Post Vise Restoration | 1890s Peter Wright
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- Last November Jimmy Diresta gave me this broken post vise (leg vise) that needed new threads. In this video I replace the broken threads and make a really sturdy stand that will last another 100 years.
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That's the worst machining I've seen on TH-cam by far.
Lol. Ok where are your restoration videos?
@@larryjennings9937 where are yours?
Think you better read who posted this. Wasn't me.
you donot know what you are talking about it's getting it dirty done does it work yes did it take a hell of a lot of money no take your sideways action out here before I give you some pivotal action on your right oblique and he still gave you a heart
@@sidewaysaction9983 that's not what it is about it's not about 100 yrs of experience it is about getting a piece of crap and putting a shop together for next to nothing I agree he could have done it better but when you are starting out you are on less than a shoestring budget you do it anyway you can to get up and running watch dieresta then you will know how far your comment is off this kid was 18 when he started as for myself I am a machinist I worked for southern pacific rr I thought my comment was cute to let you know what's what I wouldn't hit your right side lol give the kid a break he's starting out with nothing zero and I bet that out lasts him or you or me.. go kid go
You did u from the get go and end result was success. Thats what counts. Great job
I have a comment about you using a mig welder... You resurrected a post vice. It worked, you were happy with it, you shared it with us. Great job, thank you for sharing....
That sir, is a fine piece of work... Thanks for showing us old guys how to do it...
Its good seeing channels where the guy says ‘Hey, there is a right way to do it, but it’s just a fucking vise and it doesn’t matter’. New sub, thanks for sharing!
A Martin Always nice to have somebody that gets it!! Thank you for the support!
Finally, someone who knows how to weld on youtube!
I know it’s been 3 years since you did this build but that was great content and the fact that you saved a cool old leg vice that your probably still using today that’s a win
You gave me the way to restore mine. I will follow your step. You did an amazimg job on yours. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Nice job man! It’s nice that you did it how normal guys like us that aren’t frikken tool and die makers or machinists would do it. Lol
I like how you simplified it all. Great vid.
Great work and great ingenuity! I'm always surprised by negative comments when you are feely sharing ideas and knowledge. I don't get why people do that?
Sharing knowledge ? Having learned the correct practices and procedures whilst serving an apprenticeship, viewing demonstrations of bad practice is very hard to watch. These bad practices are now shared on TH-cam and will only serve to expose many more people to those bad practices. If something is to be shared on TH-cam, then just do it correctly without short-cuts or excuses about why it doesn't matter. It always DOES matter.
Great work, great story, great video. Bravo.
Great job. I love that you left it in raw steel. I agree with you - that's how they should look. On mine, I just put a light coat of Fluid Film on and it's been in the shop for over a year with absolutely no flash rust anywhere. Again, great job, great save and an outstanding addition to your shop.
I like how you did the threads on it. I can rebuild them except when it comes to the threads because I don't have a lathe. Thanks!
A friend from work just gave me a complete and working blacksmith vice, the exact same make. Interestingly, the threads were brazed on. Talk about the ability of those guys back then. The forge welds were virtually seamless.
Wow so many nay sayers. Ignore em. You gave this forgotten old tool a new life
Great job on the whole restoration and then making the stand for it. It's impressive how you took the threaded coupling and rounded it off and inserted it into the original Shaft was a great idea.
This inspired me to restore my dads post vice.
Outstanding job !
Outstanding save!
Excellent thoughtful demonstration of shop creative thinking and performance.
Top job loved seeing that vice being put back into use.
Impressive effort!
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Fantastic work! Very cool !
You really Personify Jack of all trades and ace at none! Through it all, though you didn't lose any fingers and good results.
That vice looks like it's still got a lot of life left in it.
Nice work!
great job ! the only suggestion I would have is,, you should have drilled 2 holes threw the area of the threaded nut. then installed the nut and plug welded the holes in the nut. this would ensure that the nut will never pull out.
Awesome Job, my compliments on giving the "super precise" guys nightmares
Good work and video, thank you!
Cool build nice job bringing the tool back to life.
Beautiful restoration! Thanks for posting your video
Nice restoration!
