Dean1017 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Picked this up yesterday at a yard sale way out in the Flint Hills near Cottonwood Falls, Kansas......wanted $12...I offered $10.....took it home with me....;)Works fine, good square threads, I'll clean it up some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroupe63 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Fine looking vise and one heck of a deal. Wish I could find deals like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 GREAT, now I'm suffering vise envy. <sigh> Great score dat.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 And it is complete. Now mount it up, and get using it. What is the jaw size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankySmith Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 OMG, I've never even heard of such a great deal. You are VERY LUCKY. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean1017 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Have my anvil on a stump...which is OK.....but now I have a good excuse to build a long planned stand for both my anvil and now this vise. I usually come across pretty good deals out in the middle of nowhere.Found a really nice 240lb anvil a few years back that was being used as a mailbox base - it had been painted about every year or so, so when I stripped the paint off, it was very lightly used under there and in excellent shape. Just saw it at the end of a drive on a gravel road in Linn County, Kansas and pulled in to see if they would sell it. Old guy asked if I was going to use it or sell it...I said 'use it' and he said I could have it for $50 if I'd help him set a new mailbox post. Couple of hours and $50 later and I had that anvil.Wound up buying some acreage over there to retire on and they are still friends of mine to this day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 My vises have run from free to $50. I have my eye on one I spotted, and haven't been by when the owner is home yet. Vigilance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean1017 Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 FREE is my favorite 4 letter word!I only need one vise so this will be the only one I get....which in no way explains why I have 5 anvils....;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b4utoo Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 That is a awesome deal! Wish I lived in the "country deal" section of the U.S...I had to pay through the nose for two! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 My buddy scored the biggest post vise I have ever seen in person at a garage sale. It weighs in at 125# and it cost a whopping $25. He saw it first, and I told him if he didn't get I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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