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  • Charles Parker Vise: Overview

    Charles Parker Vise: Overview

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    The Charles Parker Company, originally based in Meriden Connecticut is an historic (and prolific) manufacturer of vises beginning around the early to mid 1800s. They also made other goods like coffee grinders and guns, but they are most known for their vises. I ran into a few of them at good prices on the marketplace…

  • Wilton Machinist ‘Bullet’ Vise: Restoration

    Wilton Machinist ‘Bullet’ Vise: Restoration

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    In the prior post, we went over background on the Wilton and the iconic 4″ Machinist Vise I picked up. In this post we’ll go over how I restored it. Overall, the vise was in good shape, with unworn jaws, and minimal scarring, and no broken parts. A few things to look for are jaws…

  • Wilton Machinist ‘Bullet’ Vise: Overview

    Wilton Machinist ‘Bullet’ Vise: Overview

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    The Wilton Machinist Vise, also known as Wilton Bullet Vise, is iconic, highly sought after, and has an aggressive collector’s market. Oh yeah, I hear it also makes a decent vise. How do I know this? Let me tell you a story… The story: I was browsing the classifieds one day and saw the post…

  • Electrolytic Rust Removal (Part 2): Setup and important information

    Electrolytic Rust Removal (Part 2): Setup and important information

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    List of supplies: The good thing about making your rust electrolysis set-up is that at its core, all of the necessary parts are quite simple and you you should be able to pull it together using household items. You can, of course, also go all-out and spend a lot of money. Here are the supplies…