Great job. I have my wife’s grandfather’s old Wilton Bullet Vise. I’m going to do something similar to this, but I’m going to bolt it to the back of my flatbed and put it to work. I’m sure he’ll be smiling down on me every time I use it.
I have never found a Wilton bullet that was not stupid high priced. Fortunately, I have found a couple of Columbian vises for decent money, so I satisfied myself with them instead and they have done everything I ever asked of them. Very nice restoration you did there and nice attention to all the details!
Those Columbian vises are stellar! I love a good Wilton but of all the old American vises produced, Wilton probably made the weakest base of any major manufacturer. Columbian, Charles Parker, Morgan, Prentiss, Rock Island, Hollands, and many others made much stouter bases. Really my only gripe about the Wilton vises. Reed is my favorite so far! Thanks for the comments!
nice clean up, great color, pour out the bluing you need from the bottle into a soda/water cap and discard cap and solution remaining. double dipping in the original container gonna fk up your bluing solution.
Nice work, the vise looks fantastic! I was a little disappointed that you didn't tear it down completely...to each his own. Thank you for putting washers between the body of the vise and the swivel tighteners, I've watched many vise restoration videos and for some reason nobody puts a washer there...I would.
Haha! You are exactly right! It does look odd. I ended up selling this vise to someone for $1200. I replaced it with an Athol 4.5in vise with pipe jaws! The Athol is more appropriate looking in my opinion.
That is an absolute beast of a vise. I just recently passed up one that was missing the swivel base, the jaws were beat up bad and the handle was bent badly.
Save your WD-40 for squeaky door hinges and make up a 50-50 mix of Acetone and Automatic transmission fluid.. spray it on a few hours before disassembly.. it has been tested against some of the best penetrants and found to be supervisor and it is dirt cheap to make.. very nice restoration, vide came out beautiful...
Well done sir, You have saved a smashing quality vise. All the damage the original owner did has been erased. It was well worth your effort, ready to be useful again :-D
You hit the lottery with that find. Wilton “baby bullets” are going for over $1K on eBay these days. He could charge 10 times what he paid for this and have to beat buyers off with a stick.
Beautiful restoration! At first I didn’t like your bluing of the hold-downs and the handle, but as you reassembled I thought it looked good. It matching the jaws made it consistent. Very nice rebuild!!!
This is quite a unique wilton, in the sense this the 2nd biggest vise, the biggest is the 8", same design. If you compare other wiltons to it, they are different in design to this. jaw screws are from the inside and non have the square cuts on the back side of each jaw like that. I would love to own one for mostly as a display piece because of what it is, a 6" rather then the bigger 8". Its such a looker and use it as needed.
Second or third time watching the video and I'm not really a Wilton fan. Great video and I have been using the grease and oil mixture for a while. Probably 3 parts motor oil and one part grease. Works really well.
NICE FIND, $250 was a steal! the retaining ring screw that didnt break looks like it isnt original, wonder if someone replaced them with weaker screws that worked well enough before it seized up. i would have extracted the screws from the retaining ring and then installed new and proper bolts so that you could use the main vise screw to press it back apart. it was moving but just was stiff. what issues were you worried about with pulling the pins and end cap off? Stainless steel bolts will cause galvanic corrosion with cast iron if the moisture gets too high, so you may need to keep the jaw bolts oiled to keep moisture out of the sockets. props for not over greasing the screw, i used brake caliper grease on my main screw parts, works great and takes a super long time to dry out. i then used furniture paste wax on all of the exposed metal on the outside. the jaws being proud of the top helps protect the casting from damage, i would be hesitant to take much off for the sake of appearance on a shop vise.
@@nicodemus7784 really great info thanks! My buddy just found one and restored it. Paid $650 so there are deals to be found. I sold mine for $1200. No concerns with pulling pins and end cap but it was effort I saw little profit from. Thanks again!
@@shopdoc when i tore mine down, i wanted to get to every part to clean it and preserve it, especially the nut threads. the only part i didnt pull was the slide key, although i may go back and pull that to see if it had ever been flipped, just to confirm if mine is actually blank or if date is hidden. i have to get some stuff handled before i start restoring my second one.
