mlinn77
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That's a nice looking vise, those old English vises are nice you can tell they took pride in there work just by the sutble lines and detail. I really like the mortise and tenon mounting bracket too.
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Bring a can of goof off see if they'll let you take the paint off the top to if that's a weld or a chip. Plus paint that thick hides a lot of dings and chips. Being in Seattle at those prices I'd get a a nimba anvil.
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Thank you, it was all rusty and seized up when I bought it, now it works like new. It looks all hand forged. Thank you. It took some love to get it back in shape.
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Nice they are getting hard to find in nice shape they got pretty abused in there life. This is my best one it's has 7 inch jaws I'm pretty sure it's a Peter wright.
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it's a arm and hammer the serial number is on front right of the foot if your looking at the horn. With that you can date it. Please post any pictures you might have.
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Disclaimer: this is just a fun question not looking for advice on what to buy. I just like to window shop curious if others do as well. The old German anvils are growing on me for sure.
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I have a hypothetical question, if you were given a gift of up to $3000 to buy one anvil you don't get to keep the change or use it for any thing else just one anvil new or old what would you buy and brief reason why. I keep coming back to a nimba, but the centurion so I would be leaving money on the table, but a rathole, kolhswa and refflinghaus are very close, unless I could find a really clean monster hay budden, arm & hammer or Fisher. I like the idea of having a brand new anvil so I can create the history, plus it's a solid hunk of tool steel, and I like the design of the nimba and the striking area is huge. Plus it's made in America.
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It's not you, prices are crazy on eBay and auctions but you should be able to find some deals near you or do some driving, I'm from bottom southeastern corner of PA I haven't paid more then $30 for a leg vise, and found some anvils from $.75-$2/lbs, so deals are still around.
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Took my sister on her first Anvil hunt she found me a little Columbian, she always had I eye for silver.
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And I would be hesitant to buy one on eBay the prices are outrageous, and craigslist isn't far behind with post vises, be patient hit flea markets and I found a nice one at a antique shop for $28, so deals are out there, once in awhile you can get lucky at a auction
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I agree with the diesel, I tried it on another vise I got after the one in this post it wasn't as bad but it worked right away, I'm not careful enough to mess with lye, I got a little splash of easy off oven cleaner on my arm 18 years ago still have a scar, it worked well though. I didn't have a $1 but here is a paper test.
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I've used that stuff working on cars never thought about using it on big scale, it does get everywhere no matter how careful you are, It does work well though
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Thanks I'll have to look into that paste I'm all for trying new stuff, I used grease on the moving and friction parts, I used wd on the show parts because its going to be in a inside shop. Yes there isn't any daylight when the jaws are shut they close tight and true and glide you could use 1 finger if the bar wasn't so xxxx heavy.
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On a side note I would of used diesel or kerosene on the funked up screw box and threads, I tried that on another one I picked up after the big one it worked well.
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Used wd40 to unfreeze the jaws, the pivot bolt was locked up real bad that took some effort and brute force, when it was apart i used a cup wire wheel on a grinder to get it to get all the heavy rust off, I used a engine degreaser and smooth file with a light touch to get all the funk off the screw threads it was caked on bad, greased all the moving parts, used wd40 on the rest to protect it, not sure if that's what your supposed to use but I like it and gives it a nice gun metal finish that's what I put on the Anvil too. It's amazing to me that such a old tool that was abused and left outside for years and years works like it did new with a little care.
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When is the next meeting and where in philly
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Thank you, its a bear to move around. I was very lucky and had to wait out a very long auction for it.
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Hi I just picked this up at auction and at a good price, it was all seized up and rusty, but all there, works like new now, just curious about maybe a age and confirmation on maker. It has 7inch jaws and about 150lbs, only mark is a J on the inside leg, its looks all hand forged, tool steel forged welded on the jaws. From reading different post I'm leaning towards a Peter wright. Attached is before and after and next to a 4 inch vise. That's not my set up just got the pictures.
