Record : A Triple Vice Restoration

This video shows the restoration of three English made Record vices.
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[@_rlb]

The universe will eventually implode *shows a galaxy*

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Obviously you've never seen a photo of the universe before

[@_rlb]

@@GeoffreyCroker it's tempting to write a serious reply given that I'm actually an astronomer, but let's keep it funny and light. Love your channel mate. Had no idea you were on Patreon. I know what to do now.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

In that case, I have 3 serious questions. How many universes have there been? Is there more than one universe at a time? And when the universe collapses into something the size of a golf ball, what is everything around it? This is what keeps me awake at night.

[@_rlb]

@@GeoffreyCroker Those are good questions. I'm not a cosmologist so I'm not sure about all the details. But here goes: 1: We can't know for sure. There is no proof that several universes have or have not existed before this one. But it's possible that there have been a (virtually) infinite number of them. Also, billions of universes may exist in the future after our galaxy has died. But the thing is... during the big bang not only the universe came into existence, also time itself started at that, ehm, time. So technically there is no "before this universe" or "after this universe". Regardless, the whole cycle may have repeated itself an unknown number of times. You and I may have existed in any number of galaxies until now. Perhaps in one or two of those I was the one making KZbin videos and you were the couch potato watching them :P 2: Some people believe in the multiverse theory, where an unknown number of parallel universes exist simultaneously. That topic is almost philosophical instead of scientific. You can't disprove the existence of other galaxies so the theory cannot be falsified. There is even a theory that says that every quantum event sort of "generates" an entire new universe. Google "many-worlds interpretation" or MWI for more info. 3: After the collapse of the universe into something really small like a golf ball, an orange or maybe a singularity, there is NOTHING around it. Because technically there is no around it. Also, during the big bang, the universe did not expand into a vacuum or something like that, because that would imply that there was more than just the universe itself into which it could expand. It's a bit like the start of time. There is no before it because time itself did not exist before. During the initial phase of the big bang (the Planck Era), space and time had no actual meaning. Yes some of this stuff keeps me awake at night too, even though I know a tiny little bit about the theory behind it.

[@johnkingston7244]

Fascinating stuff, and all from an entertaining little vice resto video. But what keeps me awake at night is where does the number 42 fit in??

[@HandToolRescue]

Ya, but why didn't you remake all the parts for no reason?

[@GeoffreyCroker]

What I should have done is stick a brass oiler on the side of each one.

[@HandToolRescue]

@@GeoffreyCroker Ooooo! Only 1 per side though?

[@aaronbegg3827]

Unnecessarily prominent adjustable [VARIOUS SIZES OF RECORD BENCH VICE]

[@_rlb]

Excellent video again. You always make me laugh and have me learn something at the same time.

[@skinnyweather]

George RR Martin : Winds of Winter :: Geoffrey Croker : Land Rover Restoration (/s)

[@SuperGrover]

Shums....bahahahaha...you kiwis are so cute!

[@falcovanderwerff7854]

Epic music

[@pepestudiovideo]

Heeeey, how are you? How is your Land Rover project? I miss those video.

[@TheKevinAdventures]

There never fails to be some point in your videos that causes me to laugh. I truly enjoy the effort you put into making the videos and the work you do in the videos! Thank you for sharing with us!

[@kevinclaris210]

I couldn't say any better.

[@ineedabeerandaliedwn]

I second that!

[@traitorouskin7492]

Thats our boi croker

[@richardschofield2201]

Your 2 year old son has just been denied some critical character building.

[@davidallen2058]

Not just any limp but a character limp.

[@aaronbuildsa]

Nothing says "I learned the importance of safety shoes" like a broken toe!

[@Kenprints]

3 vices in 1 video that must be a new record 😝

[@tThisNThat]

3.5

[@poptart4YALL]

Geoffrey, just wanted to let you know I miss you and your videos, hope all is well

[@isaacray8530]

Oy! Geoff where did ya go !?!?