GREAT JOB RESTOREING IT...Interesting never seen jaws anchor from the back. Good thing the jaws was salvageable, don't know if they are replaceable? You might have had to make them.
I have not really, I have seen it but it’s so expensive. If I were doing this vise again today I believe I’d soak it in Evaporust for a week. I’ve been having nice results with it. Kroil might very well do the trick as well!
@@shopdoc I see a 16 oz can is about $32. This is commonly used my car mechanics. It is remarkably effective. I have used it on rusted metal pipes, and car parts. Usually, 5 to 10 minutes is enough time for penetration. For the most bound parts, 24 hours is sufficient. Just a little bit is all that is needed.
Dang it, i was hoping you would’ve shown the removal of the keys; i tapped mine in but they don’t fall out and are making contact with the internal part of the vise! Ugh
If I understand you right it should be an easy fix as long as you can pull the dynamic jaw from the body of the vise. Use a file to take off the areas making contact.
It is a hammered Rustoleum paint. Some sort of light blue color. I do not see anymore in the stores so it might be discontinued. I got it originally at Menards and Walmart both. Thanks for watching!
I would’ve left those initials on the anvil. To me, that’s not really damage. That’s part of its history. To be sure, it’s a utilitarian work tool but, in the future, someone would like to know. Just my opinion, but when they’re gone…they’re gone.
Beautiful job. Patience is the key, it seems, and you have much of that. The only negative thought from me is the wedding ring. From the looks of your shop, you are around and in heavy and spinning equipment all day long. Do yourself, (and your wife) a favor by putting your ring in a special place in the tool box. Mine has been in my toolbox since 1969 when running a lathe, I almost lost a finger, arm, or possibly my life over my wedding band, (only ended up with two stiches in my finger). My welding buddy keeps his on a necklace around his neck (an accident with him may cause a loss of a finger) . Thanks for a nice and informing video.
You would be close, Wilton website says 155lbs. I never weighed it myself cause it is stupid heavy and I prefer not to lift it. Thanks for watching. I am back on the Oliver 550 now. Priming it today I think!
У мене є гарні лещата, я користуюсь ними за призначенням,а що Ви будете робити своїми? Будете на них молитися, чи - спати з ними??? Мабуть,я б не хотів бути психіатром,бо ,як лікувати фетишистів , не розумію.
Cleaning the crap out of the inside like you did good enough it's not like it's going to be left out for dead like it was . Put some lube in there be good for another lifetime .
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Great job. I have my wife’s grandfather’s old Wilton Bullet Vise. I’m going to do something similar to this, but I’m going to bolt it to the back of my flatbed and put it to work. I’m sure he’ll be smiling down on me every time I use it.
that's awesome! Thanks for watching and your comments.
Kia Ora & Good Evening from Unsworth Heights, North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand …Great Video Bro …
My jaw is on the floor. Perfection achieved. Thanks for a truly excellent video on how to restore a classic.
Wow! thanks so much for the compliment.....much appreciated!
thanks brother, a real nice shop tool you got there
Thank you Sir! Love it!
I have never found a Wilton bullet that was not stupid high priced. Fortunately, I have found a couple of Columbian vises for decent money, so I satisfied myself with them instead and they have done everything I ever asked of them. Very nice restoration you did there and nice attention to all the details!
Those Columbian vises are stellar! I love a good Wilton but of all the old American vises produced, Wilton probably made the weakest base of any major manufacturer. Columbian, Charles Parker, Morgan, Prentiss, Rock Island, Hollands, and many others made much stouter bases. Really my only gripe about the Wilton vises. Reed is my favorite so far! Thanks for the comments!
Great job. I would blue the stainless screws and jaw bolts just to make everything flow together better, but it's awesome just how it is. Love it
That is a great idea! It never even occurred to me? The look of steel but the corrosion resistance and stainless!
