Vise Drill Anvil [Restoration]

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

These where ahead of their time. We'd all have one rusting away outside the door if Billy Mays had seen this wizz-bang-gewgaw.

[@OscarSturgess]

what on earth is the man himself doing here down in the doobly do with but a 6 likes? shameful display

[@HandToolRescue]

You can also use it as a wrench if you are strong enough.

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

@@HandToolRescue *IT'S* *WHISPER* *QUIET*

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Mosquito season just about over there in Saskabush?

[@bobnotman5154]

That contraption gives the term “keep yer d!ck in a vise” a WHOLE new meaning!

[@donjohnson3701]

I have two of these trying to put together enough parts to put it together and now I find out that I am still missing the drill table! Thanks for the video of an excellent restoration and clearing up how it is supposed to look and work.

[@1DY.]

Headbutting the blasting cabinet cracks me up every time. As soon as I see him putting things into it I'm like... ooooh wait for it. The anticipation in this episode was intense ha ha

[@TheCoffeehound]

He sees you shiver with antici... ...pation.

[@pauln2661]

He should sneak in a montage clip of banging his head on the sand blaster screen from 5 or more older videos.

[@roastingpeanuts]

@@pauln2661 yes🤣🤣2

[@johnathonmontie2234]

Caught me off guard haha Pans to blasting cabinet: “Ok cool let’s blast some shit now”. . . . . . . . . *THUMP” “Jesus Christ, that had rebound” 😂

[@tomasn3]

Your intro cracks me up every time! I love it. Such a throwback and nostalgia if you were a kid in the 80’s and watched sitcoms. Bravo 👏🏼

[@davidf7883]

Every muscle in my body clenched during the tablesaw scene. My mind was screaming "Brace for impact!!". I don't even like ripping wood on a tablesaw, I can't imagine a 2X2 piece of aluminum. Bravo Sir!

[@thomaslevy2119]

You have the knack for finding and restoring the strangest tools. Would have never guessed that the vice-anvil-drill even existed. Keep it up!

[@charleshanson9467]

That's like the "printer faxer copier" of the machine shop. Not really good at anything.

[@MoraFermi]

Hey, at least "printer faxed copier"s are great at one thing: wasting your money!

[@xenonram]

Printer fax copier is a horrible example.

[@wtfiswiththosehandles]

What? We have a printer/faxer/copier that is an absolute beast of an office machine, the only reliable tool in the factory.

[@Nicmadis]

But wait! It does more!

[@steadfasttherenowned2460]

@@wtfiswiththosehandles I think they mean the consumer models not the commercial ones

[@JDLarge]

A shop teacher back in the day had one of these (very similar) set up in my high-school metal fab shop! 79! Hadn’t ever seen one before OR since. There wasn’t much he couldn’t do using that, as it was HIS preferred vise. Awesome to see one again, and as usual you’ve done an outstanding job bringing her back to life, I especially like the brazing scars, they give it some more class😉! But now I’m kinda feeling a tad bit old-er... 🥺✌🏼

[@madmodder123]

What was his main use for it?

[@barthanes1]

Japaning always looks so good. If it wasn't so labor intensive I would like to use it on a vintage GE motor I'm restoring.

[@davidsholts]

Multi-tools have come a long way, they'll fit in your pocket now.

[@clubsoda85cook55]

Yeah but none of the ones that fit in your pocket have an anvil or a vise on them.

[@Tinker001]

Just need BIG pockets.

[@tonymannion5743]

Fair play to you including the accident with the tap - a lot of guys would edit that out in fear it would make them look less than perfect to their audience (you know who you are!!)

[@richardlayton1603]

I make a new one!

[@scruffy6151]

I was waiting for it to happen been there done that more then once. Those that never show things going wrong are only lieing to themself.

[@NitFlickwick]

I believe that would be Jimmy Diresta, according to his recent Instagram stories about editing. 😂

[@Mister_Brown]

@@scruffy6151 whats funny is we've all been there and done that but we keep doing it over and over cause hand tapping is painfully slow and most of the time drill power tapping works.

