Very cool. I just finished restoring my grandfather’s 1941 or 42 Wilton bullet vice that he used in his auto repair shop since he got back from WWII. It’s still smooth after all these years... until you use it, you can’t appreciate how much better it is than the Chinese vice I’d been using for the last 10 years.
I bought a 2 foot piece of railroad track from a scrap yard, and turned it into a pretty good anvil just with an angle grinder, torch, and a welder. Took some work, but well worth it. It's been a real help many times, and on multiple repair and other work.
I found a Wilton 1755 with 5 1/2" jaws in a dumpster at work. I asked my boss about it and he told me to take it if I wanted it. It was complete, nothing missing at all. Its been mounted for 15 years on the free Stanley Vidmar cabinet he gave me a week later. Quality things last when you take care of them.
A friend of mine recently gave me a Wilton 4" torco from (looking at that date on the casting) 1950. His brother found it while diving in the Sacramento river delta - and it looked it!. After a mammoth clean-up and respray in rustolium cherry red its now mounted on my workbench looks absolutely fabulous!
I just acquired my grandfather’s Wilton Cadet 4.5” which is a bullet vise without the round end cap, it’s flat on mine. He taught me that just about anything can be fixed if you’ll take the time to try over many hours looking at something clamped in that vise. Lessons like that go beyond just stuff.
I pulled one out of an abandoned barn, all the same markings, little more abused. Now i will have to restore this, had no idea the value it carried. Thank you for all the work and history you put in to your videos.
My father has three scales built to weigh aircraft made in Maine or Massachusetts, I don’t remember, he bought them from a surplus place and were built in the 40’s. To use them to weight aircraft they have to be certified every year. One was broken. I contacted the manufacturer and they said they had one guy who was still around who could work and certify them. When they sent them back to me the guy thanked me for sending them in, that he had forgotten how great those old scales were. This was in 2005 I think. It’s been a while.
I have the same vise with original paint in wonderful condition. Picked it out of a dumpster believe it or not. I knew exactly what it was from the bullet end sticking out just barely visible above the garbage. I fully expected it to be broken in two. When I pulled it free and seen it was flawless the sky opened up and the sun shine hit it . One of the best finds ever. All is true except the sun part😁. My dad has the size up from mine. Used it as a kid and knew it was the vise to have. Great video Cody, if you ever get a chance stop by, I'm repairing a shop
I picked up a Columbian woodworkers vise a couple of years ago for $25.00 off Craigslist. Restored it and I now have it mounted on my workbench. I had to chuckle at your anvil. I was lucky to get a piece of scrap piece of rail from when they were repairing some rails at the marine terminal I was working at. Cleaned it up and have it sitting on my bench
Sturdy work holding is foundational for crafting quality work. The Wilton bullet vises are the best. I've got 3 and they are hands down my most valued and appreciated tools.
Nice vice. For an anvil-type device it's often danged handy to have one, good sized hole drilled in it to give a cavity for punches, awls, drills, roll pins and rivets to travel.
@@Skullcandy1OO While I can't answer for Mr. Wranglerstar, I can tell you from my experience. In my 9th grade year in high school, we had a German exchange student in my geometry class. He used comas and periods backwards from us in the usa. His name was Jakob Jek (sp), but pronounced Yacob Yek.
@@austinpresley6187 That's curious. I'm German too and we use periods and commas the same way I assume Americans do, meaning a period to end a sentence and a comma as a break/split (or whatever you call what I did just above).
Thanks for the video. You just sent me down the Wilton rabbit hole! I picked up two of these at an estate deal a few years ago, one 3.5 “ and the other 4”. Almost perfect condition. I had no idea how desirable these were, I’ll have to look for the dates. Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge on this. I just recently inherited a steel work bench on wheels that has a Wilton vice on it. They bench also came with a steel block like yours and I didn't realize what it's purpose was. Thanks
@ Wranglerstar Hi, I am follower from the Czech Republic. I am glad that the work of our ancestors who settled in the USA is still appreciated today. It is not for nothing that we have the proverb "Golden Czech Hands" (which means that Czech man can do almost everything). Greetings from the Czech Republic and I look forward to more projects. Keep it up.