[@JamieBainbridge]

Hard Mode: Replicate all your grandfather's random tool strokes in the new copper jaws and shape them by hand so you don't remove any material from the No 1. Go on!

[@sigg.roijen8907]

Hello Geoffery! How are you and the Land Rover? Think i speak for us all, but we miss you and your content. Cheers

[@AbominableJoshie]

I've been hoping to see a continuation on your restoration videos, they are all extremely well done. Thank you for giving me such enjoyable material to watch when the world was locked down! I hope all is well and you're just taking time for yourself!

[@staples970221]

Hello, Have you abandoned your KZbin channel... it's been 8 months since you lasted posted a video? I always enjoyed your videos. Cheers!

[@adamjhons7088]

It’s been 7 months since you uploaded something…i hope you are doing well mate!!!

[@MrButtonpresser]

We all have at least one vice, Geoffrey has a few more...

[@vinerellos]

What has happened to Geoffrey Croker and the next instalment of the Land Rover?

[@Anderzander]

Where’ve you gone fella? We’re missing you !

[@peternash6206]

I am a man with few vices and I found this video totally gripping!

[@digitalradiohacker]

Come on - Don't be tight with the puns. I'm sure you could squeeze one in somewhere.

[@deanecarson2837]

Always entertaining. PS. 2.6L motor is almost ready to rebuild. And I gained another 2.6l. In a 1964 Forward Control. Its on tiktok if you are interested. Yes yes. Tiktok. I know landrovers can't twerk.

[@volvogt21]

The most interesting vice restoration video on KZbin. Congrats mate.

[@ayelwin3179]

Exactly 💯

[@fmacdonald3559]

Is it just me, I want to see a No 12

[@mgbrv8]

Hello!!?.? Any one here !?!?

[@John仰望十架的栋栋]

Wish u continue coming up with videos about nice restoration and hard-to-understand sense of humor. --2021. 9. 11

[@budycelyn]

i have the same job to do my my no6 record, but without a lathe, milling machine etc.

[@RRCRestoration]

Beautiful job! Nice one! :)

[@warm332]

Yes! Together at last 😁

[@tomnwoo]

Epic content as ever, i usually don't like videos with nonsense in them, but your nonsense is just the right type ;)

[@Preske]

this is a number 0, this is a number 6. This is you, this is the friend she tells you not to worry about.

[@mgbrv8]

Been a while are you doing okay

[@Painless61]

Congrats for 100k subs … 👍🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@LambertZero]

yeah, the #0 would make a nice hood ornament for the landrover

[@aarone8013]

And then the beat dropped...

[@thomaslawry5238]

Nice work, as usual Mr Croker. I usually attempt to loosen the jaw screws before I dismantle the vice:. I close the jaws on a 5/16 hex screw driver bit from an impact driver. I normally have a 5/16 ring spanner (aka wrench) on the bit. The clamping force of the jaws helps prevent the flats camming out of the slot. As the screw turns, I gradually unscrew the handle. P.S. The current Irwin swivel base will fit the No.6 (& No.24QR), but the swivel locks aren't as elegant, functional and well designed as the original ones, offered around the 1960s.

[@AlsHackShack]

... ... Thrice.

[@theoneandonlyowl3764]

Nice work Geoff and great to see what you've been messing around with. I found long ago, that mothers don't like a lot of things, like, leaving the 6' ladder out that the two year old can climb and fall off. I'm glad they bounce fairly well... and toes mend.

[@benjaminthomas4316]

hi Geoff....Are you still alive?

[@leopsara2360]

Nice and neat well done

[@tcpnetworks]

Was the dropping of the vice between feet a "Ha! Missed both my legs" moment?

[@morkmorgs2188]

Viva el presidente

[@apistosig4173]

Dunno why but always love Vice restorations. Personally I love Record tools but I would have hammertoned the aesthestics.

