A while back I picked up this old vise by The Charles Parker Co. http://industrialglenn.com/tools/?p=241 Some things I’ve done to it besides cleaning and lube… 1. Made a new handle for the swivel base. You can see it in the pic above. 2. Re-activate little mechanism in the hub that keeps the handle from sliding [...]

Here’s another #4 Stanley. It’s like the last one I posted about except that it has a corrugated sole and was in much worse shape. I think that it was stored almost outside, like under one of those lumber port/awning things or in an abandoned barn that  was leaking. Who knows. Whatever the case it [...]

This was in a pile of junk at the flea market. It was at one time a box for a socket wrench set. I’m going to guess 1905-1920. It’s broken in half and is missing a piece. A little gluing and clamping. Okay, so my dovetailing looks like it was done by a drunken beaver [...]