Had one on our welding bench, also used as a fabration bench. There when I started there still working great after my 43 years and still being use 4 years since I left and we never baby it!
The quality that goes into making a good tool. When I was a kid I would go into my grandfathers work shop where he had all kinds of tools that were made with pride. Some were very old and that was over 50 years ago. Much of the quality has been lost today so watching this brings back a good memory of days gone by. Thanks for the post. Blessings to you and your family.
What a great vice .I inherited a WW2 era vice from my grandfather .He served on the HMS Kelly and acquired it during the war .its an Paramo engineers vice .One of my most treasured possessions.
So great to see Kroil in a prominent place on your workbench. It is an iron oxide solvent and a essential tool in any restoration work. Kano laboratories also makes many other fantastic products to aid in your labors! Thank you so much for your videos they are blessing in my family.
I just bought the Wilton 3 inch machinist vise made in the USA. It was expensive but worth every penny. I just enjoy my workshop even more with this being there!
Im not sure if you recognize me in these comments yet, but I’m a machinist, and I’m 20 years old. I’m getting my finances right so I can start my own machine shop making quality tools like this. If there’s a market for snap on there’s a market for top dollar American made quality tools that will Ofcourse cost lots of money. Any advice as another craftsman of what kind of products you might like to see made well? Anyone else have any suggestions? 🇺🇸
One machinist I watch on youtube, Giaco Whatever, has some great projects. Making unique tools is a great market on its own, but looking into smaller markets like parts for hobbyists or custom parts for existing products is surprisingly profitable to you and helpful to others.
Thank you for the assembly, I knew about Wilton's bullet vise's already and plan to buy one when I have my own place, knowing the maintenance really helps.
A few years ago, I bought a 75 year old Columbian 503 vise, made in Cleveland Ohio. I found it on Craigslist locally. It's a beauty. I love the old stuff.
What a solid find and price! I have the honor of having a 4.5" Wilton C1 from 1951. Beautiful craftsmanship, solid like an Ox, and has pipe jaws as well. The date is usually stamped on the key itself (and is on the side facing the key way to prevent it from wearing off). All of my Wilton's are dated this way. Enjoying your shop build and the golden nuggets.
Dodge foundry made castings out of ductile iron from 1965 until 2005 went out of business . I work 37 years I have four vice two with swivel base and 1 with 3 Bolt holes . Dodge was in Mishawaka Indiana about one hundred miles from Wilton.
Just located one 2.5” Wilton 925 stamped 51’ it has been sitting in his workshop for about five years since he died and about 10 years before when he got sick it was just hiding under an old bench and I am stoked I found it is turns smoothe as butter
i got major Fizz watching this..i used these vices for many many years, they are an industry standard when it comes to oilfield slickline/wireline business, the vices we always used were the 4.5 inch Wilton Combination Pipe and Bench Vise because they had the pipe jaws feature..very reliable for round objects
Cody, the wood shop corner looks amazing! It is the perfect backdrop! I actually paused the video, and went to find my wife to show her! Absolutely love it! Even the wife was in awe!
Very Nice Vise... I bought a 5 or 6 inch unbranded vice from a scrap yard and restored it, and have used it for a lot of work. Would love to get a nice Wilton, just need a real shop to put it in first LoL
I can attest to how darn good wilton products are. One of the unbreakable hammers accidentally went through the main crusher and one smaller crusher at the rock quarry I work at. The handle did bend and a few chips were knocked off the head but it was still 99% intact. Matter of fact it was in such good shape the NAPA we got it from displayed it with their other wilton hammers.
My goodness that soft lighting on that T&G tool wall is beautiful!! The effort you're putting into your video quality and lighting and what you are learning is abundantly apparent and paying off nicely. Cool vice too!
@Jared Kean - you beat me to it! @Wranglerstar - as a professional photographer for almost 40 years, I think I have the authority to say that you are very close to that point. Not only is that background light nicely soft (and slightly warm) but you have an excellent broad light on the benchtop. All that shiny metal could have had a bunch of hard hot spots but it looks great. The shot where you hold up the screw was just luscious -- nice soft highlight along the entire length. This video is technically very well done. (And the vise is great!)