[@ricgstevens]

Just prior to watching your video I witnessed another ‘restorer’ butcher what was a lovely No 6 Record vise. Using what looked like wire wheels and dare I say it, grinding disks, he ‘flattened’ the exposed cast iron surfaces. Anyhow, it was a relief to come across your video - especially the part where you used the scraping machine to bring the exposed surfaces back to life. I’m here in search of ideas as I’ve just recently acquired a No 5 vise that requires some work. Thanks for your video. I’ve also saved it.

[@zukowski2023]

Thanks for choosing to whip up a video for us who don't use "Pinterest". I was half waiting for you to make some kinda "Miami Vice" comment, but sadly you didn't, so I did...lol Thanks for the Share Geoffrey, Stay Safe & Cheers..

[@garul1669]

Hi Geoffrey, it's a bit that you won't make you feel, I hope you are well and you're having fun. I wanted to tell you that I miss your videos and hope to see others. Anyway I hope you can finish restore your Land Rover. have a nice day

[@BabaG]

Some have made it to the end, maybe over 5000 have. I like that the you have come to the conclusion that the "universe" will implode as in it will all become a giant black hole :)... maybe the No 6 vise (vice) will hold the implosion in place :). Thanks for sharing another good project.

[@patricksommerville6706]

@1:37 that’s a bloody bargain mate

[@iamrichrocker]

Geoff..think you should have an episode where you hang your 100K plaque from YT..and congratulations...

[@smacknives754]

I'm having lustful thoughts over your No.6;), seeing your collet chuck on the lathe, reminded me, I need to pull my finger out, I got a couple of the Adjustable backplate kits from Hemingway, one for the 3 jaw, and one for an as yet, unpurchased ER40 collet chuck

[@richardhasler6718]

Ah lovely video, so glad the shaper made a cameo appearance. Do you think the Rodney lathe attachment will be in the next one? I hope so!

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

Jolly good guv'nor. Strangely............. that blue reminds me of an Austin Devon someone had. Cheers.

[@paulthompson5416]

Geoffrey you may not have know what the video was🤷🏼‍♂️ but I enjoyed every minute off it!! Top job 👌🏼

[@richardhasler6718]

Hi Geoffrey, having looked through your subscriptions and seen many that I also follow, I noticed you don't subscribe to 46 Works, which I hope you will watch and enjoy. Oh no, have I delayed the Land Rover restoration?!!!

[@bluedeath996]

Could have added thrust bearings so you can get things held extra tight.

[@JerTheRipper]

Very nice work. If you don't care too much about keeping them completely original I'd suggest adding a rubber o-ring against each ball of the handle. That way when they drop from gravity they don't make a loud clank and peen the hole open slightly.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

You wouldn’t you know. Absolutely loads of parts - thinking Kaynar nuts for a start here - are US so in Imperial sizes. Quite a lot of threads on F1 cars are “not metric”..... I know right? 😡 Brilliant video again as per!

[@mrllantosu.u806]

Buen video!!! Llegué hasta el final del video :), no entendí mucho porque yo hablo español y vi el video con subtitulos en español pero eran muy rápidos los subtitulos, pero los "tornillos de banco" quedaron muy bien y originales como venían de fabrica!!!, me gustó que los hiciste bien detallado hasta de abajo los pintaste cosa que eso nadie lo hace y los pintaste de lindos colores extremadamente parecidos a los originales. La única queja sería de si esas varillas que reemplazante son aceradas o no. Si no lo son se doblaban con el uso rápidamente... saludos muy buen resultado de proyectos 🤗

[@gplusgplus2286]

Dude! Where have you been?

[@coomer1_054]

Perfect! Another video to fall asleep too! Free view

[@JDnBeastlet]

Hi Geoffrey, great video. You have an excellent sense of humour. I AM sentimental... I have most of my Dad's tools (he's 80 and still going strong) and some of HIS Dad's (he died at 52 when I was six months old). I care for them because they're better made than a lot of stuff you can buy today, and because I would like my daughter to have them someday.