That's an awesome vise, glad you could save it. Gives me hope for repairing the 2 old vises (not post vises) that I have here.
beautifully done. thank you.
sweet!! i used copper grease to very lightly coat mine after cleaning, gave it a vintage look.
way to go! bringing back to life a valuable tool!
Thank you im so excited to use it!
KUDOS on a great restoration of a much needed tool in ANY shop! You did a wonderful job on the wounting of the post vise, as well! I have one that I need to mount for use in my shop and am thinking about using your ideas! Thanks for a great video!
Killer vise!
Nicely done. I had to fix one of my post vises in a similar manner, only downside to using acme thread is that the fastest twist I can find is still way slower than the original square cut threads.
have a post vice that I pulled out of my grandad's garage after a fire, he got it off his grandparents estate auction. Not overly concerned about heat damage where it was but definitely needs some TLC. I enjoyed watching the vid and think I have a couple good ideas from it. thanks for the content.
Awesome restoration / build. It's just like new 👍
Great Job Bud
Nice one. Love restoring old things myself. Would love to see it buffed and polished too. Keep up the restoration work - from Many Things
Well done many thanks
That came out sweet !!!! Great video !!!!
good job, enjoyed ur commentary
Good job on that
Great Job.
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Great video!
Great job! Love that shop. You've got all the cool big boy toys ;) Cheers!
Thank you man! Come by some time!
Hi from England
So, basically what you've done here is take something that to all intents & purposes was dead....and given it a new lease of life...
Well done.
Oh, and to me this does qualify as a proper restoration as you've had to make up new parts for it...
Just a little tip here for future:
When welding near threads...
Wipe a bit of fat over them threads won't you first...
This'll stop any weld spatter getting onto em...
Same when welding near hydraulic rams, sleeves and linear slides etc...
When you get chance...replace the hex nuts on the hinge with square nuts...(you can make those on that lathe)... 😉
Hello glenn,
Please sir, do not criticize the video in anyway.
I was recently educated for believing that the screaming was not particularly fitting. Also, I soon was upbraided for my comment arguing MIG welding was best suited for sheet metal. Almost any welder agrees to that However, I stupidly thought deep penetration can only be achieved by stick or TIG. Heavy industrial MIGs can perform welds but the materials and wire must be well suited and clean. Too much for general purpose welding that requires high tensile strength such as in this case. Now that I have had my head pulled out of my lowest Orphas, quite honestly I now agree. however, only a jerk would ever contradict his methods or reasoning. Every aspect of his restoration is well thought out, calculated with precision and flawless technique that is executed without error. He is perfect. We should strive to achieve his perfection but we can never achieve an ounce of it. We stand in total humility to only awe its perfection. I am totally humbled by his craftsmanship, and we should all feel privileged to have his video to watch and listen intently to the burst of music emanating from his angelic chest. He may be god.
James
Well done Mr.SJW🙈
Remember that there are good and bad ways to "criticize". There's always something you can improve, and is great when someone points out things that will make your work better.
But I guess you must be one of those people that thinks that knows everything to perfection and can't stand when someone points out your mistakes, instead of learning from that.
Wouldn't the fat make the weld porous and brittle because of hydrogen bubbling.
@@theterribleanimator1793 Fat goes on nearby metal you don't want spatter to stick to.
Top job man
awesome to see the younger generation appreciate and restore antique tools and use them. i think you did a fine job on that project.
This video is strong evidence that violence can solve very precise mechanical problems
Great work brother!
Nicely done!
My vise is the same as yours. Got my at a junk yard. lol
Had no problems with trads, whoever I had to do new jaws for it. 👍👍
You did a fine job man.
Chris, that came out great! I loved following your progress on IG, but the video really brings it home. That's a sweet setup to have!
Hex nuts typically aren't octagonal. ;)
I enjoy your videos and am always inspired by your rebuilds!
drhender if you squint hard enough you can see the other two sides 😵 haha thank you!!
nothing is ever "grinded out" either, it's often ground out
That was a nice repair and build. HOWEVER... I have to armchair QB here (ACQB) so you can call me out for that. If it were me I would have drilled the corners of the Hardy hole then drilled successively in the center. I guess that's 6 of 1 half dozen of the other!
