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Tom Griffin

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My wife and I hit a few garage sales this morning and I picked up a new/old vise. It's a 30's vintage Prentiss Bulldog 4" machine vise. That's about 60 pounds of old American iron for a grand total of $2, yes $2 and the guy even loaded for me. I can't wait to sandblast it, make some new jaws and give it a fresh coat of paint. I'll post some before and after shots of the process.

Tom
 
That's a bargain. I bought a vise very similar but I paid $45.
 
Ron, you must live by me. Same sales around here.

I've about decided the only place to find decent stuff is estate sales near defense plants, and possibly in the "old money" part of town.
Young families don't sell machine tools.
 
There are plenty of toy and baby clothes sales around here as well, but sometimes you just get lucky. I also bought a small pressure blaster from the same dude, so I'll be using his sandblaster to restore his old vise. :cool:

Tom
 
It is not a proper Gloat without pictures B^)

Randy
 
Much better.
Now you officially suck!

Randy
 
Other than the rust, it does not have the usual beaten and misshapened lump of metal that one sees around here. Good buy for sure!
 
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