Can This Vise Hold Anything?

[@smplyizzy]

I really like your appreciation for old tools and the willingness to repair them.

[@mikebroom1866]

I just picked up a swivel jaw last week. Turns out it had a failed repair on the swivel jaw. Looks like it's a project now!

[@mdesousa6691]

It's a joy seeing these old tools saved from being melted down. A good beginner fabrication project is creating a pivoting adapter to rest on an ordinary vise's static jaw: Cut in half along its axis a slug off solid round bar and weld it centered inside an angle iron cut the length of the vise jaw.

[@scroungasworkshop4663]

Great work and I like the narration to explain what’s going on and why. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺

[@RollerPigg]

Awesome restoration! I really enjoyed that... You are so fortunate to have such a nice shop. (I haven't seen a needle-gun since I was in the service, hammering rust and old paint off the hull of the ship!)

[@MakeEverything]

Thank you! Ive spent years building this place up and I love it here!

[@BearMeat4Dinner]

Dude awesome video! Thanks for talking in the start! Nice to see someone here from da same side of the continent as me!

[@mattyal9347]

I have an old Prentiss vise from a garage sale a few years back. On this one the pin is froze up in the movable jaw but until now I thought the pin was stationary and pull spring release. Long story short, it needs restoring and its just getting dusty in my garage.

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Very nice restoration Chris. Can't wait to see more videos soon my friend. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God Bless.

[@dwwoodbuilds]

Awesome vise and great job on the restoration! Found the welding to be very interesting! Overall, great video!👍

[@davepelfrey3958]

Really great job on this vise.

[@jeffreykipperman6894]

Thank you for the video, terrific job restoring the vise. I actually have a very old Reed carriage makers swivel jaw vise that also has a seized swivel jaw. I'll definitely be using your video as a reference when I try and restore mine!

[@protect.your.digits.creations]

Nice work there George !

[@scaphite]

I've got the 125lb version that needs welding on the working jaw... nice vid

[@billessick2498]

Pretty cool Ihave never seen one. I will keep my eyes open for one.

[@adamdawkins4833]

Cool vice I have never seen a swivel vice before now I need one lol

[@robertbragg9364]

Looks great, and I could definitely use one in my garage.

[@alekos437]

beautiful

[@GoldmansGarage]

Fantastic I think I have the literal exact same vise (4.5” unmarked prentiss swivel jaw and base) that’s all seized up so I will be using this video as a great reference. Love the advise about the file in the swivel jaw

[@DylansDIYWorkshop]

were there any markings at all?

[@GoldmansGarage]

@@DylansDIYWorkshop only some parts numbers. This is not uncommon for unmarked Prentiss vises

[@mikehone5149]

I have the same one. Mine is marked prentiss 21

[@GoldmansGarage]

@@mikehone5149 great vise that’s the 5” or 5.25” model

[@markcrook5935]

Very nice work!!!

[@NOTSOSLIMJIM]

I've had good results using 308L stainless rod on Chinese cast iron. As always, they key is prep and cooling. I'll hear the part to 350-400f, weld in small sections, and post heat in my oven. Only issue I have, is you will get undercut when tying the weld in, and you need to grind all the way into the crack, because penetration is an issue.

[@RestorationAustralia]

Very useful design.👍

[@tomim7187]

You got all the cool tools! 👍👍

[@TheVwgolfmk1]

What a great video, I really enjoyed the commentary and detailed information. Good job 👍

[@frick566]

No shame in trial and error..as long as you learn!...great resto!

[@DragonHeart5150]

Great video and you featured a great vise I want to get now. Thanks

[@RESTORATIONOFSCRAPMETAL]

great job 👍

[@michaelplays2449]

Great video !! turn out Great

[@bigvicsworkshop]

Nice! I just unstuck the Swivel jaws yesterday on a wilton 450sj I found recently...wish mine had the cool pin like the one you made and the Swivel plate doodads (not sure what they are called) very nice features!! awesome job! Good stuff!!

[@spevakdesigns]

You can also buy nickel 99 tig filler rod to skip the de-fluxing step. Have done a fair bit of cast repairs for clients and on my own used equipment.

[@JohnWheels]

For cast to steel I've had good luck with 55% nickel stick electrodes. The flux seems to pull out the cast iron impurities better than just TIG welding.