I hope you get much use out of the old bugger!!!
I really enjoyed this.
A really top notch restoration,and a good vidio, I'm sure you had a lot of job satisfaction while we're doing it,your vidio gets my 5 ☆ rating
I think it should be red. lol. Good job!
Luv the stand, was wondering how to make it mobile! 👍
amazing work ...saludos Argentina
great job
ill do one like it sir !!!!!!
all in all a very nice "looking" restoration. welding steel to wrought iron is going be the first thing to fail, the extra TPI of the 5 acme rod will give you enough power to pull that nut right out, no matter how hard you bashed it in there even with that little ring of weld you added.
Jeff Cote, I kept saying that to myself a couple of times. This fellow is a few clicks off center on what he does and it doesn't seem to worry him a bit. He keeps telling us WHAT HE WILL DO WHEN IT FAILS.
Looks to me like when the vise is tightened it pulls the nut into the casting, not out of it. The weld wasn't the best idea though, with you there.
That vise is not made of wrought iron, it would be far too weak to use in that type of application.
I kept wondering why not heat the casting and freeze nut with liquid nitrogen, perhaps researching expansion and contraction coefficients first in order not to over-stress the casting.
Nice one
Great video! i dint understand how anyone could give this a thumbs down,,,RUDE
Real field repair!!
Magnificent!!!! I have a post vise which my great-grandfather used on his farm. Hope I can get it working as well as you did this one.
Will Wyatt go for it!! And if you find yourself in need of parts for your restoration let me know and I’ll get you in touch with a friend who restores vises professionally
Thanks. I haven't looked at it in years, and it DOES have problems. I'll keep you posted.
I say you did a fine job.
Nice. Think you might want some legs astride the hardy hole to prevent flexing of the table set up.
Wonderful! The friend that gave this to you? Make sure you pass this under his nose...he'll want it back! Enjoyed the vid.
Rule one of lathes: Take off the watch. Tie back long hair. Short sleeves. Lathes will grab you and mess you up bad.
rule two wear goggles.
Notso Fresh you can leave your hat on
Notso Fresh, Amen, brother.
@@seanchinery No, you wear a face mask, not goggles. Full face mask.
It's loose clothing. Long sleeves are okay, so long as they aren't loose.
Also this is less of an issue with metal/engineering lathes, as you aren't really supposed get anywhere near the rotating chuck while it's in use. You don't use free tools.
But yes, generally speaking, rotating tools can be pretty dangerous.
i would say rule number one is remove the key from the lathe as soon as you are done adjusting the chuck.
good job
Well done saving that vice but it deserves a better pivot pin. The allthread will eat the hole over time.
Very nice piece of work. What do you do to inhibit rust going forward?
Like most people that I see MIG weld you too seem to love to dive head first and breathe in all the welding gases created while you weld. You'll live a few years longer if you just move back a little.
oneuponedown I definitely take precaution when it comes to welding fumes, above my head is a fume extractor that gets most of that smoke out. I usually wear a respirator too but I was rushing that day for no good reason
Great vid. Ty. I appreciate the advice about a small portable vise. (I'll get one soon.) So, because you like the raw steel finish, and didn't paint it, what's your answer to impending rust?
Good job , It's not broken if you can fix it
and thanks for the top notch voice over! You had to explain every single little obvious detail didn't you? "Uh so at this point I am wearing my gloves and the left hand glove is on my left hand and the right hand glove is on my right hand. They cover my hands and protect them. The gloves are a layer of protection from and debris that could get on or damage either my left or right hand. And you will see when I am finished with the gloves that I had on my hands I then remove them using the right gloved hand to remove the glove from my left hand. You'll see me then use my left hand without a glove to remove the right glove. Because I removed the left glove first. From there I basically put the gloves on a clean surface of my workbench. The left side of the workbench about 11 inches from the furthest left edge. I put the left glove to the left and the right glove slightly to the right of where I put the left glove. In other words exactly how they would be positioned if I were wearing them on my left and right hands. Next I grabbed a 1/8" drill bit from my drill bits and double checked the drill diameter by comparing it to the internal ink tube of a blue bic pen. Funny thing about the bic pens they come in blue, black, red, and even green colored inks. Those are all different colors. I then inserted my drill bit into my drill chuck with the cutting end facing out. Because you want to make contact with your surface with the cutting end. I double checked my drill to make sure it was still a drill and went ahead and decided to put my gloves back on. I took the left glove and put it on my left hand...holy frig dude. You should practice not speaking.