[@rhys5567]

Thank you John. This made me smile. A person's tools are the best gift; they are the gift of everything that could be made and the pleasure of solving, fixing, and creating. I am sure your daughter will adore them. I've inherited about 2.5 generations of tools and they are my most prized possessions.

[@JDnBeastlet]

Rhys, I agree... of all the tools in my garage, the ones from my Dad and Grandfather are the irreplaceable ones. At some point in the future the universe may well implode, but until then their history and care are in my keeping. Even the tool chest was made in a small town less than an hour from here, in a factory which has long since closed.

[@jeankelly2011]

I think that My Mechanics is more useless than you. Well, if you consider that useless means I’m having a great moment on youtube with my son and we’re learning something… I really appreciate your work, and I can’t waited for a new Land Rover update 😵‍💫.

[@edscoble]

Can you make your content inclusive by formatting the auto captioning into closed captioning please? it is extremely hard to watch it relying only on the auto captioning sadly (I'm Profoundly Deaf), hence why I and others don't subscribed.

[@edscoble]

Can you make your content inclusive by formatting the auto captioning into closed captioning please? it is extremely hard to watch it relying only on the auto captioning sadly (I'm Profoundly Deaf), hence why I and others don't subscribed.

[@TheMarcball]

Rather puzzled by your calling and choice of music, puzzled that I am not the only weirdo who likes both ancient tool restoration and goa trance music. Oh well. God bless. Thanks for the inspiration and keep on trucking!

[@philhyde2635]

Another great video Geoff. Here in the UK I have just restored a pair of vices. A number 83, and a number 84. Both quick release. I used Paragon paint. The colour is known as Roundel Blue. I like the idea of copper jaws. Fortunately, the original fibre jaw attachments are still available.

[@celtic1522]

I think I'll start to worry about you fella! You gave your two year old his first vice! I think he shall find his own soon enough...Wine, loose women, drugs, and fast cars to name a few...My vote is with his mum! In any event I have never seen the point of a record zero vice. They are just too small.

[@fabiano3807]

MY BOI GEOFF

[@brianmac1]

Good stuff, I refurbed a No 1, without a lathe or any re-machining. And yes, the early Records were the darker blue.

[@deanwoodward8026]

@Geoffrey Croker- You don't know what the video was supposed to be? It's vintage tool pr0n, same as most of your videos...

[@mrrberger]

First YT vid that actually cares about the slide bearing clearance in a vice, well done! All other "restorations" are simply clean and paint. Could have peaned the buttons on the end of the handle.

[@sheep1ewe]

No offense, but finding the correct tools for old British treads can realy be a minor h*ll... ha ha! I finaly gave up and bought tools directly from the Islands whan i did run into a mix of old aircrat BA treads and ME tpi on one and the same thing...

[@apistosig4173]

recut "new" threads Geoff - the way to go. A small vice is invaluable - I have a few. My large Dawn = awesome.

[@jonathanfenne4948]

Awesome. Loving the restoration. You know those copper shims should be brass though....:) I like the blue. Reminds me of my Grandad too.

[@ruudmobile6726]

10 year olds on bear feet and vices don't go well together as I find out with nr. 6 from 1mtr height when I was 12, as it broke loose from the bench... not my finest moment... gravity can be relied on for some pain induction

[@starchild7843]

I seen your video on electroplating, and it's pretty cool, and I was wondering if you have a very easy way of extracting copper from coins that the copper is sandwiched between nickel or zinc or something? Im assuming your not American because your accent, so a quarter would been ideal to use but where you live and if you have an equivalent to quarters can you demonstrate how? Seen a video where this guy used some sort of alcohol, he first used blowtorch on it until it turn a black rainbowie affect like the surface of black oil that's leaked out of a vehicle Then he dunks it into this alcohol liquid, think it's the same as manufacturer plants use in those aerosol cans that you spray on vehicles windshield to melt the ice and frost off of it in the cold ass winter? But could you try and explain that better and easier? Also can you make a penny copper a thin shell of copper I have seen too but confused on how they did it? Seemed hard kinda! They also made a lead crystal tree somehow and it was so pretty but as soon as it was out of the solution it was in suddenly oxides in the air and turned a full gray color! But that was really too hard to do!