I have a 1942 one, without swivel base. I wouldn't know how it ended here in Argentina but got it for 30 bucks. I painted it the closest i could from the original paint it had but I really might try this copper look. Looks gorgeous, Congrats Cody you deserve to have that kind of vise and she deserves to live in a bench like yours
I haven’t got the cheaper Wilton vise but I do have one of the big tradesman buses that came off an old service truck. Either a 4.5 or 5” vise: was frozen up so bad the cap screws on it broke trying to get it apart. Ended up drilling them out and putting 5/16” socket heads on it after I blew it apart with an air chisel
Old stuff is just better. I love restoring Coleman lanterns and lamps. Just finished a 90 year old lamp that runs like new. So simple but built to last.
Beautiful vise! My father has an old 4" or 5" Wilton vise that I've admired over my 43 years of life. Cody, great camera angles, lighting and editing! Can't get enough of your videos, thank you.
My father gave me one of these and my son and I restored it this past spring. It is so smooth that I had to track down some new models to see if they were just as smooth. Sadly they are not. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that the earliest versions of this vise came with acorn nuts for locking the vise on the base.
The original Czech company, from which the Wilton vise designer came from, still exists as well. York from Czechia still produces quite good vises with most of the addon's you can wish for. They have moved on with the design a bit to a more modern look, but the old ones look almost identical to the Wilton designs.
I dont think any other country has produced a vise as beautiful as the wilton, especially the early ones. Its both beautiful, precision and lead screw is hidden away from the elements. Its THE vise to have in the workshop, will put a smile on your face every time you see one! I have the baby bullet, on the hunt for a vintage C1 wilton and of course a 3.5" or a 4" as well 🙂.
I just bought a 3” baby bullet Saturday at a garage sale for 20 bucks had original paint and good shape but little rusty and seized but got it apart and repainted it hammered black paint the jaws are perfect shape.
Kearney & Trecker provided their apprenticees with this size Wilton Vices for mounting on their Tool Boxes back in early 60's. I have a very Large Wilton , a bit beat up, and the jaws are a bit rounded off, but it works Very Well, and I think 20 + years ago I bought it from a guy for $40.00. It was exactly what I was looking for. I also have a couple of Large Columbian Vices, they are well made also. The Columbian vices we had mounted everywhere around the plant at Kearney & Trecker
That's beautiful. I have an wonderful, old, no name marked X/Y vise. I paid $5. Mr Tract Home said it was his dad's, but he had no reason to keep it. I love people like that.
Man old vises have the same thing as old cars and tractors its just soo awesome and i dont know why XD im also going to restore and old handmade austrian blacksmiths Vise so awesome.
The high school shop-Old Central high in Rapid City S.Dak had these vices in the metal shops.The woodshop had a Wilton table saw that was HORRIBLE-it had to be replaced with a Powermatic.The Wilton vice is indeed a classic tool!In the machine shop at theat high school they had South Bend lathes that had large brass nameplates on them---"Property of the Boing Aircraft Company"Would have been from WW2 era.Wonder what plane parts were made on those and with their Wilton vices???
I got one of these exact vices at a garage sale for 5 bucks. Says Chicago on the side even. I think I really hit the jackpot, this is easily one of the best vices ever made.
When i heard Czechoslovakia, it warmed my heart. It's where i'm form too. Everything that's made in or by our people give me the fizz and that wise looks like new. Just gorgeous.
Cody, I have my grandfathers Wilton swivel jaw bullet vise that came out of the old Pratt & Whitney factory I hold it dear to me not many examples out there and haven’t seen one for sale. It’s priceless to me and part my my family. Just hope my daughter wants it when I die lol
By the way I did a restore on mine with a almost factory correct color used Rustoleum verde green (hammered) it came out very nice. Having a swivel jaw slows you to hold objects with tapers with equal pressure very handy when you need it.
Thanks for the history lesson...I've got a few of these because I buy them at yard sales...but I really appreciate the quality. Turns out I've got one of the little ones that needs restoring so if you'd like to borrow it for your restoring video I'll loan it to you. You have my phone # in your Nifte-Lift video August 16th 2018. I still love your videos. Thanks for the great content.
yes, you hit the jackpot! thx for reminding your viewing audience that we are merely mortal scrubs who will never be blessed with such great fortune as yourself.
