Antique Vise Restoration - Rusty seized 1930s Parkinson Model F Vise
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- I bought this vice from someone who was selling up the contents of his deceased fathers joinery shop. It had been sat in a corner for many years and wouldn't open more than an inch. It had been in the guys family since the 1930's, belonging to his grandad first.
I soaked it in WD40 and slowly started working it loose over a few days, and then I decided to make a video of the restoration so that's where we start.
Parkinson are widely believed to have invented the quick release mechanism, so it's nice to work on such an early piece. They stopped producing this model sometime during the early years of WWII, and some believe they stopped making vices altogether, but I have seen slightly different model vices being sold under the Parkinson name up to the 50s in old magazine adverts.
I wanted to replace the jaws for new ones as they were too damaged to bother repairing ( it is feasibly possible but would be more work than it was worth). Unfortunately no one sells/makes replacement jaws for these models anymore and the jaws are a strange size - 135mm. I measured a friends record vice and the jaws were smaller (126mm) with different mounting hole positions, so I decided to make my own. I used mild steel and didn't bother hardening it as I plan to use this in restorations and don't want to mark pieces. If I find these aren't suitable in use then I will make some serated ones and harden them as and when I need to.
Overall a lovely well made, HEAVY, old vice that I've thoroughly enjoyed restoring.
Watch to the end for a sneak peek at the next episode ;)
Not bad work. I've restored a handful of old vises over the years and not all of them came out as tidy as that one. :)
One little tip to share though. If you thoroughly clean and degrease the whole vise first, then dump it as a whole unit into liquid rust remover for a few days before you start stripping it, you stand a much better chance of getting bolts out intact.
I usually use Deox-C from Bilt Hamber for rust removal, And being it comes in the form of a powder that you mix with water, you can give it a noticeable extra kick by diluting it using boiling water. The heat causes thermal expansion in the parts, and that helps the solution creep into threads and joints.
Thoroughly enjoyed that, I've just bought my old parkinson model f no 6 back from my mate, it's in a working but sorry state, after watching this video I'll be giving it the same treatment, however, I think I'll skip the paint stripping at home and use the shot blaster at work.
I loved this video. The best thing about it was the lack of music, it's hard to find a restoration video that doesn't have distracting music played over the top. Please don't ever use music! Looking forward to the next vid!
Cheers! I think music ruins restoration vids too so there's no chance you'll hear any on my channel. Unless I'm repairing a radio perhaps :)
But none of the big restoration channels have music. It's hard to find one that does. So why lie?
@@sparesorrepair9118 Très joli mais moi j'aurais strié les mors pour qu'ils "accrochent"! Lisses comme ça,les pièces peuvent glisser!!
Pricless art work restorated by a SICK mind..GOOD WORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well there you go. Good for another century.
That was and is a Beautiful Restoration !!!!!!! I have been looking for a vise for months , the new ones are garbage unless you want to pay over 300 dollars , and I haven't found an affordable older one to restore .Great Job !!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it :). Old stuff was built to last, new tools seem to last a few years and then need replacing. We have a similar sized vice at my work, couple of years old and it weighs around half what mine does!
Well done, sir, particularly in light of the limited tools you have to work with.
Cheers, I'm slowly but surely building up a workshop now, this vice has proved invaluable for all the other restorations I've carried out so far!
I’ve seen this video twice now but I can’t see a comment from the first time I saw it, most unlike me.
It’s amazing how many people know how it should be done, at least one getting his point across rather rudely. Yet when you explain what you did and why they don’t come back with an apology. Some people just need to think they know best! Oh well!
By the way, you did everything totally wrong and you should never be allowed near a vice again or any tool for that matter!
Another great video! Someone commented a month ago that you had about 160 subscribers, now you have over 600! This channel is going to be massive within its first 12 months. Well done, keep doing what you are doing and ignore the idiots...including me!
I've been a youtuber for the best part of 15 years, this channel is new but I have a lot of experience when it comes to editing and all that jazz! You'd think I'd have learnt to ignore trolls by now but I just can't help myself, never let it get to me though when people start ranting, just goes straight over my head.
Some people don't realise how much gets cut from videos like this, there was over 20 hours of footage for this video that needed cutting down into something that was watchable! I try and include most of the important parts but I'll always miss something! There was an hours worth of footage of me trying to remove a bolt from the second jaw, with every trick I knew, and then it snapped so I just cut all of it,pointless showing all that to get to another snapped bolt :D
Thanks for watching (again!) !!!