[@ryanvallowe]

Please come back…….

[@Engineerd3d]

If you were building a space shuttle then you would be using American threads....

[@agilchrist73]

Geoffrey: I've restored every tool in the workshop - Land Rover: I need repairing - Geoffrey: 🤬

[@mooncabbagere]

I someone is hording a vintage bottle of Chaos Black citadel paint from the mid 90’s (back shelf 0:36 ). Will this also be receiving a restoration some time soon?

[@philipdenner8504]

I love restoring vices. i use Australian Dawn vices can still buy new parts for them and they are damn strong.

[@nickh2519]

I just bought a battered Number Zero for almost zero money. If I attached it to the front bumper of my car, it's rip the bumper off. That made me smile. Thanks Geoffrey, that was a great video!

[@mistermac4118]

The monster truck audio doesn’t work for me. Good video otherwise, thank you.

[@NormanNodDunbar]

I make it to the end of all your videos. Greetings from Plague Island. (UK) ;-(

[@OldtimeIronman]

May I offer some assistance? With the hand impact drivers the heavier the hammer, the better. I usually use at least a 2 lbs/1kg hammer with mine

[@ianbrown4242]

I miss Geoffrey 😞

[@TheFurriestOne]

W-what snapped on the band-saw? And what did you crush in the vise near the end? Anyhow, they all came out great!

[@dav1dsm1th]

The impact driver would have had a better chance if you'd secured the vice in some way - so that it didn't move when the impact driver was struck. The initial impact of the hammer on the driver is the most important for releasing the stuck screw. By not restraining the movement of the vice, energy is wasted overcoming the inertia of the vice to get it moving, rather than turning the stuck screw. Looking forward to seeing the refreshed vices in future videos.

[@itsjustme.2331]

I think you put the left jaw on the right side and the right jaw on the left side, Sometimes they are not the same. best of luck.

[@aearles7]

Another great video! (I was just thinking this morning that it had been a while since you had uploaded anything). Thanks!

[@spencereagle1118]

The official Record blue is called 'roundel blue' (the blue of RAF wing roundels).

[@scottypersia5715]

I MADE IT TO THE END.

[@mathuetax]

Satin finishes, be it in paint or clear have an additive in them to create the satin or flat appearance. The product must be very well stirred initially and continually stirred during application so it does not settle out.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thank you!

[@mathuetax]

@@GeoffreyCroker Glad to help. It is somewhat unintuitive to most that solvent-based paint typically* by default is glossy and to achieve other finishes requires an additive. (*there are occasional exceptions naturally, but by-and-large.) One would think it is the opposite, you add components to MAKE it shiny. For instance, some enamel automotive finishes might have a hardener added will slightly enhance the gloss. But this is due to how the hardener also -slightly- makes the paint level out more.

[@JM-oo3rb]

I couldn't help but think, it would have been nice to have a working vice to hold the vice when removing those screws ;)

[@lnbwood]

After you got 100,000 subscribers, you quit making videos?

[@davidfarmer]

I just picked up some of that gun blue last weekend. I left a part that was rusty in some evaporust, and it ate the bluing lol, so I went and picked some of that gun blue up, works really great.

[@joshuacook5093]

For those of you looking for a more recent video, search 'CROKER vs Rover'.

[@polishmachine8303]

Not an easy job of restoring a vise👍

[@AJB2K3]

I destroyed 4 impact driver bits trying to remove the jaw from my vice :( Gave up and left the jaw still attached!

[@randomcow505]

the universe may one day implode, but even then there will still be record vices on facebook marketplace

[@marvintpandroid2213]

A man who has many vices.

[@vijayantgovender2045]

Thank you for sharing your wonderful videos I am from a very sad South Africa