Vise Restoration - Broken Wilton Bullet

[@raymondpetrovits2336]

I’m a retired guy that tag sales and auctions and my weakness is old heavy vices. Some of the name brand vices regardless of the age you can usually find replacement parts on line. Bringing one of these old beauties back into service is a great feeling. Enjoyed your video

[@ltdees2362]

I really enjoyed your restoration methods...no paint! The patina, character-welds preserves its history and no "sandblasting" I'm with you! I have my grandpops Wilton just like yours in all its aged glory...just as it was the last day he ever used it...He was a machinist for the Southern Railway...He was maintaining the iconic F-7 diesel locomotives when he retired in the early 50's...Gran'ma gave me all his tools when he passed and I use them to this day in his shop on the farm which we still own...Thanks Pop...you taught me well! 💗

[@marko11kram]

this is why talented welders and machinists after SHTF will be more valuable than ant financial planner , or any CPA

[@hhattingh]

I am a CPA, specializing in corporate structure and business advising. 20 years ago I did welding and construction. I could not agree more with you but would like to add plumbers and air-conditioning technicians to the list

[@marko11kram]

@@hhattingh I agree

[@dougkiss7630]

Such attention to detail workmanship, sharing your tips & process, and the final finishing, made this video worth watching. Thank You.

[@MakeEverything]

Thank you for watching!

[@michael7324]

I've been watching vise restorations all week. I'm still not done. Keep them coming.

[@sosrob8085]

That turned out beautiful!! Did not think I would care for all the scarring but my skepticism quickly faded with the acceptance of the effort and skills to bring the vise back from the dead! Appropriately as with Frankenstein and all his scars brought back from death, so too the vise also lives again with all its scars. Very nicely done!!!! One of a kind to be envied. I know I’m jelly!

[@j.d.1488]

Love the voice over. Thought process clear. Excellent instructional video. 👍

[@karljacobson1575]

Prolly one of the finest vises made!!

[@kristyskirt9015]

BRAVO. Great work. And ZERO Bondo !! This is a Snazzy Wilton Vice.

[@richardpalmer6196]

The quality of a Wilton vise , makes it always worthwhile repairing / restoring. Really nice rescue of a very good tool . Stay healthy.

[@Roadkillstew]

best restore ive seen so far on youtube

[@howarddodson3510]

Great restoration. I love watching Wilton bullet vices being restored. Cool design and implementation of your project (leaving some scars visible and not painting).

[@michaelthomas4346]

Wow, what an incredible restoration. I love that you left the battle scars and didn't paint it. beautiful job!

[@nathanielbrewster8457]

Just picked up a wilton in similar condition -- same type of brazed repair on the fixed jaw! Nice work.

[@patriciamueller6892]

To bring back a masterpiece vise from the dead is the logical thing to do! Make more movies on vintage vise I will be watching good day mate..

[@fightington]

I learn so much by hearing the in depth technical explanations with the footage. So good hearing educated + skillful along with cool vid. This channel is the best of this type of content

[@MakeEverything]

Well thanks I appreciate that!!

[@byronstephen2044]

I watched a fellow do a resto on 1948 wilton swivel base , looked like it should sit on a shelf and looked at , yours is ready to work, love it ! Great Job

[@simonacuthbert1]

As a guy that still hasn't figured out how a screwdriver works, this video with its background commentary was an absolute delight to watch. Very well done and thanks for giving an engineering ignoramus a fascinating insight into your craft. Ten out of ten.

[@dekebell3307]

Exposing the old weld repairs and highlighting the letters was freakin genius man. It looks great!

[@bobbyw9046]

I must say that after restoring hundreds of items myself - that vise is ONE PIECE I wouldn't have attempted as it was pretty much "shot"! You did a fantastic job at giving the little Wilton another life! The ONLY thing I would have done is to work the bronze welds smooth and paint the body to hide them. I do understand that you wanted the "Frankenstein" look and that's your vise so your option. Again, GREAT job!.

[@MakeEverything]

Bobby W THANK TOU!!!!!!!!

[@vincef5832]

It's great to all you young guys restoring these antique tools and machinery.