SparesOrRepair I was going to jump in with one of them. But then I thought you were handling it much more diplomatically than I would. You are good and anyone with two brain cells can see that. Being a (very amateur) photographer I’m all for critiquing work. But some people seem to get their jollies from trying to pull others down. Which is totally different than giving a critique. They must lead pretty poor lives away from their keyboard.
I never knew they made a quick release vise. Sanding down the jaws makes it an excellent vise for wood and other objects that can easily get marks with the grips. Great restoration!
Great resto and an even nicer vise. I'd sure love to find one like it.
Given the tools you have ...... OUTSTANDING JOB. A very enjoyable watch. L@@King forward to your next offering. A fan from the U.S. of A.
Thanks! I doubt I'll ever turn this small workshop into the machine shop I dream of having, but I'm slowly amassing piles of tools to get me somewhere near!!!
Another quality British product.
It's very well made, weighs a ton!
I've been given one of these and it's in a dire state, restore of my own on the horizon!
Subscribed, hope to see more. Love the fact that you seem to actually know what you're doing. Very nice job!
Cheers! I'm both a qualified electronics engineer and metal fabricator, although I don't work in either trades anymore :D! Good to put my old training back in practise though! New vid coming soon :)
@@sparesorrepair9118 I could see your training in the way you used a file. No rubbing back and forth, like many do.
@@Weejie2011 I’d have got a slap round the back of my head if I got caught using a file like a saw back when I was an apprentice 😂
You KNOW you're in for a good finished product when all the parts are there, they all work, and they're this hard and heavy to handle.
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Now,I want a quick-release vice!!!!!!!
I have a Model F, No 6 just like this. In better nick to start off with, but awaiting restoration. This was helpful, though I have just completed a Record 114, which makes the Parkinson look like a toy! The Record has Whitworth threads and I'm assuming the Parkinson does too? Wondering if adding a touch of Hammerite blue might have made the paint colour a bit closer to the original?
looking good mate, all ready for another 70+ years service
Hey man great job ! Love these old vise's everyone of them is a work of art in its own way way better than the stuff available today ! Oooo a bench grinder next I love it cant wait !
Cheers man! I have a soft spot for old machinery, love heavy cast stuff, if I had room i'd be surrounded by it :)
That quick release looks like a great feature. Wish more were made that way.
It's very handy, although it's not great for delicate items, bit of momentum behind it and it smashes stuff!
I'd say "maybe". Plain screw vises tend to have less lash, so a half turn will open, and a half turn will close. And plain screws are stronger. But quick release is "handy".
@@paulwomack5866 My thoughts were moving from something small in the vise and quickly to something much larger.
@@davidwright640 yeah, or working on something rectangular, both ways round
Fantastic video great job you now have 149 subs love it thanks for sharing 🍺🍺👍👍👍👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the sub!
Now that’s a beast of a vice love the way the jaws are bolted on from outside great restoration mate really enjoyed it 👍
Very nicely done.. Turned out beautiful.. If you're going to do a lot of restorations, you might want to consider picking up an impact driver.. Really helps with not stripping out screws.. Also soak it good with penetrating oil ( not WD-40) at least 8 hrs before disassembly ... I think the best is probably a 50-50 mixture of acetone and transmission fluid... Again great restoration...
I have Impact drivers as I enjoy working on cars, just fancied going old school with this :D. I normally use PB Blaster instead of WD40 but I'd actually run out changing some suspension parts on my car a couple of days before! I've stocked up again now, got another rusty old thing to restore a few vids down the line!
@@sparesorrepair9118 used on Blaster for many years myself.. makes wd 40 look like water.. can't wait to see the new video... Take care my friend...
Beautiful
Cool restoration, literally done the same as you yesterday as picked up one of these vices up for £20, cleaned oiled and painted it n thought I’ll have a look online n see what they are like! One of the best vices ever made apparently! The guy invented the quick release vice to!
Great job
Into the garage I must go to do the same to one I have found!
Very useful info - many thanks
Very well done!
I have to say that out of the hundreds of these videos that I have watched, you are one of the VERY FEW that use a file properly.
I used to be a metal fabricator, my old boss used to slap me around the head if he saw me using a file like a saw :D
Looks like you got lead paint all over the place- good luck!
Good video, lovely job, lovely finished product.
