Restoration: Massive Vise | 250kg (550lb) With 25cm (10inch) Jaws

[@BlackBeardProjects]

Let's play a game. Dislike the video if you have ever seen a vise as big as this one or like the video if you have never. Very curious to see results! As always be sure to check description for list of products and operations. Thank you!

[@MAJDY2005]

ممتاز انت حلو

[@alzzla2730]

Black Beard Projects nice job 👍

[@dennisobrien3618]

I have a post leg vise that's stamped that it weighs 110 lbs. that I thought was pretty big. This beast dwarfs it. The bluing/rust converter combination was a good choice, I think.

[@jusb1066]

never seen one this big,i concede, though i have seen a blacksmiths anvil that was 1000kg,

[@rleeAZ]

Saw a larger one in a locomotive shop in Chicago. But only one. Once. Very cool tool you have there.

[@gutsngorrrr]

Lovely restoration, I'm so glad you didn't remove all its character, like so many other people doing restorations do. I love seeing all the casting marks and some proof of a hard life.

[@matejostransky7154]

Nos is it cast... It's die forged...

[@crystalsoulslayer]

Finally, a vise big enough for AvE.

[@coreyschmidt1647]

No chineeseium here!

[@mickholgate3347]

i don't reckon he'd put his in this vice, well not on vidyeyo!!

[@chibanix92400]

ABOM tool type

[@gonecoastal4]

I knew I would find an AvE reference down here.

[@xl000]

@@tritech mine barely fits length wise (28cm)

[@JustAnotherMaker]

That’s a beast! Love that you chose to cold blue and avoided paint.

[@kh23797]

Love this, Black Beard! And your copious notes are a boon, too. I kept thinking, 'hey, what about some jaws?' and was really pleased when you made a couple of new ones at the end. Even today, a huge vice like that could be really useful on a big construction site. We call 'muriatic acid' hydrochloric acid in the UK, and in fact I thought muriatic was an obsolete usage (which shows how little I know) ... Seems I'm totally hooked on restoration video therapy!

[@HandToolRescue]

I need all of this.

[@skyhound4373]

Including his subscriber count? Lol I'm sorry Hand Tool Rescue I had to do it. I am subscribed to you both and love you equally as my favorite KZbinrs. Can I have a free wrench for the sick burn?

[@marco.ruggiero.]

Haha, you tried ! Or like italians fellow like to say '' EH, VOLEVIH ''

[@ZouheirHamzaoui]

i knew it !

[@HandToolRescue]

@@skyhound4373 Hahaha. I'm actually quitting KZbin after 500k subs.

[@skyhound4373]

@@HandToolRescue Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Please dont. I'll edit your videos for you!

[@JackScurlock]

When I was Master of the Nordanger, we had a 14" throw vice that weighed 890 pounds and was built into the engine room before the main engine was installed. You did a great job on this one. Thank you for posting it. Captjack

[@JackScurlock]

@Randall Swanson In constant use..captjack

[@CanadairCL44]

I have never seen a vice as large as this one! It is also nice to see you use grease on rotating metal to metal components. So many people don't bother.

[@oldsbuilt8740]

Awesome Resto! I respect that you made it do what it was meant to do, simply. No paint, no polish... function over form. Just as the original manufacturer intended.

[@PhilVandelay]

Beautiful piece, I like that you didn't just paint it over, it has so much more charme like this. That wooden base would have made a great rustic coffee table too :)

[@steveredenbaugh9058]

Saw bigger ones at an Auction at the Ship Yards in Oakland Ca. they sold EVERYTHING. Massive Lathes, Engines, Pistons from ships, chains, welders , forges all kinds of tools small and HUGE!! even Tug Boats.. Incredibly Cheap.. but you had to find a way to transport purchased items and had a time line to get them out... I think it was about a week maybe more for the larger items. I spend a whole day there wishing I had a place to put things... was there to buy a Shipping Container for my Boss at the time.... Great Job on that Vice!!!

[@diedredunham7383]

That's so cool looking. I wouldn't have a use for it, but I'd play with it. LOL I wanted to tell you THANK YOU for muting the sound on some of the really loud things you do to things. It makes it easier to watch and lisson!!