[@1978garfield]

@@Mister_Brown Just like Sex Panther "60% of the time, it works every time."

[@Gr8DaneH]

I inherited one of these from my Grandpa. Such an interesting piece of equipment. Mine is missing the drilling pieces, but the vice parts still work. The rail on mine is also bent, haha. I'm guessing they didn't design it to handle angry-farmer-at-2am-during-harvest ft-lbs. Nice job on the restoration, it looks fantastic. With the vice bolted to a table the drilling would at least make a little more sense. It seems like a big design oversight though that you can't clamp something in the vice and then drill it...I guess that would have required another set of threads and an extra crank, making this even more of an unwieldy Frankenstein's monster.

[@kellyhill1265]

My thoughts exactly.just clamp your material and use a brace and bit to drill your hole being in the early 1900s a brace and bit is what you would use to drill anyway . So why incorporate it into the vice where you have to keep tightening the material with each turn of the drill? Seems like a laborious way to drill a hole even in the 1900s . But beyond that it’s a fantastic restoration of a redundant tool.

[@Thematt11]

I can hear the guy selling this from a cart just yelling, "Do you want everything you do in the workshop to be fractionally harder and more frustrating? Well get rid of all those dull old 'designed for the job' tools and buy our unidentifiable homonculus of three of them"

[@dimitar4y]

wordsmith!

[@noworldable]

Its so strange it makes me wonder if this is for some highly specialized application with the soft metal jaws and all.

[@lukasdon0007]

I think you mean chimera instead of homunculus?

[@modergav]

That is a funny joke

[@marcelo90z]

Hey, mr HandToolRescue, I just want to say that we at home love your content. I watch your content with my mom because we love repairing videos, we love when stuff gets fixed or gain new life, but we particularly love your videos because of your humor. It is special because my mom doesn't like to watch much english content because the doesn't know the language (we are non-native speakers of english, we are from Brazil), but you are one of the few channels in english that she actually likes to watch. Simultaneous translation kind of became part of the routine for translating your jokes to portuguese... hahahaha Love your videos. Your humor makes you special.

[@BufoToxin-i3p]

when he turned on the mill, my power flickered, and I thought, 'man that mill takes some juice, eh'. then I remembered it was only a movie.

[@scruffy6151]

I never grow tired of watching what you do and the humor is spot on. Have a great day and God Bless.

[@HandToolRescue]

I appreciate that

[@zippy-zappa-zeppo-zorba-etc]

This guy has the coolest garage sales

[@corydriver7634]

I like this restoration because it reminds me of your earliest work, simple and short, but Lamp chain? Come on man you’re better than that. Definitely a specialty tool.

[@aserta]

I've always liked the 1910's to 1950's patent browsing. The number of ... weird, quirky, odd, sometimes adorably dumb things you find knows no end :))

[@dimitar4y]

Is there a youtube channel dedicated to showcasing the weirdest patents?!

[@Shoorit]

Imagine what the 1910’s inventor would think if he saw the patent for some of the crap on amazon.. or an iPad.

[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

Just the other day I found a piece of railroad track and had the idea of making an anvil from it AND then braze a vise to it. Little did I know this already existed a long time ago.

[@oldgreyman5994]

That'd be a great video to watch!

[@aboelishes]

can't wait to see it!

[@TreyCook21]

If you weren't who you are, people would be saying, "That sounds dumb as hell!". Yet, here you are, being the who that you are and we should expect no less when left to your own de-vises.

[@FOMI1970]

Pretend that you didn't know and post a video ... we'll watch it.

[@reigninoel]

Hell, I'd watch that, new idea or not.

[@prestongoss6824]

That is such a weird vise...thing. The drill part didn't look tedious at all... Thanks for another great video. I always enjoy your intros!

[@feelspazman5860]

Not a big tool/handyman type of guy, but these videos are always incredibly interesting.

[@HandToolRescue]

Thanks!