Thanks!!!
Looks like this video has got you noticed! Great vice restoration. I am genuinely pleased you got an old grinder it fix! As you know most new affordable grinders are under powered and a bit useless. I have wasted good money on new ones then a old friend gave me his dad's old one and its now brilliant ! New sub here in Yorkshire.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
It did kind of take off a bit this vid! I thought a vice would a be a good kick start to the channel :). New tools don't last long these days, not built the same, old stuff is generally sturdier! Fellow Yorkshire man, good stuff!
Nicely done!
Good work Mate! I'm keeping an eye out for a big one for my garage..... Like the name of your channel 👍
Cheers mate, this one is a bit overkill for what I need TBH, but go big or go home right :D! Thanks for watching!
I don't think anyone has ever said 'I wish I had a smaller vice' 😀 😁
Subbed! I’ve got a soft spot for big vices like this.
Cheers mate! I've got a soft spot for old tools, could buy newer ones for a fraction of the price of restoring old ones for the most part, but where's the fun in that :D
You did hard work keep up good work
Cheers man, thanks for watching!
An excellent and very helpful video, one question before l start to restore my vice, would getting it professionally sand blasted save me a ton of effort ?
nice vise !
Cheers!
Thank you for restoring it to the original color!! I hate to see people change the color schemes of restorations. That quick-release is pretty cool.
Unless it's a colour I absolutely hate I'll always try and use a similar colour, Original colour was a darker red but there wasn't any hard wearing paint I could find that dark so went with hammerite red, looks close enough for me! Thanks for watching
After watching your brilliant video (no chit chat or annoying music) I thought I would give it a go too. Mine wasn't seized but it would only open up about 3". Turned out to be a badly pitted anvil slide. A lot of work involved in the cleaning and stripping off but well worth it. I now have a fully working and functional vice which should last another 100 years. Just one question about the paint. I've painted it in the hammerite red with just one coat, how many coats of paint did you apply? Fantastic video for this vice, I've subscribed to your channel and watched all your other videos. The press drill is another favorite one of mine.
Michael Wild i put two coats on everything, lasted well though, I use mine on a daily basis as I flip cars in my spare time, had assorts of poundings and heat thrown at it and the paint hasn’t chipped once so far. Polished bits have started rusted slightly again now though, will have to give them a good oiling soon
Very nice job!
Thanks!
I'm rather jealous of your find. I have virtually the same one, but a number 7 Parkinson. However the leadscrew on mine is buggered!
There's a bend in the crossbar so I reckon someone has used a scaff tube to really raunch it up and ended up shearing 5 of the teeth off the thread.
Finding a replacement 4tpi butress lead screw is virtually impossible.
excellent work mate
Nice work, isn’t it fun doing a restoration?! The best part is not only seeing the comparison of what you started with to now what you have as an addition to your shop! It came out sweet too. Have you picked out shop colors to coordinate your restorations to, or are you planning on hopefully doing them as close to their original color as possible? The reason I ask is all the restoring I’ve done I’ve gone with my shop colors of black and red since I don’t just do them to make them look good, I use them and if their going to be in my shop then they’re part of the scheme😉 Anyway that thing is a beast and will outlive us all that’s for sure! New sub, looking forward to seeing you get your hands dirty with more fun projects. Even the ones that suck still beat a day at the office🤪
I've always loved repairing and building things, so this hobby of restoration was a natural progression for me! Coulour wise I'm undecided, for the most part I'll probably try to go for similar colours to the original, but I will customise bits too, in my next project (coming soon to a screen near you) I've kept the main body a similar colour to the original but some parts have been painted differently mainly to make them more hard wearing, like you the majority of the stuff I'm going to restore will be functional in my shop so I don't want something fancy looking that I dare not use in case I scratch it! Thanks for subbing and commenting!
The quick release is really cool. Thought the whole restoration was very well done. Like the fact that you didn't cut the handles off then reweld them like in most videos, shows what can be done without going to extremes, I don't have a welder. Agree with Lazarus, glad no music and as Ken P said primer. Look forward to you next video.
Charlie Brown Thanks. If the handles had needed more extensive repair I would have ground them off and welded, but there’s no point cutting something original if it works fine in my opinion!
Lil tip when you're using paint stripper after you apply it cover the surface in plastic wrap it will keep it from evaporating and will work much better
Thanks, I’ll give that a shot on my next restoration, quite a bit of paint to come off of he next item!