[@noneofthat2469]

Really impressive restoration job. The person who created this, (no doubt long gone) would be so chuffed if he saw the care you put into this. Magnificent.

[@andy26111]

i sit in silent awe,having witnessed the mightiest vice i have ever seen!

[@ISupportTheCurr3ntThing]

Needs more description throughout the video. Like when you put the clear liquid on the square nuts and turned black. Had no clue what was going on. Still very cool vise and video. Thanks for sharing.

[@plunder1956]

An amazing old vice and a curious design. I also thought the base plate suggested it was once fitted in a ship. Imagine the stories that old beast could tell us. Thanks for sharing.

[@BlackBeardProjects]

Nope, nothing unfortunately.

[@wolfganglieberum9534]

That's exactly the real way of restoring: removing rust only with wirebrush without grinding and painting and saving the old scares on the surface👍😀! Many greetings from Göttingen/Germany🇩🇪

[@BenCDawson]

I like that you kept the scratches and only removed the rust/grease, this was a very well done restoration! Thanks for all the great videos, keep up the good work :)

[@budilov]

excellent work! It is a pleasure to watch you work!

[@АндрейНикитенко-ф4с]

Such a vise is fascinating. This is really cool. Screw thread is slightly damaged. It seems that one tetrahedral nut has been lost and replaced with a hex. The surface under the lips of a vice is not leveled. It is very good that I did anti-corrosion treatment. Well done! KZbin videos usually don’t do it for the sheen of bare steel.

[@herbertbielefelder341]

This is probably the best vise I've ever seen. What a magnificent piece, it looks like a 120mm mortar !

[@mikehill4551]

That's the find of a lifetime. What a gem!

[@michaelpugh4894]

Wow that is a monster vise. Nice tear down and clean up. Beautiful restoration.

[@clarklindquist8137]

This has to be amongst the best restoration videos I've seen. Great job

[@timberdish]

Now that's a big vise! Great job getting it back to ship-shape & shine.

[@olliefs9298]

Awww man how good is this vice... i haven't even seen 5seconds into the video yet....

[@robertmanley7556]

WOW now that is a vise ! A truley rare find ! Great job ! Loved it ! A true piece of gold polished back to life !

[@handyhippie6548]

that has got to be the biggest vise i have ever seen. i have some large bench vises, and a couple of post vises for blacksmithing, but that one takes the cake.

[@MakeNCreate]

Killer vise! Awesome work mate!

[@budwoodman1716]

Great video !! Everything you did was spot on and if it were me doing it, I would hope to do everything you did. I think the only other thing I might have done is to install a few well placed hardwood 'Dutchmen' across those cracks in the wooden base, just to provide some additional stability to the area.

[@johnshook8324]

This is probably the 4th or 5th time I have watched this video and am still(!!!!!) finding things that amaze me !!!

[@silverbullet7434]

Now that's a vise , never saw one like it. It's collapsible or has other attachments to it. Lucky to have that beauty. Thanks for sharing.

[@marcosamoroso4418]

You did an excellent job. I've never seen one of those before. A beautiful monster. I have a leg vise of English origin from the time of the railroad implantation here in Brazil 1864 - 1910, but it is much smaller.

[@anthonykent7983]

Awesomeness in a massive vice. that was a lot of surface area to clean and treat! And no not seen an actual vice that size!!! Thanks bro Anthony Kent

[@jimmyeatshoe]

Awesome resto. He's a big boy!! Keeping the Character in tact is the best way forward for these historical pieces. Great video as always!

[@paulorth2251]

Okay,I liked the video because I have seen a vise this big but it permanently attached to the concrete floor in a garage. But I still think you did a great job cleaning this monster up.

[@mconfluence]

I would really like to see a video of your shop with all those cool old heavy duty tools that you restore!

[@Axbear]

Nice work. Thanks for keeping your benchtop clean.

[@mymechanics]

Looks like a watchmaker vise to me ...for the biggest clock in the world.

[@cia9315]

Big ben perhaps?

