TravisVT

I have been filling the threads with penetrant and letting sit for a few days, then turning over and doing the same. I'm sure I could get a hold of one of those, yes, that would make sense. I cannot be sure which end the jam is on as there is no movement. I am in the woodstock area, but the vise is stored in a family members garage in western CT. I've been looking at property in the route 100 corridor between killington and warren lately to build a little something. I travel for work so am only in the area a few times a year. I used to live in Ludlow and Mt holly for a while, we were neighbors!

I live in VT yes, but the vise is currently in CT. I'll update the profile to reflect all that. Thanks for the tips! Not having worked with anything this large that is cast before, I was wary to heat with anything I am not familiar with for fear of doing damage. When I mentioned marring the gears, I meant because I was wrapping them in wrags and using a large pipe wrench to attempt to turn them, I understand the threads are stuck inside the housing. I used a wood mallet, brass mallet, and then the rags and pipe wrench combo, all to no avail. As far as oil I have used a PB, Kroil, and ATF over the course of a few months. She does not want to move. I understand about the valuation changing country to country. This is located in Western Connecticut at the moment. That would be the value I would be interested in. Thanks for the info and recomendations. Haha, I understand the envy. I have been loathe to consider selling it as it is just a cool and monsterous piece but realistically someone else would get more and more appropriate usage out of it and that would make me happy. I'm not one to hoard for the sake of having cool things. I have never heard of the acetone ATF mix, I will give that a shot. Thanks for the recommendation. Charcoal briquettes eh? hmmm. OK. Now I just have to figure out where I can lug this monster to pull that one off. I lifted it into the bed of my truck by myself months ago and my back has never forgiven me ! She's a beast for sure

Hi all. Seems this is the place online to find info on these things. I got this Fisher #6 in a lot I bought which had other things I really wanted. It is frozen and the chain is broken. It has clearly been used through its life but is still in decent condition. I had soaked the threads with penetrant for months but cannot get them to budge and am worried about marring the gears. From what I can see, it doesn't seem to be gummed up, but I haven't had time to apply heat to them to see if they free up (lord knows how much oxy/acet I would need to really warm something this big up enough.) I'm basically wondering if anyone has had success freeing these up or if its worth much if i can't? Should I bother? I will probably just end up selling it as, although it's super cool, it's too much for what I do (I'm a mechanic and metal fabricator, but not on this scale.) If I were to try and sell it is there somewhere that one goes for pieces like this? I know they are worth a lot more working, but I'm not sure thats going to happen. Is there any way to date them specifically? I was unable to find a classified section here and hope I am not posting in the wrong area or breaking any rules. Thanks for any help.