Nice!
I'm so surprised, with people who don't put up videos, but leaves these negative's comment.
Any finish like paste wax or some kinda clear coat to stop it from rusting?
Freeze the sleeve in dry ice TAP it and let it warm back to room temperature normally that would help not roll the threads
This is a good answer.. lol He said heating the one piece could be a problem, he didn't say anything about freezing the nut! lol
I think he did a durn good job.
Thank you Sir!
You have a new sub
Octa means eight in latin, hexa means six. So an octagon is an eight-sided shape, the six-sided one is the hexagon.
Wow, fantastic work! I have one of these in my shop that’s in really rough shape and Ive been dreading getting into it. I think this will give me the motivation I need to get started! I love what you’re doing and your channel is really well done. We have a lot of common interests and I’m trying to get my work to your level. Dig the intro video! Keep up the inspiration and great work. I’ll be following closely! Thanks again!
Thats what I like to hear! Thank you!!
@@MakeEverything BTW a neat trick for pressing metal in metal. Put the inner part in the freezer and get as cold as you can. Put the outer part in the oven @ 450 until it reaches the temp. Place top in something to hold it so the hole faces up. drop frozen metal in. the metal actually will shrink when very cold and the heat of the outer piece will make it expand quite quickly making almost a weld when it is done expanding.
Great project. I have one lying in a corner of the shop I need to do that too.
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Also, if you want to see worse machining come over to my shop and I am glad to demonstrate.
A sincere quest from someone who hasn’t a clue, why didn’t you clean the vice before putting it in the lathe? Wouldn’t it have run more true?
That clamp you use on your drill press that looks like some sort of vise grips tool what’s it called and where can I get one
Enjoyed watching.,Outstanding Job, well done....
Loved your video! I subscribed. I have a 1914 Columbian in good shape, just needs cleaning and ugly paint removed. Someone told me to use a block of wood under the leg to cushion it. Any comment?
Leg vises are a blacksmith's tool, the idea of the leg is to transmit the force of hammer blows to the ground. As this is the function of the tool cushioning the base would seem a waste of energy (literally) Unfortunately the old vises these days have seen years of post blacksmith era abuse mostly by people who have little knowledge or appreciation of the blacksmiths craft and the fact that old ironware is generally considerably softer than modern steels and therefore suffers more for their misuse.
Piece of steel plate on the floor with a hole to fit the end of the post will improve transmission of forces into the floor. With out damaging the floor or the end of the post.
Could of drilled holes in the corners of the floor base plate to fasten it to the floor . It will be more solid and take the hammer blows it is intended for. Just sayin.
I did drill holes in the base, and I do bolt it to the floor. Just sayin
I disagree with you about the strength of the Acme nut you pushed into the original housing. Yes it is fairly tight, but the force produced by Acme threaded rods is enormous. People use this type of threads and nuts to lift cars. If you ever use any great force on the handle while trying trying to get a part of stay tight in the jaws I believe the rather shallow penetration of the weld will fail. I hope you are right and it doesn't fail so I recommend you don't go all gorilla when tightening the vise. Thanks for the video.
Nice
Did you treat the metal at all to prevent rusting? If so, how? Great job by the way!! subcribed
Actual precice fit of the height is not needed. The mount plate is adjustable..... knock the wedge out and slide it up and down to fit your location. Just saying. I would have installed the new threads differentl;y but you got it done. Threads are the first place to wear out on a post vise. Unless of course someone puts work on one side of the jaw and clamps the ))*&^)& out of the vise. Then you will bend the jaws which is a much harder repair.