[@Fearsome4some74]

So awesome 😎😎😎

[@rockman49er]

I need to do this to my old wilton swivel plus it has a crack 😢

[@breezybmetal8646]

I had the same problem with the last swivel jaw I bought It would only travel so far and then bind up. I had to take a file and just clean up and edge of that radius works perfect now. I prefer to use paste wax to seal them up -great vise and great job!!! And also just remember these old quality vises are not cast iron they are cast steel

[@slav3010]

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[@nefariousyawn]

Well done! Is your downdraft table a custom job, or a commercial product?

[@MakeEverything]

Thanks! It’s a grizzly downdraft table intended for wood. I put some metal mesh pre filters in it to catch sparks and so far it’s worked out great!

[@Batti2323]

Great work! How would you compare the WD40 rust remover to Evaporust?

[@MakeEverything]

Thanks! It seems to work (and smell) the same.

[@chetleonard169]

nice

[@kellynash1981]

Do you have any large devices like that you’d be interested in selling?

[@FreddyFunderbunz]

🚨👼🚨

[@michaelplays2449]

Great video !! turn out Great

[@GTL77]

That turned out awesome Chris! I’ve told a few people over the years how to repair cast iron just like that nice job 👊🏽

[@shopdoc]

I really enjoyed the fact that you fabricated the pin and the broken foot! Awesome!

[@MakeEverything]

Thank you! I love a good challenge!

[@nefariousyawn]

I appreciate that you left a lot of the patina - no sense in turning a useful tool into a garage queen with a mirror polish. Are there cases where you prefer a parallel fixed jaw bench vise?

[@MakeEverything]

I agree! These vises are great with the swivel jaw but I would saw a large parallel fixed jaw is a little more heavy duty and would handle more abuse. I’ve seen these swivel jaw vises broken from too much clamping force before

[@RightHandShot]

That's a nice Prentiss vise, I restored a smaller version myself. Some of the older ones had no markings other then the date stamped on the under side of the removable jaw. Nice work

[@pawoodsman1737]

I found a reed 304 1/2. It has a floating jaw. However it has a pin holding it in. Any recommendations on how I remove the pin. Preferably not destroying the pin. Thanks in advance

[@jonahdz6835]

Saludos amigo desde Mexicali bc México buen video👍🏽👌🏽✌🏽

[@ronitsingh85]

today at an estate sale I asked permission to go look around the backyard cause I wanted to know if the birdbath they had was cast iron or concrete, turned out to be concrete but I saw a run down shack that had something very similar to your vise here, Its had either a 4" or 5" jaw and nothing on it was abused, jaws had crisp knurling. It did have surface rust on it, all over but that can be removed. They said it was not for sale as the owner was taking it. Then later as I was there, the person in charge said it is on sale as the owner thought no one could remove it from the table, she took my number. the guy helping the main person gave a price of $300 for it and since it was half off it would be $150. I said I would not pay so much. She will get back to me if no one takes it. So will see. I enjoy a vise with round parts to it like the lead screw end. On the one I saw, the release knobs were all around. Its a beautiful vise to have as something you use and display. If it was a wilton, I would have paid the $300 or $150 🙂

[@ianstar7]

You spent quite a while beating it around the fulcrum point before finding success comes by way of the lever... physics eh.. lol

[@multicammando]

Great job

[@MakeEverything]

Thank you!

[@brentelsing4447]

I have a swivel jaw and ive been working on actually getting it to swivel now for a year 😢

[@billbly1691]

Glad i found your channel great learning video

[@doylerabjohn3435]

Nice project....Never seen this style vice.

[@GoldmansGarage]

100% prentiss

[@AliAli-zv5ot]

👍👍👍💪

[@ganprottas6259]

What a gem! Great project, Chris! Take care.

[@gtfp4004]

These things are amazing and wish they were still made today. I have one but would like to have one that size.

[@SouthSideChiTown]

Very nice work! Channels like yours are ones I watch to learn thank you for sharing!

[@fredfrontino3706]

I like the work you do on old tools. I live bringing them back to life and using them as well.

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

That's a handy addition to the arsenal. Nice work. 👍

[@peebee143]

Cool resto job!