[@radracer2033]

That has to be one of the strangest vises I've ever seen

[@fourkings7897]

Or drill

[@fourkings7897]

Or Anvil

[@AnttiBrax]

I have a theory... The drill part is not intended to be used by one person only. It needs two: one person holds the work piece while the other spins the drill and, at the same time, applies constant pressure with the vise screw. It's pretty pointless with wood but if you put a steel work piece in there it starts to make a bit of sense. I don't see why it would make sense as a regular drill. The vise bit is just a "handy" add-on then since it has a lead screw and all.

[@tomt9543]

@@AnttiBrax definitely designed by union people! A ploy to employ (no pun intended) 3 people to do a one man job. GENIUS!,

[@isaiahshaffer]

@@AnttiBrax I was thinking what you were, we also take things like battery powered tools nowadays for granted so If something was being done away from town/power you’d have a mini drill press available even if it took two people, tools weren’t exactly small or light back then, just judging by the way things are pinned and chained the idea very well might have been “portable”

[@jasoncanterbury6899]

you have kept me up numerous hours. but you also have help me sleep numerous hours. thank you. please keep doing this

[@djguy314]

Strange configuration, not sure what you would need this for. Beautiful work as always my friend.

[@patjohnson3100]

Thank you for saving this rare oddball tool. I've never seen one. The brazing and straightening of the beam would have stopped me. The job looks really good.

[@BH-rx3ue]

For all who are wondering, to get a sand blaster to work at maximum efficiency, you must assert your dominance as demonstrated @5:18

[@mattymmmm2362]

So I’m seeing a whole bunch of machines we have not seen before. New workshop tour video!

[@TheFurriestOne]

Ah, earthquake-edition intro, very fitting for 2020! That is probably the strangest vintage tool I've seen yet!

[@funkyspacecow]

I love the dramatic build up in the music when the tap broke... and then the fake out with the other tap!

[@MazeFrame]

Beginning of the video: What is that good for? End of the video: Why does this exist?

[@MercuryWagons]

I seriously can't wait to see your next videos! I have watched every video on this channel and I am always amazed by the work you do! Thanks for preserving history.

[@HandToolRescue]

Thank you so much 😀

[@MercuryWagons]

@@HandToolRescue you are welcome. Seriously it's my privilege to watch what you do! Keep it up:) I'm always a fan🇺🇲♥️🇺🇲

[@drewstotts7087]

What an incredibly tedious tool to have to use. Shocking that the company that made them went out of business Looks excellent restored though! GGs

[@Randomguy-b5r]

It was a time before powered drills.

[@pressb]

Pretty sure you are supposed to lock the wood in place with the vice and then drill. If you were drilling a lot of the same hole e.g. in wooden droppers for wire stock fencing, this thing would be a massive boon over just a hand crank drill.

[@SuperConanBarbarian]

A brace and bit seems like an easier tool to use and probably cheaper than this monstrosity.

[@windyhillfoundry5940]

Gives adjustable feed rate a whole new meaning. Love that finish Eric👌

[@singJJBplay]

REMIX!!! THROW YA HANDTOOLS IN THE AIR! WAVE 'EM ROUND LIKE YA JUST DON'T CARE!!!

[@metalbob3335]

Hit the deck

[@MrLeatherman23]

Promenade and back to your corners.

[@nathanstevens6351]

Seven injured in a hand tool dance party gone wrong today...

[@ReenTheBean]

Wait for it...wait for it....yes! Quick face plant at the sand blaster! Night made!👍🏻😆 Versatile little vice..even has an anvil on it! Nice resto! Good job!!

[@broadstken]

Well, that is definitely one of those, and definitely the first one of them I've seen. I can't help thinking "but, why?" And now I want one for no other reason than the sheer wtf value

[@yorkshirejoinery2869]

Radical new start! Very street, the young ones will love it!

[@damienbusnarda6184]

I rly like what u do . Keep it like this . No talking . Machine and other sound . Awsome

[@nini_stols]

These intros keep getting better and better

[@Rooster1172T]

That is a very interesting tool? I completely thought the drill portion would have advanced by itself while drilling but upon realising that I did remember the spindle is held in place with washers and no screw mechanism. To crank the vice then drill then crank the vice and vice versa is a bit of a pain, but it's definately an incredible piece non the less so great job!