I stumbled onto a 4 inch" Wilton machinists bullet vise built in the early 60s at a local estate sale. Immaculate condition. I also bought a 1969 McColloch generator powered by a 5 hp Briggs/Stratton. Both for $150. Score
Weight of steel is 40 lbs per sq.ft. At 1 inch thickness. So f your bar is 2 X 6 X 12 inches then the weight should be 40 lbs. thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge and your new shop/studio build. May our God bless and watch over you and your family. SDA brother.
I had two of Wilton vise on my service truck, no not at the same time my first one was stolen off the rear bumper. The new one was put on so safe you would have to take the rear bumper to get it off. Never lost it .
This reminds me I have a rusty old vice I got from a old guy in the shed I need to restore. Doubt it is as fancy as that but it's from the 50s he said he bought it as young lad. This vice is stunning and I love that colour.
If you’ve ever looked at the switchgear in a Pagani automobile, it literally looks like a work of art in its design and engineering. THIS vice is of the same caliber...outstanding, you really lucked out on this find Cody!
I was pulling up to a stop light this afternoon and saw a power truck waiting to turn left. I saw they had a vise on the back bumper. I looked to see what brand it was. Yep, a Wilton.
Your new tinkering workbench seems to coming along very nicely, I cannot wait to see the this hardware installed onto the work surface once it arrives.
Very cool. I just finished restoring my grandfather’s 1941 or 42 Wilton bullet vice that he used in his auto repair shop since he got back from WWII. It’s still smooth after all these years... until you use it, you can’t appreciate how much better it is than the Chinese vice I’d been using for the last 10 years.
I hope you can upload a video to your channel when you are complete,
Woah two of my favorite channels coming together. :)
@@uniquesloth7497 Good folk recognize each other.I'm glad to see it too.
Yeah definitely make a video about it, we'd like to see it!
Hi
I bought a 2 foot piece of railroad track from a scrap yard, and turned it into a pretty good anvil just with an angle grinder, torch, and a welder. Took some work, but well worth it. It's been a real help many times, and on multiple repair and other work.
Not just precision, but a beautiful design as well like a 50s car.
That’s the kind of vice you only bring out when company comes over.
😂😂😂
I found a Wilton 1755 with 5 1/2" jaws in a dumpster at work. I asked my boss about it and he told me to take it if I wanted it. It was complete, nothing missing at all. Its been mounted for 15 years on the free Stanley Vidmar cabinet he gave me a week later. Quality things last when you take care of them.
A friend of mine recently gave me a Wilton 4" torco from (looking at that date on the casting) 1950. His brother found it while diving in the Sacramento river delta - and it looked it!.
After a mammoth clean-up and respray in rustolium cherry red its now mounted on my workbench looks absolutely fabulous!
I just acquired my grandfather’s Wilton Cadet 4.5” which is a bullet vise without the round end cap, it’s flat on mine. He taught me that just about anything can be fixed if you’ll take the time to try over many hours looking at something clamped in that vise. Lessons like that go beyond just stuff.
I pulled one out of an abandoned barn, all the same markings, little more abused. Now i will have to restore this, had no idea the value it carried. Thank you for all the work and history you put in to your videos.
My father has three scales built to weigh aircraft made in Maine or Massachusetts, I don’t remember, he bought them from a surplus place and were built in the 40’s. To use them to weight aircraft they have to be certified every year. One was broken. I contacted the manufacturer and they said they had one guy who was still around who could work and certify them. When they sent them back to me the guy thanked me for sending them in, that he had forgotten how great those old scales were. This was in 2005 I think. It’s been a while.
I have the same vise with original paint in wonderful condition. Picked it out of a dumpster believe it or not.
I knew exactly what it was from the bullet end sticking out just barely visible above the garbage. I fully expected it to be broken in two.
