Great vise find, definitely has many years of service left. Always nice to see American Iron repaired rather than scrapped. Another top notch video Tubalcain!
Mrs. Tubalcain: "Lyle, have you seen the lazy Susan?" Mr. Pete: "The one on the end table? Why no, I haven't dear." Another interesting video, brought to us by the abductor of household items for nefarious purposes. Thanks.
I like your modified bolt/pin, into the threaded hole idea, much better than the pressed pin that they originally have. Makes for easier disassembly. Anyone who manages to somehow drive the original pin out (if you can manage to, without having to drill it out) should tap the home and make one of those bolt/pins to replace it with.
When I moved in home 6 yrs ago I found a 4” Columbian vise under a workbench in the basement. I mounted the vise in my shop and have been pleased with it. It is much better built than my Craftsman vise. Tualcain, great lessons on shop tools. Take care my brother.
You can always count on a gentleman. He is kind enough to mute the sound when he uses the grinder on video 😀 nice repair Mr Pete and a real nice vise too.
Hello Mr. Pete - Yes Sir You Art quite correct that this in fact a Colombian Vise. In the 1980’s I irked for J H Williams hand tools out of Buffalo NY and we had Colombian private label 3 to 4 sizes of this style of vise for Williams. I still have my sales sample which is a 4” painted Gray but the side panel had we Williams name casted in. Still setting up my shop in my home in Naperville IL and will send you a pic of it. Love your videos & Great Humor. Thank You for all your information. Best BB
Thanks for posting this. I greatly prefer this style of vise. I have a 1942 Prentiss "Bulldog" with US Navy marks on it. No doubt it will outlast me by a very wide margin.
Excellent score Mr. Pete. I just paid twice what you paid for that 5-inch vise for a 4-inch Columbian, and I'm happy with my deal. You did great. Thanks for sharing.
When that thing started to rock as you used the tap extractor, it hit me: "Mr Pete doesn't own a vise-holding vise??" Time to get out there and hit some more auctions!
Nice repair!! Just a thought: If the anvil were bad enough you make a sacrificial plate to put on top of the anvil and install it with flat head screws in shallow holes tapped into the original anvil so it could be replaced as it gets damaged in the future. It would probably take away from the value of the vise as an original piece but if the anvil were so damaged it would restore the working surface.
Worked in heavy equipment mfg & repair shop and none of our vises had swivel bases , odd i never paid any attention to make, but sure looks the about the same size !! Nice fix Mr Pete !
Nice! You can't beat a good US made bench vise, a must have in the machine shop. BTW Pete, ACME threads are stronger than square, only a little less efficient. Thanks for showing your lucky finds!
great ridgid vise sir, i got me one like that one about 5 years ago from a bike shop that were going out of busines for $5 near home, it was stuck - cannot open any way, i did some research on it and i was able to make it work after tuning it some how, but now after watching your video i would completely rebuild it the right way; thank you so much for your time and technics 👍
ridgid tools from Home Depot are just fine and at a great price. got a battery drill, battery impact gun and pneumatic trim gun. and I am happy with them.
Nice old vise!. I have at times used a cutting torch to blow out busted taps out of cast iron. I normally get away with it without damaging the iron if I am careful and it is a good thru hole.
I’m presuming by what I've gleamed from the video is that you used to be a teacher. I very much get the impression you were both very good and very popular. A wonderful video, thank you for making it and I learnt plenty.
Nice fix on removing that broken Tap. You got lucky. I believe the 'weld' marks on the underside of the base are from a Gouger, not a Weld. A graphite electrode and air blast hooked to an Arc Welder for removing metal. It likely was used to remove the casting Sprue although it looks like it may have been done after machining. Just a guess. It may be a weld to fill a void discovered after machining.
G’day Mr Pete. That tap extractor actually did work, albeit it gave its last. I have had success with tapping the broken tap with a hammer and punch until the broken tap shattered, it does test your patience though. It’s always good to have a good vice:) Cheers Peter
Hello Mr Pete! I'm currently restoring an old Columbian 804 Vise. It's a tough looking old thing with steel plates welded to the top and front. Wish I could find a tip on your channel on removing the screw from the front of the vise.
@@Drottninggatan2017 Maybe loosened it off by trying to use the vise as a spreader or disassembled it for cleaning and lost it. Potentially it was a screw instead of a pin in the first place - see scoutcrafter's recent video on a Starrett vise, that one uses a screw for a similar function.
If you look closely at 2:47, you can see the seam around the trademark where the main pattern had an inset pocket for the trademark pattern. Very cool stuff!
Mr. Pete, you are a man of many vises. Cummins is what's called a "lost identity OEM (original equipment manufacture), which is a pretty common practice in a number of industries for private label products. BTW Ridgid makes great tools tough enough for oilfield use, and used to make some even nicer calendars that were very easy to read from across the room. Nice video, thanks.