[@nemo4907]

'Ol boy had a ruff life, glad you kept the "scars". Nice work on the restore. 👍

[@SalvageWorkshop]

Great work Chris! And I thought my broken vise was a lot of work!! I don't know why I never thought of chasing bolts all the way down to the head!?! Great tip!! I do LOVE Wiltons, and this one has HISTORY!

[@billwendt9571]

Best Wilton Vice Restoration! Love the way the stationary Jaw came out.

[@mikeb9396]

The blackening finish you used gives the vise a real old look, and brought the character out in the vise. Nicely done.

[@carlmcgee1623]

An immense amount of SICK on this project . Worth at least a cool mil.

[@slick1rick1]

When preheating objects to weld, put them in your gas/charcoal grill, iron likes to be heated all over, not just where you intend to weld. Allow it to come down in temperature slowly and evenly after welding otherwise you will have hot-short cracking adjacent to the weld bead. This also works on TIG repair on aluminum cylinder heads, keep the combustion chamber facing up in the grill or your valve seats will fall out when the head gets hot, with aluminum you want to reheat regularly while welding, it will crack if you don't maintain temp.

[@maxpla1035]

*The vice looks like an old veteran who has been in many battles!* Great job bringing them back to life!

[@jimstewart1044]

Really nice work! Love that you breath new life into an old tool.

[@corymcgrath5652]

I have been thinking about resto's myself. No boss pushing for time, no more a year of being sick of the same day in day out. Best of all, I get to write my own syllabus and learning new skills will be fun, not forced.

[@jasonrodenbeck5064]

I love that you kept the imperfections and the character of the piece!

[@rustysreality1091]

Only Ballers eye-ball it.. Love your restorations man. It's like listening to relaxing music watching these. Bringing dead items back to life. Keep it up.

[@flashgordon6238]

Thanks for saving that Wilton! I have four of these bullet vises in various sizes that I've cleaned up and put back into service. The rear caps seem to always be missing on these, so I made my own out of brass and another using aluminum. Those 3/8 cap heads have a large diameter - easy to turn them down on a lathe so you can use a smaller counterbore in the jaws. I also upgrade the three collar retaining screws to stainless socket heads.

[@clarkstevens2711]

Great job on your video I like your narrating it very much helped most restoration videos I skip over to the end but yours kept me watching

[@peterfritzsche4654]

I love watching vice restorations and this is one of the best I’ve seen you kept it interesting all the way through I like the style of your vids nice work

[@paulscott2502]

Perfect restoration, I really enjoyed it. I love seeing old vices restored and revived.

[@360S0DJefferson]

Fantastic job. That vice would look great in my gunroom being used to assemble WWII firearms. Love it.

[@KrispyBizcut]

Now thats how you restore old shit!!!! Why do people want to make everything old look so shiney and new looking! Great job brother!!!

[@citylockapolytechnikeyllcc7936]

Awesome restoration. I like preserving the prior repairs, rather than masking them with a "perfect" OEM type restoration. Tools are meant to be used, and they get battle scars along the way. The prior repair is part of the history and uniqueness of the vice.

[@deanhubbard9599]

People are too quick to critisize others for doing something differently than they would . I do what I want to my way and I'm ok with makeing mistakes my way. thanks for the really infornative video. Good job.

[@MakeEverything]

Dean Hubbard thank you!

[@e.zachlee-wright9160]

@@MakeEverything I attended a continuing education class for my work. The instructor had been flown in from across the country. He began with a memorable line: : There is more than one way to be right". That was refreshing.

[@johnhensley7027]

I learn a great deal from your videos. Thank you for your commentary.

[@lourias]

Thank you for leaving the vise with more natural patina, and not grinding everything down to a perfectly smooth finish.

[@Zogg1281]

That vice is gorgeous, scares and all!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@MrAndrewkheinrich]

Wow.....just found your channel tonight..I'm impressed already

[@joesilvasr9733]

SUPER job!!!!! It was a great project. I very much enjoyed following each step.

[@ivanstiles7030]

Beautiful restoration and i really like that you left the scars and welds. The gold paint on the letters really brings the whole thing together. Nice job brother.

[@naui_diver9290]

I like your videos kid. I like the fact that you dont try to be a know it all and that when you dont know, you say you dont know. Very talented.