When I pulled it free and seen it was flawless the sky opened up and the sun shine hit it . One of the best finds ever. All is true except the sun part😁. My dad has the size up from mine. Used it as a kid and knew it was the vise to have. Great video Cody, if you ever get a chance stop by, I'm repairing a shop
I picked up a Columbian woodworkers vise a couple of years ago for $25.00 off Craigslist. Restored it and I now have it mounted on my workbench. I had to chuckle at your anvil. I was lucky to get a piece of scrap piece of rail from when they were repairing some rails at the marine terminal I was working at. Cleaned it up and have it sitting on my bench
Sturdy work holding is foundational for crafting quality work. The Wilton bullet vises are the best. I've got 3 and they are hands down my most valued and appreciated tools.
Nice vice. For an anvil-type device it's often danged handy to have one, good sized hole drilled in it to give a cavity for punches, awls, drills, roll pins and rivets to travel.
That back light on the tools looks so good! It’s amazing to see the quality of your videography go up and up!
Thank you Joe,
I noticed the same
@@wranglerstar Out of curiosity, why do you use a comma in place of a period? Loved the video by the way. Old stuff gives me the fizz.
@@Skullcandy1OO
While I can't answer for Mr. Wranglerstar, I can tell you from my experience.
In my 9th grade year in high school, we had a German exchange student in my geometry class. He used comas and periods backwards from us in the usa. His name was Jakob Jek (sp), but pronounced Yacob Yek.
@@austinpresley6187 That's curious. I'm German too and we use periods and commas the same way I assume Americans do, meaning a period to end a sentence and a comma as a break/split (or whatever you call what I did just above).
Thanks for the video. You just sent me down the Wilton rabbit hole! I picked up two of these at an estate deal a few years ago, one 3.5 “ and the other 4”. Almost perfect condition. I had no idea how desirable these were, I’ll have to look for the dates. Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge on this. I just recently inherited a steel work bench on wheels that has a Wilton vice on it. They bench also came with a steel block like yours and I didn't realize what it's purpose was.
Thanks
@ Wranglerstar Hi, I am follower from the Czech Republic. I am glad that the work of our ancestors who settled in the USA is still appreciated today. It is not for nothing that we have the proverb "Golden Czech Hands" (which means that Czech man can do almost everything). Greetings from the Czech Republic and I look forward to more projects. Keep it up.
Had one on our welding bench, also used as a fabration bench. There when I started there still working great after my 43 years and still being use 4 years since I left and we never baby it!
Awesome Cody! I have a Wilton on my bench from my great Grandfather. I use it almost every day!
The quality that goes into making a good tool. When I was a kid I would go into my grandfathers work shop where he had all kinds of tools that were made with pride. Some were very old and that was over 50 years ago.
Much of the quality has been lost today so watching this brings back a good memory of days gone by. Thanks for the post.
Blessings to you and your family.
What a great vice .I inherited a WW2 era vice from my grandfather .He served on the HMS Kelly and acquired it during the war .its an Paramo engineers vice .One of my most treasured possessions.
With a lock up that perfect, those copper soft jaws are as valuable for protecting the vice as much as the workpieces. Just beautiful.
I have one I purchased 8 years or so ago. Rock. Solid. Built exactly the same. Absolute tank.
So great to see Kroil in a prominent place on your workbench. It is an iron oxide solvent and a essential tool in any restoration work. Kano laboratories also makes many other fantastic products to aid in your labors! Thank you so much for your videos they are blessing in my family.
I just bought the Wilton 3 inch machinist vise made in the USA. It was expensive but worth every penny. I just enjoy my workshop even more with this being there!
Im not sure if you recognize me in these comments yet, but I’m a machinist, and I’m 20 years old. I’m getting my finances right so I can start my own machine shop making quality tools like this. If there’s a market for snap on there’s a market for top dollar American made quality tools that will Ofcourse cost lots of money. Any advice as another craftsman of what kind of products you might like to see made well? Anyone else have any suggestions? 🇺🇸
@@johngordon2546 i´m pretty sure his question was what kind of tools should he build that people would like to buy
Not where to buy them
He went over some now really rare crosscut saw tools. Might be something you could look into.
In our area there are a lot of old tools for sale on Craigslist. Another option is estate sales and farm auctions.
One machinist I watch on youtube, Giaco Whatever, has some great projects. Making unique tools is a great market on its own, but looking into smaller markets like parts for hobbyists or custom parts for existing products is surprisingly profitable to you and helpful to others.