5:21 The 'Rigid Orange' is a newer colour, older Rigid equipment was red animationresources.org/pinups-george-pettys-ridgid-tools-calendars/, but as you pointed out Bubba repainted it
Well I think you found a good job for Bubba - removing broke taps! If a hard, brittle tap broke already then it may be subject to more cracking from being beat on with a punch. Perhaps the tap extractors are more useful for soft or bearing materials like brass and bronze? I have some small ones in good condition from what I presume to be an old clock maker's kit, along with way too many taps in a very limited range of sizes. Maybe sheet/plate metal as well - things where you don't want to beat on the work, and they're not stuck "deep"?
Nice save on that vice. I'm glad you didn't try to re-thread that center hole. Of course you knew it would be hard as diamonds after welding. Im sure you know but didn't mention it, but the original pin for the nut is a taper pin. Getting them out is sometimes challenging. I usually use a sturdy chunk of metal stock to stick in there and block it up level so you can tap the pin out without bending it.
Nice vise. That's the way I like to buy stuff, broken and easy to repair. Some people are lost even by the simplest repairs. So, some great things are priced like junk. I love the new century man!!! Thanks for the video.
Picked up a 604m3 columbian bench vise at an auction a month ago for $41. What a steal. Has light surface rust that will clean off with some elbow grease. Too bad I cant post a pic. Very excited on the find.
Put an appropriate-size nut over the broken tap, fill it with weld of choice (tig best), cool, and unscrew backwards... works for this size broken tap every time... LOVE that vise... How does your neighbor know when you are doing videos? Do you have to pay for the sound-effects he provides?
Beautiful simplicity in that nut mount design, very weird treatment by former owner on the base bottom, but i found the repair really interesting, and the tap removal was not very stressful to watch (despite destroying the tap remover of a type i literally abhor!). One of the nicest vices I have seen around, cheers Lyle!
I just picked up Craftsman vise that matches a Columbian vise that I picked up a few weeks earlier both are in NOS condition both are 3 1/2 in, the Craftsman is dated 1986, haven't found a date on the Columbian yet, the Craftsman date was cast right into the side 4/ 86 (raised numbers) thanks for the video👍
I’ve never used a tap extractor, but I’m guessing they aren’t supposed to be single use. It did ultimately remove the tap.... so you’re donating the $5 right?? 😂
Looks like Bubba tried to do what you did to fix the vise , first was the attempt to thread the hole and when his one and possibly only tap broke he then tries to weld the nut in place I think the hole was drilled at an angle intentionally for the pin to hold the nut I fixed one years ago and I seem to remember the hole was drilled at an angle ( don`t know how it got broken it was in high school shop class)
I’d say it is a Rigid brand vise made by Columbian. Like the Craftsman brand metal lathes that were produced by Atlas Press Co. (made this comment at start of video before you had disassembled and found the Columbian nut). Great repair, thanks for making the video.
Hi recently restored a Wilton vice that I've had for 3 or 4 decades now and when I painted it the hammer tone blue that it originally came in a deliberately painted over the anvil in the back so I wouldn't pound on it with a hammer. Pounding on a cast iron vise just doesn't make any sense to me. That's what my 1' long railroad rail is 4 because steel doesn't crack. When you pound on it. Cast iron does.
Hey Mr. Colombian! Thanks for this video. It solves my missing nut pin problem. Next, do you know which direction to drive the vice jaw pins out? Are they tapered? Thanks!
A nice heavy duty vice and a useful tool in any shop. Why do you not like the swivel bases on a vice? Is it a concern about a failure point. I have two vices both with swivel bases and use that feature all the time.
Yes, good save. For the record I've always limited my vise 'anvil' to things like gapping spark plugs... or occasionally smacking something with the rawhide mallet. Even then, it's the stand alone anvil thats the correct technology for the application.
Before you resurfaced the flat area on the vice, would adding some JB Weld actually fill in the gouges? or would it look like Bubba tried to repair it?
As always, a great presentation. Did you build the turntable that was used in the video? If you did, I think a build-it project would be interesting. Thanks again for another gem of information
I have the same vice and it’s grey. I bought it at a garage sale for $200, it was pretty worn but still working. It had an orangish color to it, I thought that was the rigid orange but after cleaning it with just degreaser it was just rust. The original color is grey.
Have you looked at the new vices at harbor freight tools? If so what do you think about them? The new line of their vices are red not blue. The blue ones are discontinued. The red ones are supposed to be a better Vice made of ductile cast. They look like this Colombian Vice to me. They’re a China product and the prices aren’t crazy. I think they are part of their Hercules line.
I believe the tap extractors would have worked in an impact tool, such as a cordless drill with a hammer feature, but not on high-torque. Just to get a smacking action. Then when all else fails, there is a smoke wrench. Heat the base of the vise, just a little for expansion, but put the extractors in the freezer or ice water. That would cause the tap to contract. Then use the hammer drill in reverse of course. Advice: always use quality taps that DO NOT twist before cutting. If it twists, it will break off in the material you are tapping.
A question for the shop teacher...I've heard many people say that when you use a file that you should only move it in one direction (push way from you for example) and not back and forth. That never really made sense to me since the teeth on the file are sharp in both directions. I see you moving your file in a back and forth motion. Is there any reason not cut with a file in both directions?
99% of files cut in one direction, forward. It's best to use a handle with it. There are files that cut both forward and backwards. They are called a rasp.