[@SendingStache]

that's a beautiful tool. i like that you didn't paint it and used the original hardware and base. it would be a pleasure to use something like that.

[@carlottafolli452]

thats like the T REX of vices, a beautiful old tool and a great restoration.

[@jlcortez00]

Man i can watch this stuff all day

[@BrothersMake]

What a huge undertaking! Very impressive dude

[@MakeEverything]

What a monster!!! Great job!!!

[@DirtandRust]

Man that's a Cool Old Vice ..never seen one that huge!! Nice Job!! Thumbs up

[@wilmerschock]

Really well done; now you're with AvE, HTR, and Geoffrey Croker. The best channels I subscribe to. Thanks.

[@drstrangefart]

That is hands down the second most beautiful vise I've ever seen. I WANT it even though it would mean I wouldn't have enough room to use my forges or my anvils.

[@romahoffman8178]

This guy inspires me to fix random rusty ass stuff!!

[@shedmanx3640]

This guy and others like him HAVE inspired me to restore random stuff. Works better than any medication when the depression is bad. Time flies and before you know it, you have a finished, restored item.

[@markwatters6875]

Vice stand looks more like a heavy mortar component from the military. Keep up the great work preserving all tools and machinery.

[@scottmccarroll2618]

Wow that’s an awesome vice I’ve never seen anything like it it beautiful and it’s also big enough to hold my house lol thanks so much for sharing this amazing piece of history Scott

[@MOUNTAINEAGLES]

You do good work on this mini vice!

[@paulquinn4704]

Fantastic, more like a preservation than restoration , as said before great to see its life & scars remain in tact, love it.

[@BEASTMASTERZ_TV]

You saved it. Now it’ll last another 100 years 🤙🏽

[@TheWazzufsb]

Cacchio! Ho letto ora la descrizione! Haha hai uno stile americano perfetto!! Bellissimo canale bro!

[@brianfalls5894]

That vise is a monster!!!! WOW!!!

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Awesome job restoring this massive vise. I would love to have one of those vises in my workshop. Very Cool !!!!!!!!!

[@parintele-]

Black Beard, is you allow me a small idea: Next time try use electrolysis instead of mechanical cleaning or using acid. There are both invasive enough to ruin delicate things like stamps or inscriptions(not to mentin you can use current on really delicate pieces) Also, current works on the inside areas where other tools can not enter( cavities, interior of pipes etc) I've used it on few vices and it works great. Nice vice, by the way. You can now work wrist watch parts now, you have the proper holding tool.:p

[@JDLarge]

Just give BBP a shout if your project calls for a vice big enough to stop the earths rotation, he’s got you covered!

[@michaelb.5345]

Any shop would love to have that vise. You did an amazing restore on it. Like you plan to never sell it. Would not blame you at all.

[@2gena68]

Вот это вещь, я такие тиски вижу первый раз в своей жизни. Вы молодец что эти тиски восстановили. Удачи Вам.

[@kenparnell4297]

I have seen some big vices, but that one takes the cake Bro. Ok, you cleaned it up and gave it a nice Black Oxide finish, now you did make new jaws for it. Kudos on that, and it's a really cool vice, however, it really needs to have a new wooden base and some primer and paint might have been a better option that the BOF, but all in all, not too bad.

[@tonyday7233]

Lovely vise, when i was in the jewellery trade many years ago we used a vise like this for fixing ladies watches and other fine work. Beautiful restoration. Tony, Australia.

[@stromnessboy5171]

Your meticulous approach to these projects is inspiring and the respect with which you treat these old tools is absolutely to your credit. The standard of your workmanship somehow seems to continually improve and I really don't understand how as it was already excellent! Incidentally, is this the first of your videos that's featured another person?

[@BlackBeardProjects]

Thank you my friend! :) So kind! Yeah I think so, first time I needed to ask for help! Ahah!

[@cyllakjaw]

This is in a museum now right? Wow. That was awesome.

[@jinksonyou]

VERY awesome! What would you use a vise this big for?

[@paulosborne6517]

Amazing, it looks more like a small artillery piece for firing mortar shells!

[@justinrobertson1590]

Read the description if you want to know what he is using to clean and preserve this vice. Good job!!