[@MakeEverything]

Space Cowboy thank you! I learn as I go! And I love to try new stuff! Thanks for watching

[@BrandonLayMusic]

So impressed brother! Great job

[@davidfricker3258]

it's not hate mail, it's helpful advice. Take it or leave it as you wish. I see you have a reminder on the equipment. It says "Don't Die" it's good advice and a good pun.

[@rdjess]

Why are vise restorations so mesmerizing!? They’re my favorite piece of equipment and I don’t even own one. So cool!

[@radiomellowtouch]

Ryan J. It’s a guy thing...ya know...

[@jackpavlik563]

People watch for a few reasons. The guy is fixing something that is almost useless into something vintage and utilitarian and it looks like something a motivated individual could fix if they had the tools and time to do it.

[@Chadwhansen3232]

How do you not own a vise every man should have one

[@rdjess]

@@Chadwhansen3232 I have one now 👍

[@TheRealSlowhand]

What an excellent video, I loved the rationale behind the steps... Extremely informative and the step-by-step was thorough and spot on...

[@DragonBuilds]

Love this video! I restored my Wilton 1755 but it was in great shape with just bad paint. I wire wheeled off the paint and had a bare metal look (with paste wax to prevent rust) just like yours. In my opinion the best way to restore a tool is without paint (unless it's for outdoor use or plumbing where it may get wet).

[@1889michaelcraig]

I like the brased look. I can't wait to get mine done

[@CharlesJohnson-yd9ym]

You had me on the edge of my recliner!!! Excellent Video!!! Chuck in Michigan

[@danceswithaardvarks3284]

So nice to see someone restore a tool and keep its patina. IMO often you do want a restoration to make a tool look (better than) new, but in some cases the tool looks better with a functional restoration and the patina preserved. Great job.

[@davidsymalla]

Very NICE!!! With a little elbow grease and you're skilled time you have a super sweet vice worth a lot more than 40 bucks!

[@kenparnell4297]

Good job saving an old vice. Not gonna hate on you for eyeball machining, I do the same thing on stuff that it don't matter on, so? However, all work you put into it, clean the bottom, make it nice too. You did save it but, so kudos on that. I normally don't like a vice not primed and painted but I like the stuff you sed on this vice. I might give it a try as well.

[@shopdoc]

I love how you restored this old Wilton. I think you did a great job!

[@MakeEverything]

Thank you!! It was a great project

[@BB-nn9en]

Love this. Have the same one at work and it’s fantastic. Very stable.

[@ryans8309]

The vise is my go to in the shop and without one I can't work. Great job.

[@Zogg1281]

Awesome restoration and I love your casual approach to machining parts 😆👍👍👍👍👍

[@Expedient_Mensch]

This vid has really driven home just how much I appreciate the silent restoration vids. Sorry mate, I really do not mean to be offensive.

[@howder1951]

That was quite the restoration, and really well documented. Sometimes the beauty of usage shines through, you hit a home run with this one, bravo! I was amazed at how well the mig did on the casting. Cheers and thanks!

[@Abom79]

Man that turned out great!

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[@dillonares2991]

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[@hy4438]

....speechless. My goodness, absolutely perfect! Really well done!!

[@Apitheous]

What a great video. My first job out of HS was at a foundry in Alton, IL, was able to transfer to the machine shop after six months. Loved working there although ownership sucked. Only left to join the Air Force which was a great decision as the Foundry/Machine shop closed down after a year.

[@mikebroom1866]

Just picked up a '75 wilton with the exact same broken jaw issue as this one had! Thanks!

[@carlwhite8225]

Nice Job, I have a few old Wiltons that i have fixed/restored that I still use and I did not pay more than a few bucks for each of them, Thanks for keeping another one alive.

[@stefinatrix3426]

Nice work Chris, it came out great. The brazed battle scars and brass jaws/bell cap are a striking contrast to that black finish.

[@Potti314]

I very much enjoyed your way of presenting this restoration. Also I like your personal way of deciding on measuring or other procedures. Thumbs up for not painting and not rebuilding the surface with filler. Great work :-)

[@markcallaghan843]

glad you left the braze on there. that vice has earned its scars, it should wear them like a badge of honor. nice work!