[@jbuffalo65jb]

I've got one just like this. So far all I've done is derust it. It's missing the drill base but otherwise in decent/well used shape. Great job on the restoration.

[@CanadairCL44]

I have never seen a vice like that before, and you made a great job of the restoration as usual. Some suggestions, you could really benefit from a hand press and or a fly press, Perhaps you could find one of each to restore? Also, using hand taps in a drill or machine is always going to end in disaster. Use machine taps if you are going to tap holes using a power tool - they don't break, especially if you use some lubricant. Always tap at a low speed.

[@WrenB111]

Came out great as usual. I like the smaller projects you do. Fun to watch

[@stevekreitler9349]

A lady handed me a rust encrusted pair of scissors to sharpen, recently. I tracked down some Evaporust, soaked them overnight, and was able to return gleaming hella sharp scissors! I'm a convert!

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Worth every penny !

[@Dr_V]

My mechanics: "Strip the original paint, smooth out the cast, apply filler, primer, paint and a clear coat" Hand Tool Rescue: "The original finish was japanning and I have some of that lying around the shop..." Two very different and fascinating styles of restoration, I love both channels and learned a lot from the videos.

[@iamgerg]

Me: Watches Adam Savage on Tapping. Me: Watches HTR using a drill with a smaller diameter tap. Me: Noooooooooooo! HTR tap: *crack*

[@deltafactory]

After watching Adam's video (just prior to this one) I knew exactly what was going to happen once the scary music started...

[@Sjackson2369]

Watched that one as well. As someone who can break the big taps fairly regularly, small taps make me nervous

[@martylawson1638]

@@Sjackson2369 Best way I've found to break taps is to flex and bend them. The best way I've found to NOT break taps is insure they're never flexed or bent. I.e. use a "tap press" or if you're in a mill, chuck up a dead-center and place it in the centering divot of the tapping tool. I also prefer to do 50% depth threads in steel instead of 75% threads. Way less tapping torque and holds well enough. (oh, and use TapMagic. cuts the torque in half)

[@Sjackson2369]

Marty lawson don’t dick up the threads and don’t use a tap - best way to not break one lol

[@allangibson8494]

And that is when you buy a tap destroyer... (which is basically a deep hole plasma cutter).

[@jobuda10]

Never forget 9-11-2001 I have so much stuff in my garage because I want to be like you. Great videos.

[@Frank-Thoresen]

I thought "Don't knock you forhead on the blasting cabinet" and seconds later it bounced even harder 🤣

[@GraduatedIn]

It was funnier after I read this and checked back on the video lol

[@shamrock1961]

A++ video as always. Enjoy your projects a great deal 👍. Thanks for your dedication to restoration!

[@jeff1176]

I guess if you want to drill a straight hole horizontally this is the vise for you. Seems like quite a bit of work though. Very nice restoration, keep up the great work Eric.

[@ricosuave1647]

Bro I’ve been itching for you to put out a new vid!!! Thank you you made my day with this one!!

[@BigGrabowski]

Why, this is a fabulous gewgaw, a wonderful whatchamacallit, dare I say a spectacular oojamaflip. I bet the original owner had to pay three easy payments of $9.99 for it.

[@MrLeatherman23]

Nope... half down and half a month for 9 years.

[@1978garfield]

I'm shocked it didn't have the Craftsman brand on it. Sears...your home for solutions to problems that may not in fact exist.

[@donjohnson3701]

Thanks for a great video! I have two of these that I bought several years ago but they do not have the support for the drill press attachment. I didn’t truly understand the function of the vise until I saw your video. Now that I know how it is supposed to to work it will be my next project.

[@thomasthompson6799]

Unusual old vise that must have had a very specific job. Nice job restoring it but I think I would have cleaned up the jaws and left them as original. I like the Japanning.

[@88ElevenShop]

That's some great content and production value. That kit looks great.