[@glennbarthelemy2443]

I love the fact that you didn’t use any paint again great job bro ⚒🔩👍

[@pierluigibongiorno4564]

Excellent restoration!!! Congratulations

[@stanleyjaxen8759]

wow epic vice great job you saved the history

[@jayfromtexas6718]

Would be great if you’d make a video explaining the chemical processes you use to get the finishes you achieve. Thanks.

[@enedenedubedene4811]

Wahnsinnsteil. Sowas habe ich noch nie gesehen. Viele Grüße aus Germany.👍👍👍👍👍👍🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉

[@rayjones3212]

That's mighty cool. I can't say I've ever seen anything like this before. I'm sure it was well used, judging by all of the wear marks on it. Thanks for sharing with all of us. Cheers from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

[@craxis3]

These restoration vids are so cool. That is a hugh vise

[@32mudbug]

Nice project. This is a big girl with a lot of meat but one of the things I really like about this vise is how needlessly complicated it is.

[@edgar882]

What wood was the base made out of? Such a interesting colour I couldn't tell if there was paint spilled on it or if it was naturally red

[@NOFX0890]

Unreal resto. Great job mate

[@jorgefsanchezmarin]

Esto fue una labor de mantenimiento y limpieza, no es una restauración. Un trabajo bastante bien hecho 😊.

[@mateuszrobaczyk2861]

I really like your movies where you renew old things

[@virusMiki]

Che dire.....sempre lavori ottimi!! Ingombrante come attrezzo😱

[@Sludgepump]

Wow, what a find! Beautiful restoration job. I'd love to have this... Giveaway??!!??? Hahahaha!

[@oneshotme]

Great job cleaning it up and was very glad to see you made a set of jaws for its little small but good nonetheless Enjoyed it and gave it a thumbs up

[@marco.ruggiero.]

What a beautiful beautiful piece of machinery art.

[@markharris5771]

You did a superb job and certainly stuck to what you intended and you certainly preserved an unusual tool. Do you know what they made at the Lucchini foundry? A brilliant video, by one of the best restorers on KZbin.

[@spazoid2125]

this is a great video i love that its all in 4K thank you

[@bostedtap8399]

Very impressive and inventive design. Thoughtful and detailed restoration. Best regards from the UK.

[@masterblaster3712]

New to the channel ive watched a lot of your videos passing three hours at a time without realizing it keep up the work man

[@harley1969chuco]

That vice is a work of Art , beautiful , Thanks for Sharing I love it

[@diegoseraph9225]

I love the respect of the "old tool". Great job!

[@evilbrat5376]

Have to say I liked this video and have NEVER SEEN a vice like this huge mama. What would it be used on with that configuration? Great job on the chemicals used and wire wheel. Kept the metal - thought why you didn't use bead blaster on it then read further. Sweet. Good job.

[@JR-eq3qh]

Your work and your videos are ducking brilliant

[@markjeffels3327]

I think i'm in love! Amazing vise!!!

[@janeoverload]

a very nice vise, and a good job restoring it, keep it up.

[@craigbrown7277]

thats a monster vise where is it from looks like a train or boat yard vise I can imagine all the uses it could have been for if it could only talk, its way cool...

[@malcomstraziovitz1208]

Io abito vicino a Lovere, la Lucchini non è chiusa, ora fa le ruote dei treni. ottimo video.

[@johnmccanntruth]

That thing is massive! Very cool find.

[@michaeltubbs4606]

That's a beautiful monster! Thank you for preserving it!

[@markneo1]

Muito bom. Parabéns. Essa morsa está em sua oficina? 👏👏👏🇧🇷

[@davidwatsonii9469]

I HAVE SEEN ONE BIGGER, IT WAS AT THE GOOD OF THE LAND FEST LAST YEAR, IT WAS HUGE, BUT THATS A MASSIVE VISE ANY SMITH OR CRAFTSMAN WOULD DIE FOR, BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF HISTORY

[@budwoodman1716]

Is there an actual name for this type of vise or is it a unique one of a kind construct for a particular task? Are there other vices out there that are like this one? I just find it very fascinating.