@@shopdoc Don’t feel bad. I had to Google whether you could even blue stainless. LoL
Beautiful work!
Thank you! I ended up selling this vise for $1200 so I made a nice profit but it's still hard not to miss this beast!
nice clean up, great color, pour out the bluing you need from the bottle into a soda/water cap and discard cap and solution remaining. double dipping in the original container gonna fk up your bluing solution.
I've been putting this off on my Wilton, but after seeing your efforts and results...it's time.
Awesome! Go for it and don’t get too discouraged if it is a bit stubborn. You’ll get it done!
Nice work, the vise looks fantastic! I was a little disappointed that you didn't tear it down completely...to each his own. Thank you for putting washers between the body of the vise and the swivel tighteners, I've watched many vise restoration videos and for some reason nobody puts a washer there...I would.
Thanks. I was soooo happy to get that vise apart! It’s a centerpiece in my shop….everyone comments on its size!
The bluing turned out great. I was thinking of doing this to mine and definitely will now. Looks great, gotta love Wilton vises.
Thanks! Yeah in this case I think the bluing was the way to go. I like the look as well!
It really helps me seeing how they are put together. I know one day I will be taking one apart.
They are very simple to take apart. The pins in back can be troublesome but not too bad.
That, sir, is a beaut -- great job! And using an engine lift for a vise restoration sure makes for great viewing.
Haha! Thanks! I ended up mounting this vise on my table
Nice job on the vise. It almost looks out of place on a work bench.What a monster.
Haha! You are exactly right! It does look odd. I ended up selling this vise to someone for $1200. I replaced it with an Athol 4.5in vise with pipe jaws! The Athol is more appropriate looking in my opinion.
That is an absolute beast of a vise. I just recently passed up one that was missing the swivel base, the jaws were beat up bad and the handle was bent badly.
This one looked bad at the beginning but everything bad turned out to be superficial surface rust. It looks nearly new now!
@@shopdoc yours is too pretty to use now. Lol
I definitely use it!
Save your WD-40 for squeaky door hinges and make up a 50-50 mix of Acetone and Automatic transmission fluid.. spray it on a few hours before disassembly.. it has been tested against some of the best penetrants and found to be supervisor and it is dirt cheap to make.. very nice restoration, vide came out beautiful...
Thanks so much for the tip! I will definitely try that next time I need to break something free! Good stuff!
It’s the BEST penetrant.
Thank you !
Wow, nice vise. 1000$ worth to me!!! Cadillac of vises!!!
Yeah thanks! It is a blessing to have such a nice vise!
I'm "hammered teal" with envy.
Holy wow great job
Good DAMN what did we EVEN DO before TH-cam????
Yes I use it myself all the time! Thanks for watching.
Beautiful again. Excellent job.
Thank you kindly!
Well done sir, You have saved a smashing quality vise.
All the damage the original owner did has been erased.
It was well worth your effort, ready to be useful again :-D
Thank you very much! I could not agree more.....well worth the effort!
That thing is worth EVERY penny of 250$ WOW nice find!!!
Thanks! Yeah I am really happy with the vise! Thankfully I was able to get the two pieces apart…..I wasn’t sure for a while there.
More like a steal.
You hit the lottery with that find. Wilton “baby bullets” are going for over $1K on eBay these days. He could charge 10 times what he paid for this and have to beat buyers off with a stick.
Absolutely beautiful
Thanks soooooo much!
Great job. Sick vise.
Yeah I get compliments on it every time someone enters the shop! Great vise!
Beautiful restoration! At first I didn’t like your bluing of the hold-downs and the handle, but as you reassembled I thought it looked good. It matching the jaws made it consistent. Very nice rebuild!!!
Very kind to say so, thank you!
Nicely done! I have found one of these a couple a weeks ago and plan on doing the same sort of restoration!
I ended up keeping this one and mounting it on one of my workbenches. It is a really nice vise!!!
awesome job. will be a great addition to the shop
Yeah I had planned on selling it but man it's just so nice. I do think I will be adding it to the shop!
nice vise. bigass mamaluke. 250 ain't cheap, but that is gonna be one helluva vise. terrific find
Thanks! I am super pleased with deal I got on this vise!