[@chrisparola3949]

I laugh uncontrollably every time I see the sand blasting cabinet and know that your head bouncing off the glass is coming...

[@horstszibulski19]

Best scene was the glass changed to cling film some videos back... :-D

[@---Michael---]

I never even got to that joke because the videos are so relaxing that I'm asleep after 5 Minutes 😂

[@adamwalker5498]

Congratulations on a beautiful restoration of a truly clumsy machine

[@djfaber]

Have you considered using longer cotter pins?

[@HandToolRescue]

I'm trying to find longer ones actually.

[@clubsoda85cook55]

Fastenal has them up to 6” and up to 1/2 diameter.

[@scruffy6151]

🤣🤣🤣

[@00dmb5]

@@clubsoda85cook55 :O

[@stoutlager6325]

@@clubsoda85cook55 Nice.

[@brardshepp]

Hands down best restoration channel

[@thegougler]

I love how the microphone only picked up the annoying frequencies from the die grinder.

[@HandToolRescue]

Right?! Was so happy to hear that.

[@70tdc12s]

You have the best restoration videos.

[@Pest789]

Has a mill. Still drills things he literally just had set up on the mill by hand.

[@brucepierson9941]

And then uses a sanding belt to trim them to length. 🤣

[@magicoddeffect]

I kept yelling this at my screen. Plus the fact that he keeps tapping holes with a drill...that terrifies me. Doing it by hand not only makes for better video but it's way less likely to snap taps

[@ronthacker211]

Good job. Nice to see tools that I've never seen before.

[@ShinoPuppy]

I'm starting to think that his true goal is to scare off as many people as possible by incrementally making the intro more and more trashy with every new post. …pun intended.

[@HandToolRescue]

Of course! If I wanted a more general appeal I wouldn't be making 30min videos with no talking!

[@Frank-Thoresen]

@@HandToolRescue I think you hands express a lot more sense than most most people's mouth here on YT

[@reigninoel]

This one looks like it was filmed with a camera placed on a flimsy stool or something while someone is breaking up the concrete floor around it with a jackhammer.

[@Scouts_Honor]

Can't wait for the techno remix ft. Nelly. That jam is gonna be hot!

[@scruffy6151]

@@HandToolRescue what you talk well i will be dammed lol. Going to take more than a little shaking before i leave this channel lol. Have a great day.

[@heitordutramartucci7938]

Great intro. Looking forward to see more of your work!!

[@mikejose8966]

I swear that vat of Evaporust STILL gets larger every episode. You’re gonna end up with a swimming pool of the stuff.

[@jessefoulk]

I noticed that on this one. It was filled more than I remember.

[@lefmicro]

Am I the only one would would love to see a compilation of all the sandblaster window bits he does? :)

[@williamreininger7546]

Not going to lie, I’d have laughed if that second tap broke.

[@donparker8246]

The Japanning job turned out beautiful. 😳😁👍

[@westa1979]

HTR: These jaws are weird Jaws: You're weird

[@jorgefsanchezmarin]

Magnífica restauración - mejor que cuando era nuevo - y coincido contigo: Como herramienta, es muy RARA y poco práctica, además de mostrar ser poco resistente. Como pieza antigua de patente, una belleza exótica. Ahora entiendo los pocos años que estuvo en el mercado. Saludos desde MÉXICO¡.

[@JesseCase]

They're called TAP HANDLES!! Please for the sake of God and humanity use a tap handle! Now I'll never get to sleep tonight!

[@Tater_Lord]

That was the plan buddy

[@stevearmitage6692]

Maybe he should restore a Tap handle next... Watching him tap these holes hurt my brain.

[@shawnreed8365]

Finally!!! Soooo very happy for a new video! Thanks so much for such great content. Whose got two thumbs, lives in BC and loves this channel?.....THIS GUY ( I mean me, not some other guy with thumbs)

[@HandlebarWorkshops]

It's funny. I watched this video immediately after watching Adam Savage talk about how you can never use too much tapping fluid and how much of a PITA a broken tap is to remove.