Güzel ve sabır isteyen bir çalışmaydı. Tebrikler dostum. Bu tarz bir mengeneyi ilk defa görüyorum. İlginç ve güzelmiş.
Teşekkürler, her zaman restorasyonlarla zaman geçiririm, yapmaktan zevk alırım, asla acele etmeyin!
I've got one of these and the quick release works fine. I'm wondering if heat would have saved the bolts at the start?
I did try heating and cooling cycles on the rear jaw bolts, made no difference, the bolts had seized solid into the different metals on the jaws, I managed to get one of the snapped bolts out after around 30 minutes of messing and a section of the thread had swelled and after that rusted. I knew I was replacing the jaws anyway so I wasn't particularly careful tbh :D!
Yes it would they would have come out easy. I would of used two map gas torches cherry red the bolt head and surrounding metal then doused with cold water. This NEVER fails.
you should do more restoration videos, that was v good
Thank you, and thanks for the sub! Another video will be out soon!
Nice restoration!
Excelente trabalho. Parabéns 👏🇧🇷👏
Could you have found a bigger vice to restore ? LOL bloody thing is huge ! Looks like it was used in a wood shop from all that saw dust in it. Great restoration Stew, subbed and looking forward to watching more !
I know, weighs a ton too mate :D! It came out of an old guys joinery shop, had been sat in a corner for years, actually looked way worse when I first got it!
There is actually a bigger version Parkinson 8
Buena restauración. Un saludo
I know it's sort of traditional (at least on youtube) to dis-assemble, then clean, then assemble.
BUT in the particular case of a vice, it's well worth (and sometime unavoidable) cleaning up the rear exposed part of the slide. This is often damaged and dinged, and the rust and/or burrs will prevent the sliding jaw being easily removed. Just applying force (hammers, drill presses etc) run the risk of marring the sliding surfaces.
So a quick wire brush (powered or manual) and filing off the big dings FIRST will pay dividends, in both ease of disassembly, and final result.
Yes, I've restored several vices :-)
This was my first attempt at any kind of restoration, I have another vice that's rustier than this and it's definitely getting some rust removal before I attempt to open it! Thanks for the tips and thanks for watching :)
Danke fürs Video! Weiter so! Nur Frage-warum benutzen Sie nicht Primer,Filler ? War auch schade um Ihren neuen scheunen Arbeitstisch-Sie können doch benutzen alte Zeitungen, Pappe als Unterlage wegen all diese Ros,Dreck... Mit freundlichem Gruß&besten Wünschen aus Deutschland!
If you speed something up to no end, does it really make the job go faster? Sounds like it will never be finished.
Great job! WD-40 was made to displace water (Water-Displacement formula #40) and is good for small stuff, but I tell ya, if you got some penetrating oil and let it soak into those bolts and nuts and anywhere else metal moves against metal for 10 minutes, duuuude....they'll move for ya like buttah. Like BUTTA.
I ran out of my usual stuff (PB Blaster) changing some suspension bits on my car :D. The jaws were made of two different types of metal, a hardened section forge welded onto mild steel, I got the snapped threads out after with heat and cooling but they were totally shafted anyway :D. Thanks for watching!
@@sparesorrepair9118 Spraying WD40 on the bolt heads did absolutely nothing. A little heat on the bolt thread area would have released them.
Muy bonito, interesante, lo felicito, muy buen trabajo.
¡Muchas gracias!
I love lool restorations.
How have you found the hammerite to hold up over the years?
Well done that came out really well so you got yourself another sub. How do you know when it was made and what country are you in please?
I nearly fell off my chair when I watched this as I have just finished restoring a Parkinson model F no.5. Pretty well identical to yours just smaller.
The jaws on mine had the same raggedy ends on them as yours so I don’t know what’s going on there. I thought they had been abused somehow but maybe they were all like that. I had no idea it was so old. Mine had been smothered in thick silver paint and the bits of red I found while sand blasting looked like primer so with nothing to go by I painted it hammer finish green but now I will strip it and repaint it red.