He could easily resell it for $2K to people who know quality vices.
Beautiful. Looks like the grandfather to my baby bullet!
Thank you! Those baby bullets are very cool!
This is quite a unique wilton, in the sense this the 2nd biggest vise, the biggest is the 8", same design. If you compare other wiltons to it, they are different in design to this. jaw screws are from the inside and non have the square cuts on the back side of each jaw like that. I would love to own one for mostly as a display piece because of what it is, a 6" rather then the bigger 8". Its such a looker and use it as needed.
Thanks for the kind words. I sold this WILTON this past summer and the new owner I believe is very pleased have it now!
nice! Wish you had gotten all 3 vises@@shopdoc
Second or third time watching the video and I'm not really a Wilton fan. Great video and I have been using the grease and oil mixture for a while. Probably 3 parts motor oil and one part grease. Works really well.
Yeah I feel like that mixture of oil to grease is probably about right and does a fantastic job! Thanks for watching so much!
I just go very lucky and a friend gave me a Wilton 9-600. He was tired of tripping over it. I will start working on it in about a week.
Rustoleum has discontinued that color “Verde Green” hammered paint. Such a shame
Agree, it’s such a nice color! Too bad!
Wooow ! At the start , the size of that buffer ,and Woooow! At the result . !
Yeah it's a big vise! Not my biggest but close.
NICE FIND, $250 was a steal! the retaining ring screw that didnt break looks like it isnt original, wonder if someone replaced them with weaker screws that worked well enough before it seized up. i would have extracted the screws from the retaining ring and then installed new and proper bolts so that you could use the main vise screw to press it back apart. it was moving but just was stiff. what issues were you worried about with pulling the pins and end cap off? Stainless steel bolts will cause galvanic corrosion with cast iron if the moisture gets too high, so you may need to keep the jaw bolts oiled to keep moisture out of the sockets. props for not over greasing the screw, i used brake caliper grease on my main screw parts, works great and takes a super long time to dry out. i then used furniture paste wax on all of the exposed metal on the outside. the jaws being proud of the top helps protect the casting from damage, i would be hesitant to take much off for the sake of appearance on a shop vise.
@@nicodemus7784 really great info thanks! My buddy just found one and restored it. Paid $650 so there are deals to be found. I sold mine for $1200. No concerns with pulling pins and end cap but it was effort I saw little profit from. Thanks again!
@@shopdoc when i tore mine down, i wanted to get to every part to clean it and preserve it, especially the nut threads. the only part i didnt pull was the slide key, although i may go back and pull that to see if it had ever been flipped, just to confirm if mine is actually blank or if date is hidden. i have to get some stuff handled before i start restoring my second one.
@@nicodemus7784 Absolutely nothing wrong with that! More thorough the better!
Good job!
Thank you Gary!
A beautiful job. Next time, assemble the base with the body then put the slide in - it’ll save your back!
Now that's good advice!! HahA! Thanks for commenting!
Can't wait till I have my shop all ready so I can rebuild mine
GREAT JOB RESTOREING IT...Interesting never seen jaws anchor from the back. Good thing the jaws was salvageable, don't know if they are replaceable? You might have had to make them.
You can still get most parts from Wilton for this vise.
Did I miss you checking the date mark on the underside guide of the dynamic jaw?
Yep, it is 1992. I love this vise! It’s a beast!
beautiful vise! lucky you.
Looks great with the blueing
Yes I really like the bluing! Thank you!
hell Schiller Park is right down the road from me. unlikely Wilton is still there. guess they're down in Tennessee now
Oh I did not realize that! Good info!
very nice job where are you getting the paint can't find it any where
Got it from Walmart but apparently it is no longer being made.
You done a beautiful job on it. What year was it made
Sorry I found the answer in the other comments
Great job
Thanks so much!
What do you use for blueing?
Birchwood Perma Blue is what I used but I think there are better products out there. I'd research it and try to get the best.
