EricS Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 It must be true. I have been cruising craigslist for a while now looking for a good deel on a post vise. Saturday night i put vise in the c-list search box and one of the results stated "vise $30" i usually skip over these because it generally not what im looking for.so i checked it out and it was a bad pic of a rusty moss coated post vise with a bunch of other metal hanging off it stating it was 2' long . I made the call and the man said it was part of a deal he got at an estate sale and he had to cut the the tree down it was attached to to get it free. he said it was rusted closed and could not open it. so needless to say my son Eli and I drove the 50 miles to get it. it looked pretty good when we got there light rust and complete. got it home and hit the handle with the palm of my hand and the jaws broke free and revealed the grease packed threads.cleaned it up and it turns out to be a 6" Iron City :) Did i mention $30!! We cant wait to get her mounted and put to work. Quote
Marksnagel Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 It is amazing what is just laying around out there waiting to be found. Good for you to stumble across the deal! Quote
eric sprado Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 Eric S.: Glad you found a deal. Maybe you could add a letter or something to make your Eric S. different from mine? I'm Eric Sprado but always sign as "Eric S." thanks, Eric S. Quote
Michael Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 I've gotten more good deals off of cruddy pictures and lousy descriptions on CL than almost any other method. Sideways pics, upside down pics, "blacksmiht", "fourge" etc. A tool collecting buddy of mine always says 'its all about pattern recognition' Quote
pkrankow Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Most excellent! Even if it was seized I am sure some penetrant and time would have freed it up. Well played "gamble" Phil Quote
macbruce Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Eh, not all that great....I'll give ya $50..... :P Quote
ThomasPowers Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 A great rescue!---Grease the postvise's friend! Quote
DanBrassaw Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 A lot nicer than my first vice that I paid $70 for. Stuck in a tree you say? I better go take another walk through my woods... Quote
longhunter Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 That is a good find I got a smaller colombian vise 10 yr ago for 15.00 at a sale and walked out to my truck and guy walking past said I stole it but you did very well for that size vise thats for sure. Quote
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