Cheers mate, Stuart 🇦🇺
Hi mate, I'm Stewart G from the UK, coincidence!!! I'm not 100% sure of the date, but this had been in the guy who I got it froms family a long time so he told mea bit of history about it (and some other stuff I got from him). The jaws are a hardened steel forge welded onto a mild steel section, the bolts had siezed solid in the hardened section and rusted into mild steel, that's why they were a pain to get out! I believe after WW2 the vises they still produced had a modern type jaw mounting system where the screws go in from the jaw face. The original colour is more of a maroon colour than what I used, but I had some hammerite laying around from a previous project so I just used that! Thanks for the sub, appreciate it!
SparesOrRepair. Thanks for the info Stew, I think I know the colour you mean, more like a heritage red so that’s what I will use. Funny, Dawn is the major vice maker here, like Record in the UK and they used to mount with screws through the jaws but in the 80’s changed to mounting them from behind like our old Parkinson’s. Looking forward to more of your videos. Cheers mate, Stu 🇦🇺
@@scroungasworkshop4663 The screws from behind were the last design by Parkinsons, the early ones has countersunk screws through the jaw face threaded into the body.
Did you test for lead paint before you began?
Excellent, Sir!!
very interesting. i am a fan of u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pretty cool bro
Thanks!
This video makes me want
to go to the flea market tomorrow morning..
Rusty goodness awaits at bargain prices!
Fantastic restoration!
I just picked up the identical vise for $31 CDN!
The only thing is the quick release lever is broken.
Anything that I should know before I tackle my own resto?
The quick release lever is pretty simplistic, none of the parts are hard to replicate apart from the front cover that holds the spindle so you shouldn't have too much bother repairing it. Worst part is removing the jaws, they're made from two different types of steel which causes the bolts to swell, that's why I had such a hard time removing them! The front piece is hardened so near impossible to tap out too if you have to drill the old bolts out. Good luck with the resto!
Does anyone know what size and thread are original bolts as I need to get hold off four.
Nice job!
Thanks!
I have this same vice but the spring is broken. Where could I buy one in the UK? Cheers
We're overdue for that "Coming Soon" project.
I'm sat editing the vid as I type, lots of footage to go through so should be live in the next couple of days :)
@@sparesorrepair9118 Sweet!!!! Can't wait to see it =]
WD40 and heat will save a lot of snapped bolts, try it out next time. It just takes a little heat and/or penitrating oil and a little patience gently increasing and moving the wrench pressure back and forth on the bolt until she starts to cleanly back out. Other than that tip great job color and polish are awsome!
I generally use PB Blaster to remove stubborn bolts but I'd run out a couple of days before working on my car! I did try heat/cooling cycles on the one that snapped that I didn't film but it just sheared off without much effort, think the main issue with them was that the jaws were made of two different steels, a hardened steel plate had been forge welded to mild steel and it had caused the threads of the bolt to swell in the hardened section. Thanks for watching and commenting!
That thing was built to survive the heat death of the universe, wasn't it? Luckily bolts can be replaced!
There is a similar size modern vice at work and it weighs about half what this does! This was built to take some real hammer! Thanks for watching
I was taught that with a seized or rusted nut or bolt you should break the seal and give it about half a turn with a breaker bar, then change onto a ratchet
Good video, but save your hands man, use a longer spanner to loosen the nuts. Also i would finish all the stripping and cleaning before paint and polishing components, including a primer too
Great job mate. I bet if that guys dad could see what you've done to his old vice he'd be smiling with joy. Given an old beast a new lease of life, it also looks mean as fuck in your workshop lol. How much does that thing weigh?
I have no idea what that was at the end but I'll be coming back to find out lol.
Cheers mate, felt good to refresh such an old bit of kit and put it back into use, been well used already on my next restoration! Weighs just over 40 kg, bit of a beast and tbh probably overkill for what I need :D.
Next restorations do a bench grinder !
That's exactly what I did ;). Cheers for watching!
120 seconds subscribed because HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA its 0230 atm and im laughing so hard because of your unlucky bolts :D
I started recording and within 5 minutes I had to edit out my first swear word :D! Cheers for the sub, appreciate it :)
I turn 40 this year and am still completely wild about farts. I love cropdusting people. Ideally I would like to bare buns fart. Non filtered fart dust!
Seen one of these lately, must not be made from good steel as the treads on the bar had worn down in the centre and kept slipping when the pressure was applied. Tried several engineering companies to fix it but could not be done.
Can u go to a machine shop and have make a new on one a lathe?
The Parkinson’s vises are my favourite! I have a Model F and a Model J, found both of them locally for about £20 each. They are beautiful. How do you know it’s a 30’s vise by the way?
