Restoring the Weirdest Vise Ever Made

In this video, I restore a very unique anvil/vise combo tool. It isn't the most practical tool as the anvil is hollow and cast iron, but it does have a very unique look to it. Check out the video and let me know what you think of the project!
Timestamps:
0:00 Start
0:33 Start of dis-assembly
0:56 Removing the pin from the spindle
1:14 Wire wheeling to remove grime
1:43 Into the Evaporust
1:52 Out of the Evaporust
3:00 The anvil face was destroyed
3:05 Start of grinding the face down
3:35 Cleaning up the edges and the horn
4:29 Smoothing out face using 150 grit flap disk
5:14 Achieving final surface finish
6:22 Wire wheeling any un-finished areas
7:28 Straightening the bent handle
7:59 Wire wheeling all remaining parts
8:43 Smoothing out finish
9:26 Coating in wax to prevent flash rust
9:53 Greasing the nut and slide + Final assembly
10:18 Finished product
Evaporust: evapo-rust.com/

[@NumericCubic]

The fractal vice would like a word.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

That thing is definitely super cool

[@thomasthompson6799]

Wow I like that vise with nice big anvil. Great restoration!

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Than you! Thanks for watching

[@guataco]

Good design, anvil-vise. Perfect for a farrier. Perfect back in service video.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching! It's definitely a cool tool

[@stepheno1870]

Great Restoraton, that a very cool & clever combo of a vice & Anvil, many hours of good work could be done on that......

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@clarklindquist8137]

I would love this in my shop..... Nice job

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@moadeeb2002]

Just got this same one at a recent flea market. Will be a restore project so thanks for this vid. Extremely helpful 👍

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@patdexter9188]

That thing is cool! I'd love to have one!

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@patjohnson3100]

Very unusual design. It's cool but because its hollow, you should only do relatively light work I have never seen a vise or anvil like this. Thank you for saving this rare tool.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching! This will be more of a shelf queen than a user

[@124adams]

nice job of bringing it back. Keep checking the garage sales for other projects

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed the video

[@rtesimpson]

Great job!

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@davidcoats1037]

Great job on a really cool old item. I hope to come across one of these someday. Take care 😃👍🏼

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@ron4hunting]

nice old vice . i seen one like it many yrs ago . wish i would have grabbed it , but i didn't as i had no real use for it . i would have painted the sides and bottom of it myself . but everyone has a look that they like . great cleanup on it . and will work great if you bend a lot of metal .

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@sashaboyko6343]

So neat!

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@larryscarry411]

I have one just like it, but it's broken one of the boys was doing a u joint an tried to press them together and it snapped were the threads go in now I can't find the handle probably hiding under other junk lol. Awesome job redoing the one you have, I've got a drill vise, and now I know how to clean it up!

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Vice is very commonly break when people try to use them for you joints they are not really made for that

[@thisolesignguy2733]

interesting little visanvil. You should take it to a machine shop and have it machined flat, that would make it a perfect little work piece.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@mastermechanicl8n331]

Gran pieza de colección y curiosa herramienta

[@vintagemachineworks]

Nice work

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheCarlhungness]

I saw a duplicate last year and the owner is trying to figure out what it is worth. Great looking device. Nice job of restoration.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@swotteh]

That is a "rare bird" ... vise - anvil combination. I like the your work bench too (tool and die bench maybe?), looks like something from when I was young (and yes, once I was young).

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching! The workbench is just a simple plywood one I made a while ago for my workshop. I have just worked on many projects on it. It has now been replaced with a big steel top table but I made a lot of stuff on that.

[@amdidextrous]

OK, so you polished the rust off of an anvil vice...wow..!

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@markneo1]

Excelente trabalho. Parabéns 👏🇧🇷👍

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@RESTORATIONOFSCRAPMETAL]

A lot of effort and good result 👍

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@fernandoclaudiano3588]

Excelence work man

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@rawbacon]

I've had one of these for I guess over 25 years now, it belonged to my Grandfather. Not the greatest vise or anvil but they're still kind of a neat unit.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

These are definitely interesting. That's for watching!

[@alanmcwilliams4264]

You never disappoint another great restoration. You have any idea what this was used for?

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching! It's more of a gimic tool sold to farmers

[@keithspencersr.6806]

Wow, seems it could be used for a all purpose vise to me, any research who made it?

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching! I looked up the company and I couldn't find much in them

[@rawbacon]

Rock Island Manufacturing Co. ~ Anvil Vise No. 380

[@GT_Racer347]

Sweet 👍🏻 👍🏻

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks For watching!

[@markneo1]

Bonito trabalho. Parabéns 👏🇧🇷👍

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@larrykostopulos1332]

I concur, unusual vice, where do I buy one.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching! And you can buy one around 80-100 years ago from a Blacksmith tool catalog

[@vladimirstrazhnikov3271]

Nice

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@Captpicky]

I picked up one of these last year because I've never seen one before.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Sweet! Have you restored it yet?

[@Captpicky]

@@TheRussianWoodworker I just cleaned up a bit, didn't do as good as job as you did but maybe it will be a winter project

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

@@Captpicky thank you! And if you've got nothing better to do I recommend polishing yours:)

[@sonnypena194]

I have just the anvil,had no idea it was also a vise at one time.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@Traderjoe]

The only thing I notice is that the inside of the “anvil” portion is hollow. Depending on how thick the top surface is, the horn and top would probably shatter off if it was struck with a hearty blow. It might be more decorative than actually functional, but it’s still cool.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching and you are correct I talked about that in the description.