I live in a rural part of a rural state. Farm auctions have been a great place to pick up tools, even some big tools like lathes and machining tools.
Thank you for the assembly, I knew about Wilton's bullet vise's already and plan to buy one when I have my own place, knowing the maintenance really helps.
A few years ago, I bought a 75 year old Columbian 503 vise, made in Cleveland Ohio. I found it on Craigslist locally. It's a beauty. I love the old stuff.
What a solid find and price! I have the honor of having a 4.5" Wilton C1 from 1951. Beautiful craftsmanship, solid like an Ox, and has pipe jaws as well. The date is usually stamped on the key itself (and is on the side facing the key way to prevent it from wearing off). All of my Wilton's are dated this way. Enjoying your shop build and the golden nuggets.
That work shop just looks so warm and inviting. Good work!
Sweet nice piece of kit health and happiness to enjoy the use of sir
Dodge foundry made castings out of ductile iron from 1965 until 2005 went out of business . I work 37 years I have four vice two with swivel base and 1 with 3 Bolt holes . Dodge was in Mishawaka Indiana about one hundred miles from Wilton.
Ordered. You got me.. I’m a sucker for smooth vices after getting the bench crafted vice for my roubo woodworking bench
Just located one 2.5” Wilton 925 stamped 51’ it has been sitting in his workshop for about five years since he died and about 10 years before when he got sick it was just hiding under an old bench and I am stoked I found it is turns smoothe as butter
i got major Fizz watching this..i used these vices for many many years, they are an industry standard when it comes to oilfield slickline/wireline business, the vices we always used were the 4.5 inch Wilton Combination Pipe and Bench Vise because they had the pipe jaws feature..very reliable for round objects
Beautiful tool in a beautiful shop. Lighting was fantastic!
Cody, the wood shop corner looks amazing! It is the perfect backdrop! I actually paused the video, and went to find my wife to show her! Absolutely love it! Even the wife was in awe!
Love your new shop setup.
Godspeed brother.
I like the clean lines of that vise.
You have so much info on stuff.
Respect!
Hi Cody!
Bench anvil 6 x 2 x 12 steel is about 43 pounds
Ken
For us EU viewers thats about 20KG.
41.8176 by my calculations
@@RonaldMedia With a density of 7.874 g/cm³ for iron I came to 18.517kg
Nathan Shively
As I said “”about””. I was using a general rule of thumb density of .3 pounds per cubic inch.
Ken
A 1in cube is .283 pounds the 2x6x12 block is 144 cubic inches comes out to be 40.75 pound
Very Nice Vise... I bought a 5 or 6 inch unbranded vice from a scrap yard and restored it, and have used it for a lot of work. Would love to get a nice Wilton, just need a real shop to put it in first LoL
I can attest to how darn good wilton products are. One of the unbreakable hammers accidentally went through the main crusher and one smaller crusher at the rock quarry I work at. The handle did bend and a few chips were knocked off the head but it was still 99% intact. Matter of fact it was in such good shape the NAPA we got it from displayed it with their other wilton hammers.
That wood shop turned out great the back ground is perfect!
Great looking vise. Loved everything about the video.
My goodness that soft lighting on that T&G tool wall is beautiful!! The effort you're putting into your video quality and lighting and what you are learning is abundantly apparent and paying off nicely. Cool vice too!
Thank you Jared, I'm not a the point where I know what I'm doing,
@@wranglerstar But you're not at the point where you don't, either. Keep on keeping on, friend.
@Jared Kean - you beat me to it!
@Wranglerstar - as a professional photographer for almost 40 years, I think I have the authority to say that you are very close to that point. Not only is that background light nicely soft (and slightly warm) but you have an excellent broad light on the benchtop. All that shiny metal could have had a bunch of hard hot spots but it looks great. The shot where you hold up the screw was just luscious -- nice soft highlight along the entire length. This video is technically very well done.
(And the vise is great!)