[@kellygingras2170]

Thanks for video I have a old vise that has been welded on one side and the jaw is messed up! I thought I was going have to toss but after seeing your video I now have some options to fix it!

[@edwardaldrich7213]

Man - I went from complete dunce to thinking I want to learn how to restore stuff. Amazing narration on WHY and HOW !!! Subscribed !!!

[@Heatsauce70506]

Great job, Love that you kept the battle scars. Looks great

[@GunnerAsch1]

Nicely done! Ive a small collection of vises, Davenports, Starretts, Columbians etc etc. Ive restored about 12 so far and you did very well indeed.

[@Vessekx]

I think I have that exact same vise. Right down to the factory markings. I finally got around to hunting down replacement jaws (they were beat to hell when I bought the vise and the bench it was attached to for $40 about 25 years ago). They’re running me $140 because they had to machine them from some similar ‘new old stock’.

[@bulletbobweldon1442]

That vise looks awesome! Great job! Love to see the old quality tools saved. Love your shop. Love the channel. Thanks for sharing

[@garymucher9590]

Any time you can bring back an old broken vice, is a good project in my book. Nice refurbishing indeed. Thumbs Up!

[@keithspencersr.6806]

Way to go, bring back that old champ of a vise

[@lightning4871]

Your narration was very good. Overall good job.

[@traveler7249]

You have a good "teaching" style. -- the running narrative works.

[@CrazyPetez]

It’s amazing what skill, knowledge, and tools can accomplish. Very well done.

[@kerryheimer1874]

Can never have enough vises ⚔️

[@MakeEverything]

Kerry Heimer NEVER

[@chief7174]

Love this resto! I agree with Michael, this is how you restore! Keep the character of the vice, then highlight that character. Makes the vice right. Thank you for this video. Yes, I subbed haha.

[@therobertsonj712]

Looks really good. You did a fantastic job on the jaws and keeping that really nice scarred almost battle worn finish on er. Keep up the great work man, you’re doing amazing things!

[@peem1244]

Hi Chris, another great video and a super job on the Wilton vise. I really like the black patina finish and the wax to protect it all. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the good work. 👍🖖

[@BrandonLund]

Nice work!

[@davidrobinson7667]

Well done sir ! Awesome Craftsmanship 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ronwalsh]

Great work on bringing an awesome vise back to life.

[@techedfireman4981]

Really like the color of the finished vise, really nice highlighting the repairs.

[@ericcommarato7727]

That's a beautiful restoration. Glad you were able to put this vise back into service from the dead.

[@alanpecherer5705]

Very nice! The gold lettering goes with the brass bits very well. I would have cleaned up the anvil on your mill...and you could still do that. Any maybe painted it gold to finish pimping out the vise!

[@ashleymaclennan3615]

Well done! Great project. Love the black and gold.

[@markbeasley5322]

Love the TOT reference.

[@iainohalloran42]

Hi great video bud I use a high impact manual screwdriver for stuck. No need to bust a nut getting these knackered screws loose just hit the heck out of the screwdriver with your favourite thumb buster.

[@redmarcheur5230]

Great vid I really hope to one day have your knowledge in metal work. A great way to give a nice patina is to use white vinegar it's cheap and you can really have a nice variety of color but it's slower.

[@speeddemon4484]

My father has a Wilton vice exactly like this one that we got out of a scrap yard five or six years back. After knocking all the rust off of it and regreasing everything, it's been a good vice ever since. The anvil section could use a little rehab but otherwise it's still going strong

[@tonyn3123]

In my opinion, this vise was abused, not used. I can't imagine someone doing that to a nice Wilton. You did a great job restoring and I am sure it will serve you well for years. I love to see old tools nicely restored to functional quality. Most old tools are much higher quality than what a person can purchase today.

[@scroungasworkshop4663]

Absolutely superb job. When you said you wanted to leave it with a metal finish I thought how are you going to do that with all the brazing. That’s where you’re different as most of us would want to hide the damage but I think the way you high lighted this vices hard life was brilliant. I’ve subbed. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺

[@mcshawnboy]

I'm Subscribed and Like your stuff already, but that felt so personal having worked in highway construction for a few years. Everytime we had a service truck out that vise was always on the back bumper. I see mechanic trucks and the really good ones still have it! Nice job!