Great job.
Thank you!
Amazing, great job
Thanks so much!
Have you ever used Kroil penetrating oil?
I have not really, I have seen it but it’s so expensive. If I were doing this vise again today I believe I’d soak it in Evaporust for a week. I’ve been having nice results with it. Kroil might very well do the trick as well!
@@shopdoc I see a 16 oz can is about $32. This is commonly used my car mechanics. It is remarkably effective. I have used it on rusted metal pipes, and car parts. Usually, 5 to 10 minutes is enough time for penetration. For the most bound parts, 24 hours is sufficient. Just a little bit is all that is needed.
@@sloprun that's a good point and it might have saved me several hours of labor!!!
11:56 I find a bit a of KY Jelly helps.
That would create rust since it's water based but I think you were only kidding?. I recommend petroleum based oils.
$250 for that vise is a steal! The most i've paid for a vise is $450 and that was an old Wilton C2!
Yeah and I sold it for $1200 after restoring it.
@@shopdoc nice work! Congratulations!
Where on earth did you find that paint? I can’t find it anywhere online or in real life.
I bought it at Walmart or Menards.....can't remember which?
checkering on the jaws is still crisp
Beautiful restoration!
Thank you! I am very proud to have this vise in my shop.
Dang it, i was hoping you would’ve shown the removal of the keys; i tapped mine in but they don’t fall out and are making contact with the internal part of the vise! Ugh
If I understand you right it should be an easy fix as long as you can pull the dynamic jaw from the body of the vise. Use a file to take off the areas making contact.
Great job on the vise! What color paint and where did you get it? Thanks
It is a hammered Rustoleum paint. Some sort of light blue color. I do not see anymore in the stores so it might be discontinued. I got it originally at Menards and Walmart both. Thanks for watching!
@@shopdoc I believe you used Rustoleum Hammered Verde Green which unfortunately is now discontinued.
@@jdwalker865 sounds correct! Thanks.
The great job
Thank you very much! Love this vise!!
I’m a big fan of letting gravity be your friend.
Yep and that is ultimately what allowed me to separate the two halves. Thanks for watching and commenting!
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I would’ve left those initials on the anvil. To me, that’s not really damage. That’s part of its history. To be sure, it’s a utilitarian work tool but, in the future, someone would like to know.
Just my opinion, but when they’re gone…they’re gone.
Reasonable suggestion for sure, thanks!
Beautiful job. Patience is the key, it seems, and you have much of that. The only negative thought from me is the wedding ring. From the looks of your shop, you are around and in heavy and spinning equipment all day long. Do yourself, (and your wife) a favor by putting your ring in a special place in the tool box. Mine has been in my toolbox since 1969 when running a lathe, I almost lost a finger, arm, or possibly my life over my wedding band, (only ended up with two stiches in my finger). My welding buddy keeps his on a necklace around his neck (an accident with him may cause a loss of a finger) . Thanks for a nice and informing video.
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An outstanding barn find and a very nice restoration Chris. What is the weight of this vise? I'm guessing 125 pounds.
You would be close, Wilton website says 155lbs. I never weighed it myself cause it is stupid heavy and I prefer not to lift it. Thanks for watching. I am back on the Oliver 550 now. Priming it today I think!
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Lithium grease is the solution
У мене є гарні лещата, я користуюсь ними за призначенням,а що Ви будете робити своїми? Будете на них молитися, чи - спати з ними??? Мабуть,я б не хотів бути психіатром,бо ,як лікувати фетишистів , не розумію.
Cleaning the crap out of the inside like you did good enough it's not like it's going to be left out for dead like it was . Put some lube in there be good for another lifetime .
Yeah it functions like new! I sold this vise this past summer and the buyer was thrilled to have it!
Як же багато ідіотів!
MENOS plática y MAS acción, por favor.... Un video en extremo LARGO y en su mayoría ABURRIDO. Un video resumido de unos 10 minutos (máximo) sería un hit. Casi estuve por abandonar su vista. Buen trabajo sin duda.
Thanks for watching
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