They are real nice, really heavy and sturdy! I was chatting to the guy I bought this from for ages and he was telling me about the history of all the tools in the workshop, a lot of them were from his grandfather,and he himself bought most of them 2nd hand! This vice had been in his grandfathers workshop before world war 2 and had passed down through the family!
@@sparesorrepair9118 That's the most modern design of the Parkinsons Model F, there were 3 different variants before this one.
CwazyWabbit Yeah, the split casting, and the jaws with different bolting arrangements.
@@literoadie3502 yep, and there were two different designs of slide for the split casting.
CwazyWabbit Oh yeah I forgot about that. I liked the old double slide surfaces on the side of the slide.
Great job. That quick release is cool, do the thread ever slip?
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Thanks! The spring mechanism holds the thread nice and solid, hasn't failed me yet but I've only been using it a few months!
@@sparesorrepair9118 VERY COOL.
Does this feature appear in new vises?
@@StefanDembowski It certainly does, still pretty much the same design for most too!
Why didn’t you put the whole vise in the rust removal from the get go?
It's massive, doesn't even nearly fit in my acid bucket!
How much would you charge someone to do a restoration like this? I have one that I’d love to see redone like this.
In all honesty I wouldn't do this for anyone other than myself, it would take the fun out of it for me if it was work instead of a hobby, but if you found someone who would I'd imagine in the region of £250. Took me about 18 hours all in plus paint and grinding materials. Thanks for watching :)
I have one exactly the same except its branded a K & S, the quick release has been removed.
Does it have a full screw thread instead of the half screw?
Muito bom gostei.
GOOD JOB MAN OHIO USA
Какие сложные в устройстве тиски... Много деталей. Почему не красил баллончиком? Кистью и слой краски толще, и полосы могут быть видны. А вообще красиво получилось!
Спасибо! Это довольно крепкий порок! Я выбрал лакокрасочную краску, потому что по моему опыту аэрозольная краска довольно легко царапается на чем-то, что часто используется грубо! Я вот уже несколько месяцев стучу, горю и сгибаюсь, и пока на малярных работах не осталось ни единого следа! Спасибо за просмотр!
Very similar design to the Record vice.
Bolts for the vise jaws.
Subbed
Cheers!
Brawn isn’t always your friend.
Shelly Skye quicker in the long run 😂
Hi bro 👋👋👋very good restoration 👍👍👍👍
Thanks! My very first YT comment :D! More restorations coming soon
I will wait bro 🤝🤝🤝
What paint did you use if you do not mind me asking?
I used Hammerite, Hammered red colour. TBH I don't think I'd use it again, it took a long time to cure and isn't a very tough finish. It can be painted direct onto rust though so has its uses
@@sparesorrepair9118 Thanks for taking the time to answer my question and good job on Vise!
I see that your channel is new, and you don't have a lot of subscribers. I hope it's alright if I subscribe, as this is quite a nice restoration that you've done here.
Thanks for the sub, appreciate it! And thanks for the kind words :)
Well, have to wait for the next video, bench grinder.
Nearly finished with it now, hit a few complications along the way :D
Why not just use the wire wheel on the whole thing? The paint removal process looks arduous and you end up manually wire brushing most of the paint anyway.
Great restoration and I appreciate the step by step video and the absence of music. I have started to restore old tools (see my Instagram account learning_tool_restoration and I have just subscribed to your TH-cam channel as no doubt I will be watching many of your videos. I have always been scared as to what would happen if a bolt shears off or the jaws are not up to scratch as that would ruin the item but your approach really helped with that. Nice one. Steve
I fix old cars up in my spare time, I’m forever dealing with snapped rusted old bolts! There’s always a way around whatever happens, if something snaps it can always be drilled and replaced! I’ll check your insta out when I get a minute, restoring tools is great fun, don’t take it too seriously, go with the flow and enjoy it 👍
SparesOrRepair cheers, my dad could always fix anything and he bought cars at auctions, did them up and sold them on so maybe I got the bug from him. Great videos, only seen 3 so far but learned so much, I have very little equipment but I’m getting ideas as to what I need the more I do and more videos I see. I’m on the look out for my first vice to restore now 👍👍
👍👍👏👏👏👏☘️
You shouldn't use a ratchet wrench for seized up bolts.
Only pirates paint with a brush. Use spray paint. It's better and it helps keep the demons away. I'm a witch