I have a 1942 one, without swivel base. I wouldn't know how it ended here in Argentina but got it for 30 bucks. I painted it the closest i could from the original paint it had but I really might try this copper look. Looks gorgeous, Congrats Cody you deserve to have that kind of vise and she deserves to live in a bench like yours
I haven’t got the cheaper Wilton vise but I do have one of the big tradesman buses that came off an old service truck. Either a 4.5 or 5” vise: was frozen up so bad the cap screws on it broke trying to get it apart. Ended up drilling them out and putting 5/16” socket heads on it after I blew it apart with an air chisel
Old stuff is just better. I love restoring Coleman lanterns and lamps. Just finished a 90 year old lamp that runs like new. So simple but built to last.
Beautiful vise! My father has an old 4" or 5" Wilton vise that I've admired over my 43 years of life. Cody, great camera angles, lighting and editing! Can't get enough of your videos, thank you.
we just bought, cleaned up, and mounted a gigantic 100 year old REED vice in our shop. by far the most solid and strongest vice i've ever used.
Yes I have a need 203 thing is a lean mean oiled machine
Cool piece of history. Great find!
My father gave me one of these and my son and I restored it this past spring. It is so smooth that I had to track down some new models to see if they were just as smooth. Sadly they are not.
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that the earliest versions of this vise came with acorn nuts for locking the vise on the base.
The original Czech company, from which the Wilton vise designer came from, still exists as well. York from Czechia still produces quite good vises with most of the addon's you can wish for. They have moved on with the design a bit to a more modern look, but the old ones look almost identical to the Wilton designs.
I dont think any other country has produced a vise as beautiful as the wilton, especially the early ones. Its both beautiful, precision and lead screw is hidden away from the elements. Its THE vise to have in the workshop, will put a smile on your face every time you see one! I have the baby bullet, on the hunt for a vintage C1 wilton and of course a 3.5" or a 4" as well 🙂.
Rock maple work bench to complement your collection of awesome tools. Will be cool to see that and cool to see future projects performed with them.
I just bought a 3” baby bullet Saturday at a garage sale for 20 bucks had original paint and good shape but little rusty and seized but got it apart and repainted it hammered black paint the jaws are perfect shape.
Kearney & Trecker provided their apprenticees with this size Wilton Vices for mounting on their Tool Boxes back in early 60's.
I have a very Large Wilton , a bit beat up, and the jaws are a bit rounded off, but it works Very Well, and I think 20 + years ago I bought it from a guy for $40.00. It was exactly what I was looking for.
I also have a couple of Large Columbian Vices, they are well made also. The Columbian vices we had mounted everywhere around the plant at Kearney & Trecker
Love, love, love, the shop backdrop. Gotta feeling it will become as recognizable as hickok45's range.
That's beautiful.
I have an wonderful, old, no name marked X/Y vise. I paid $5. Mr Tract Home said it was his dad's, but he had no reason to keep it.
I love people like that.
Great find! I love seeing those restored Wiltons and it will certainly be employed by good people!
Very nice production quality, the video looked great!!
Love the new shop! The lighting is exquisite!!! Prayers for your continued success in everything you do.
Thank you so much!
So nice man! Wooooot! And the lighting in the shop is on FIRE (really sharp imho).
Beautiful shop 👏👏👍
This is awesome I love the design of it you have a keen eye
Man old vises have the same thing as old cars and tractors its just soo awesome and i dont know why XD im also going to restore and old handmade austrian blacksmiths Vise so awesome.
I think personally that copper color looks amazing and will look perfect in the shop! What a find!
I really like the copper color also,
Gotta be copper now that I've seen it.
I have a 930 and I just painted the numbers and letters, copper color and left it bare metal it’s gorgeous!
The high school shop-Old Central high in Rapid City S.Dak had these vices in the metal shops.The woodshop had a Wilton table saw that was HORRIBLE-it had to be replaced with a Powermatic.The Wilton vice is indeed a classic tool!In the machine shop at theat high school they had South Bend lathes that had large brass nameplates on them---"Property of the Boing Aircraft Company"Would have been from WW2 era.Wonder what plane parts were made on those and with their Wilton vices???
I got one of these exact vices at a garage sale for 5 bucks. Says Chicago on the side even. I think I really hit the jackpot, this is easily one of the best vices ever made.
When i heard Czechoslovakia, it warmed my heart. It's where i'm form too. Everything that's made in or by our people give me the fizz and that wise looks like new. Just gorgeous.