[@willieboggs7799]

Really thought I was in for a cleaning vid instead of "restore'

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@vietnammodeling]

What did you actually restore? You cleaned it up a bit

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

We must've watched different videos

[@vietnammodeling]

@@TheRussianWoodworker Well, removing some rust and grinding off the surface is a bit is not a restoration. Don't get me wrong, it looks much better than it did but there was hardly anything wrong with it to begin with.

[@anthonystrazhnikov2741]

@@vietnammodeling haters gonna hate

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching. Watch my other videos for "proper" restorations

[@MatteoBiagiotti]

Is this an anvise?

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Yes it is haha

[@skeetersaurus6249]

'Blind hole' anvil vise...usually used by blacksmiths and farriers. Not necessarily 'rare' or 'old', but somewhat 'specialized' for a purpose (blind hole prevents the screw from getting burned or buggered by forged metal).

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

This is not that. The screw goes directly through the jaw. Blind anvil vises has the thread pushing from the back into the jaw.

[@user-ex3wo6zw8t]

Отличные малые слесарные тиски, для ремонтных восстановительных работ. Наковальня тут не для кузнечных работ а для разметки и небольшой рихтовки листового метала.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Спасибо за просмотр!

[@moraesteel9268]

Que peca incrível

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@goldenhands5295]

good

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@cirezane]

It’s a vintage Farriers vise, horse shoes

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Yes and it's cool at that!

[@markbernier8434]

Silversmith's Vise?

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

No. Too big and rough for that. Thanks for watching

[@user-iy8dm4sr1i]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@user-uc7pi5se2v]

Веш хороший ну мужик не лежит на диване старается 👍

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Спасибо за просмотр

[@luiscoterachavez9086]

No entiendo porque tanto afán por dejarlo "como nuevo", si el atractivo son las marcas que van dejando el paso del tiempo.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

That's for watching

[@edwardmartin4894]

What was the writing cast into the lower base..???? You never did let the camera focus long enough for us to read it.......

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching! I couldn't make out the lettering on it

[@theodorebarrettsr.705]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@jonwatson9765]

Now that's better. Too often OCD takes over and nothing less than a mirror finish is good enough and then a choice of sometimes strange colours to paint it go concourse standards with highlighted lettering. Restore: make it good and fit for purpose.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@jorgefsanchezmarin]

Me dejó mucho que desear este video... me parece que solo fué un trabajo de limpieza, y no una restauración. Esperaba un final mas "feliz" para esta rara pieza de herramientas de trabajo.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@bungoeth3324]

I like your cat

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@paulwomack5866]

Looks very similar to this one; kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHvEdpttgNJqjbs This vise-anvil also has a drill function; kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4u0gpuhe8-Jgq8

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@nightsaber2272]

It's more an anvil with vise jaw)

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@MusicFurler]

Not really that weird it's just an anvil vise.

[@user-lb3ys5yg7c]

А где покраска...

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

На них оригинально не было краски.

[@user-lb3ys5yg7c]

@@TheRussianWoodworker понятно😕

[@cyclebuster]

i have one to sell

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Send me an email through my contact system if the price is right I’d buy it and film a restoration on it.

[@skeetersaurus6249]

BTW...all that grinding to 'clean it up' is atrocious to anyone looking at it for a 'true work tool'...you could remove blacksmith marks, forging vs casting lines, etc. (not to mention, if you ever want to true a table, it is MUCH better to use a knee mill to do it, not a hand-grinder). I'm guessing you depreciated that vise by 50% by the grinding...(clean-up on a vise like that is no different than taking a grinder to a '65 Mustang, while not understanding what you are doing to affect its value in doing so).

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

This is solid cast iron with no forge welded top. I ground cast iron down to more cast iron. These are more farmer tools than super useful tools. It's more of a showpiece than anything. But you can think what you want:)

[@user-fz9yc4uc7r]

Заипался смотреть как он драит эту деталь 10 минут !

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Спасибо за просмотр

[@jl3390]

And that's how you destroy a perfectly flat anvil.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@amille223]

This is NOT the weirdest vice ever made. It’s an anvil vice and is more common than you think. Several viewers commented that they had seen this same vice themselves. You should have used the term “unique” instead of “weird”, but that wouldn’t have baited people to view your video, would it?!?! This was also a basic clean and shine, not a restoration. Most new vices are not shiny, because they are meant to be the work horse of the tool room. Looks darn right silly to see a vice look like that. There are better ways to do a finish on a vice....blueing or Hammerite paint would have been better.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@justinsheffer3343]

A Vicevil

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@Oleg7777758]

Реставрация была не нужна: вещь и так была в хорошем рабочем состоянии. На третей минуте уже и очищенная. Можно было заканчивать видео, но автор зачем-то начал уродовать вещь болгаркой, испортил плоскость наковальни... зато потом наполирлвал до блеска. Блеск скоро потускнеет, а косяки останутся

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Спасибо за просмотр

[@user-uc7pi5se2v]

Сагласен но он старался респект👍

[@user-ir8gu5xs3i]

Еслиб я знал чото не покрасиш я бы не посматрел видео

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Спасибо за просмотр