[@chriscromar9013]

Saw the same episode and it was the first thing that came to mind too.

[@Gravalpea]

Same

[@Lucien86]

But the real fun is having your own tap break the exact same way.. Then remembering the Adam Savage video..

[@turgworks4138]

You've done a really nice job of that, the japaning is stunning

[@HandToolRescue]

Thanks!

[@youtubeuser5402]

I absolutely loved the intro😂😂

[@jaybeam9553]

So glad to see no powder coating. It looks great

[@DUxMORTEM]

So question, how often, if even at all, do you change that bucket of evapo-rust?

[@MarekLewandowski_EE]

Every time the corpses stop dissolving...

[@Juan_Doooh]

Beautiful work, I’ve got a pair of old vices I’ve got to tear into.

[@oldenslo4141]

May I ask a question? Did you finally take down the swag lamp in your living room? Dang, it! I wondered where you got that chain!

[@HandToolRescue]

Hahaha. I should keep a stock of small brass chain for things like this.

[@davidregis592]

@@HandToolRescue Sash chain also seems like it'd be appropriate

[@zumbazumba1]

@@HandToolRescue what abrasive do you use in your sandblaster and on how much pressure?

[@Melkizidor]

I love the steady camera work.

[@asvarien]

I'm more confused than a homeless guy under house arrest.

[@d00dEEE]

My oldest son made a hammer-knife-gun when he was about 8 years old. Looks very much in the spirit of that thing.

[@martinpanev6651]

I like the "Its a boy" Pencil : D

[@otterlyrediculous.]

Its a secret hint.. theres a mini handtool rescue coming

[@sanderelo_ru]

Kuriosität! Als werkzeug ist das natürlich ein scheiss, aber als ein Stück der Industriegeschichte, 100% rettungswert. Respekt vor deiner Arbeit!!!! Schöne Grüße aus Bayern!

[@katar0t0]

Taps in a drill, I see you also like to live dangerously :)

[@TrojanHorse1959]

I have never seen that type pf vice before and it turned out rather nicely, thank you

[@jasonsummit1885]

Wasn't expecting the die grinder to sound like a screaming woman!😂

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Fantastic restoration on this Vise Drill Anvil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nynexman4464]

I wonder if this was meant to be used with short drill bits, seems so odd you'd have to hold the work by hand in a vice.

[@tomt9543]

Two things: 1) I always love the intro (the 80’s were great , were they not?). 2) what the heck kind of torch is that? I’ve been a welder for over 40 years, and I’ve never seen that beast before! Love your channel!

[@1978garfield]

Forget rosebud, that thing was a whole rose bush!

[@RinoaL]

ive never heard of this type of tool lol.

[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

Hello there! Seems like this is the place to be.

[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

@ItsYaBoi ErrSkinnYP3n15 I was simply amazed to find both AvE and Rinoa in the same comment section. Channels I have been in contact with for a number of years.

[@HandToolRescue]

I am the missing link! Haha

[@HandToolRescue]

It needs to be more things.

[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

@@HandToolRescue The missing link! Yes that's it. You obviously are completing some kind of very strange mosaic right here. (mumbling:) Riddles in the dark...

[@supergeten2]

Never seen an wooden handle before and we have made a lot of anvils in the past in Sweden. I´ll never seen anything like it. Cool!

[@silviodeon6476]

Top muito bom incrível cada vez melhor!

[@ShelXanadar]

That beginning had me laughing, ACTUALLY LAUGHING and not just breathing harder through my nose! THANK YOU! I NEEDED THAT!

[@SciFiMind]

Does anyone else think he just spent hours restoring something from 1914s version of an infomercial? "It slices, it dices, but wait there's more"

[@HandToolRescue]

This is exactly what this is.

[@brianewhiteguy]

So awesome! This like the scaled-down version of the Amphicar. ALMOST useful. Almost... Great video as always!!

[@HandToolRescue]

Glad you liked it!

[@jxavier3876]

I’m surprised anyone was able to use it enough to bend it.

[@laytoncordray7509]

Bruh the sand blasting intro bits always get me xD