wheels barely touching the ground

[@russellmarra8520]

before watching this I didn't know that vise-envy was a thing. Nice work, gentlemen.

[@kelevra721]

Love seeing old work horses brought back to life!

[@richardcox82]

And yet I didn't know you made a video with hand tool rescue. I love his channel too, so funny

[@gloriousn]

This has been one of my favorite episodes in a long time I really enjoy watching hand tool rescue so to see hand tool rescue on Jimmy diresta is Channel it was pretty awesome

[@critstixdarkspear5375]

The fact you sound like minions is so fitting. Mad genius at work.

[@GeneraleRus]

Hand Tool Rescue is like looking at the EvapoRust pour like Ansley Harriot being "YEAH BOY"

[@HandToolRescue]

Hahaha

[@Zogg1281]

And a huge thank you for dropping Hand Tool Resque's name 🙂🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍👍👍🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@B-leafer]

Incredible vise. Very enjoyable watching the restoration of it. "One of 30!"

[@ocelot2234]

Hand tool rescue was on there what a legend

[@bobothewood9628]

Just going back to watch older videos and was pleasantly surprised to see this :)

[@BenTaylor11]

There is something so satisfying about bringing this back to life. thanks for sharing it with us.

[@LongBeachRunner]

'This is not the rookie corner over here'. Proceeds to hit the lock nut pin with a sledgehammer held at the head...

[@raincoast2396]

Adam Booth is going to be so envious! His very favorite vises. You say only 35 were built? Wow.

[@nathanjones455]

I bet we'll be hearing from abom79 about this one.

[@ytwdh]

I love the replies from Abom that are sourced into a video that are simply expressions of "WTF"

[@dustysparks]

@@ytwdh Tony uses that to great effect :D hehehehe

[@prophez23]

That’s a real nice Reed! I have a nice Reed 204 1/2 vice I’ve used throughout my entire career as a blacksmith and custom knife maker.

[@tyy791]

Hi, Mr Diresta. Glad for new vid. 😊

[@BurninGems]

I havent gotten to jimmy's video yet, still watching the St. Jude's commercial and trying not to cry in the auto dealership waiting room! (Oil change) OMG, I cant skip it, for both Jimmy and St Jude! I'm sure the vice restore will be a good video, but I doubt it will make me cry. Gonna make a donation, I challenge all the Diresta fan's to match my $10 donation to St. Jude's! Think of the impact we would have!

[@LaserGadgets]

DiResta 1 : Vise 0 THAT was a lot of rust. 14:20, thats how hands should look like at the end of a day.

[@pekkasaarinen2902]

I just watched Mr. Pete telling never to beat a vise with a hammer, then I come here and see you guys pounding that vise with sledgehammers. 😂

[@axtra92]

What? Its a vise... it has an anvil on the back to pound on...

[@AtticusDraco]

Good get! But whew, anxiety filled episode! Especially that front part! Thought for sure we was gonna see something break

[@andy.elliott.foreverpens]

A thing of beauty! Love seeing it come back to life, and those Jaws! Great job Jimmy D!

[@ΣτέλιοςΒασιλείου-μ7χ]

6:55 you sound like minions trying to build a bomb

[@fiodordstwk2890]

WeI Will never what Mr. Diresta Will to do about the things. His videos is always a new surprise.

[@DaedalusCreative]

Ending scene is just fowl.

[@BuildaSkill]

I like how the super crisp plates contrast with the weathered vise. Nice design.

[@dingus153]

(in epic voice over) The restoration boys are back, and this time they're not evapofucking around

[@OnkelJann]

What a beautiful piece of craftsmanship! 😍😍😍

[@chesshooligan1282]

It's always nice to have a CNC steel mill lying about.

[@maxst2]

Wow.. what a monster of a vise. Did a great job on bringing it back to life!

[@МаксимБогдан-з4ъ]

Наконец-то адекватная реставрация, призванная вернуть инструменту функционал, а не превратить его в музейный экспонат. Мне очень нравится эта тематика, но многие мастера так сильно перебарщивают с лоском, что аж страшно. Инструмент должен быть прежде всего прибывать в работоспособном состоянии и иметь в меру опрятный вид. Но не такой, что за ним и работать страшно - не дай бог поцарапаешь.

[@andyguinn7052]

That old vise deserves a name.

[@gardeningoutdoors5209]

man missed opportunity you should have called jackmanworks in just for that big flat head screw on the bottom. been like "man i finally found a use for that giant screw driver you made"

[@rozewalker6726]

I thought I had some bad vices. Then I watch Jimmy and find out all about a badass vise!

[@amcconnell6730]

How is it that there are still rusty vices in the world? Every youtube shop channel has a "Rusty Vice Restoration" video! (Vice is the UK spelling).

[@JoeMakes]

You're right, these always look great on camera!

[@megawetdiaper]

Omg it’s hand tool rescue guy in the vid

[@marcuscicero9587]

got everything straight and operational. glad they did not paint it. beauty vise.

[@curm1778]

Hand Tool Rescue to the rescue!

[@TheDishDoc]

Fantastic piece of industrial Americana. Glad you saved it.

[@alexz7811]

Thank you for not painting it white.

[@meFatuations]

Never seen someone hammer so fast and accurately. Almost looked like a cartoon. Very skillful.

[@exploreseafaring]

He didn't write 'Diresta' into the vise jaws pattern...2/10

[@dday9135]

Thank You Jimmy for sharing this amazing vise restoration with us, It's beautiful!Just a little insight; If water caused the problem, water will fix it(rust). Yes, bathe it in penetrating oil of choice, then let it soak for up to a week in water. A Kiddy pool would work great for something the size of that beautiful vise.Keep making, Jerry

[@brardshepp]

No way, did I see HandToolsRescue?!

[@masterofnone]

Measurement shots on the end are priceless Jimmy.