The term "Too nice to use" comes to mind. It looks like it should be in a display cabinet 😅
Outstanding! I've had many Wilton vises over the years, currently down to 4 (I believe) in differant sizes. Diesel tech, retired x3.
Mid century modern art, yet highly functional.
Cody,
I have my grandfathers Wilton swivel jaw bullet vise that came out of the old Pratt & Whitney factory I hold it dear to me not many examples out there and haven’t seen one for sale. It’s priceless to me and part my my family. Just hope my daughter wants it when I die lol
By the way I did a restore on mine with a almost factory correct color used Rustoleum verde green (hammered) it came out very nice. Having a swivel jaw slows you to hold objects with tapers with equal pressure very handy when you need it.
That’s great. I have a Wilton vise in my shop as well. Although not as cool as yours. It’s great. Congratulations. Really neat.
Thanks for the history lesson...I've got a few of these because I buy them at yard sales...but I really appreciate the quality. Turns out I've got one of the little ones that needs restoring so if you'd like to borrow it for your restoring video I'll loan it to you. You have my phone # in your Nifte-Lift video August 16th 2018. I still love your videos. Thanks for the great content.
Love the lighting on your wood shop wall behind you! Nice job Cody!
yes, you hit the jackpot! thx for reminding your viewing audience that we are merely mortal scrubs who will never be blessed with such great fortune as yourself.
I stumbled onto a 4 inch" Wilton machinists bullet vise built in the early 60s at a local estate sale. Immaculate condition. I also bought a 1969 McColloch generator powered by a 5 hp Briggs/Stratton. Both for $150. Score
Love the lighting in this one. Tool wall makes a great backdrop!
I don't mean to be rude, but if this doesn't give you the fizz, then you probably don't belong here.
I find that the "gives me/you the fizz" rather creepy.
Fizz?
Weight of steel is 40 lbs per sq.ft. At 1 inch thickness. So f your bar is 2 X 6 X 12 inches then the weight should be 40 lbs. thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge and your new shop/studio build. May our God bless and watch over you and your family. SDA brother.
I had two of Wilton vise on my service truck, no not at the same time my first one was stolen off the rear bumper. The new one was put on so safe you would have to take the rear bumper to get it off. Never lost it .
Greetings from Czechia (Czechoslovak ) 🤚🏻
Excellent lighting. A beautiful vise. Some company should adopt that copper color for their brand. It looks brand new too
Cody, great video, you have very interesting subjects and God Bless
This reminds me I have a rusty old vice I got from a old guy in the shed I need to restore. Doubt it is as fancy as that but it's from the 50s he said he bought it as young lad. This vice is stunning and I love that colour.
What a beautiful vise, it certainly has that 1940s 1950s American style. It's nice enough to look at, but not too nice to use (not abuse). Cheers.
Back in the good old days when Chicago manufactured everything.
Amazing piece of equipment. Love the history of some tools you show on the channel. Also that backdrop of the new shop looks really nice Cody.
Thank you Ronald,
I just found out the high-school I go to has about 20 old wiltons they don’t use, I’m trying to get one of em
Buy the lot for a good price if you can and resell at a profit.
I'm in!
If you’ve ever looked at the switchgear in a Pagani automobile, it literally looks like a work of art in its design and engineering. THIS vice is of the same caliber...outstanding, you really lucked out on this find Cody!
Awesome vise man you have some of the coolest tools and gear there is love it
An amazing find! Congrats 👏
I really like your tool wall and bench. Looks great as a background for your videos
lol I love how jazzed up about axes and vises you get, cracks me up man.
I was pulling up to a stop light this afternoon and saw a power truck waiting to turn left. I saw they had a vise on the back bumper. I looked to see what brand it was. Yep, a Wilton.
The shout out to Ballistol was nice. Been a long time since Ballistol got a mention on the channel. 👍
It's an absolutely beautiful piece of work. Even with the restoration, which is superb, there's still a nice bit of patina.
Wow! That. Is. Just. Beautiful!
Your new tinkering workbench seems to coming along very nicely, I cannot wait to see the this hardware installed onto the work surface once it arrives.