….11:50.....those tap extractors have had little success in my realm as a maintenance mechanic…..what has worked, is to weld a small piece of 1/8" or so TIG wire to the tap, at an angle and use it as a handle...this usually requires a TIG welder though...a MIG weld will likely just break off... I've been able to get out taps and broken allen screws as small as 6-32....it works OK because the cast iron doesn't weld very well...
Columbia, made in Cleveland, and RIDGID, made in Elyria, Ohio, are only about 28 miles apart. Probably a good reason why Ridgid had the Columbia make their vises. See you at the Bar-Z. Jon
I saw on amazon a 4 inch jaw with a 6 inch opening vise used selling for $500. so I believe you are correct in your estimate. At least by one offering! Nice vise's!
mrpete222 yes indeed! I need a vise but its going to take a while to gather that many pennies! Be worth it as long as I find a good one! I appreciate your knowledge!
Thanks for sharing mrpete. If you look around the RIDGID name I think you can see a split line where I imagine the name plate insert was added to the mould. regards from the UK
I found a 4" non swivel columbian that was a rust nodule in an old collapsing garage. saved it. funny i mixed 50/50 white and black tractor enamel for the perfect grey and didnt even know thats what the original color was. I dont use it very often but im pretty proud of it. mine doesnt have an anvil though. its a model 504
When I took it apart it had a ring and a very thin cracked metal plate in it. I wanted to try and find replacement parts for it. The pin wasn’t difficult to take out on mine I just used a hammer and a screwdriver. It came right out.
Perfect Saturday morning Mr. Pete! Great repair and throughly enjoyable upload. You're always teaching, much appreciated.
Great vise find, definitely has many years of service left. Always nice to see American Iron repaired rather than scrapped. Another top notch video Tubalcain!
Mrs. Tubalcain: "Lyle, have you seen the lazy Susan?"
Mr. Pete: "The one on the end table? Why no, I haven't dear."
Another interesting video, brought to us by the abductor of household items for nefarious purposes.
Thanks.
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@@mrpete222 Marty's Matchbox Repairs is ar bad as you. His wife always seems to be missing things!
Another VERY informative video. Thanks Lyle. We learned yet some more from your genius. You are truly blessed kind Sir.
Good save, Mr. Pete...You gave the old boy a new life !!!!
I like your modified bolt/pin, into the threaded hole idea, much better than the pressed pin that they originally have. Makes for easier disassembly. Anyone who manages to somehow drive the original pin out (if you can manage to, without having to drill it out) should tap the home and make one of those bolt/pins to replace it with.
When I moved in home 6 yrs ago I found a 4” Columbian vise under a workbench in the basement. I mounted the vise in my shop and have been pleased with it.
It is much better built than my Craftsman vise.
Tualcain, great lessons on shop tools. Take care my brother.
You very much. You must’ve been very excited to find that vise
Definitely. I knew it was better than Craftsman but now know Ive got a. gem.
Ridgid power tools rock my friend.
Better than a donut with my Saturday Morning Coffee! Thanks Lyle!
You can always count on a gentleman. He is kind enough to mute the sound when he uses the grinder on video 😀 nice repair Mr Pete and a real nice vise too.
Thank you
Hello Mr. Pete - Yes Sir You Art quite correct that this in fact a Colombian Vise. In the 1980’s I irked for J H Williams hand tools out of Buffalo NY and we had Colombian private label 3 to 4 sizes of this style of vise for Williams. I still have my sales sample which is a 4” painted Gray but the side panel had we Williams name casted in. Still setting up my shop in my home in Naperville IL and will send you a pic of it. Love your videos & Great Humor. Thank You for all your information. Best BB
Very interesting. I suppose they branded it with many names.
Very nice repair! Enjoyed it very much. Thanks, Mr. Pete! :-)
Another coffee and MR Pete Saturday morning, thanks.
Thanks for posting this. I greatly prefer this style of vise. I have a 1942 Prentiss "Bulldog" with US Navy marks on it. No doubt it will outlast me by a very wide margin.
Excellent score Mr. Pete. I just paid twice what you paid for that 5-inch vise for a 4-inch Columbian, and I'm happy with my deal. You did great. Thanks for sharing.
When that thing started to rock as you used the tap extractor, it hit me: "Mr Pete doesn't own a vise-holding vise??" Time to get out there and hit some more auctions!
lol
Good one Mr Pete! Some of your videos may seem dismal to others but I find them all very interesting. Thank you.
THANK YOU...for sharing. Very nice repair.
Nice work, Hyrim.
Nice repair!! Just a thought: If the anvil were bad enough you make a sacrificial plate to put on top of the anvil and install it with flat head screws in shallow holes tapped into the original anvil so it could be replaced as it gets damaged in the future. It would probably take away from the value of the vise as an original piece but if the anvil were so damaged it would restore the working surface.
Good idea
Worked in heavy equipment mfg & repair shop and none of our vises had swivel bases , odd i never paid any attention to make, but sure looks the about the same size !! Nice fix Mr Pete !
Great video! I restore vintage vises as a hobby and can’t wait to see your other videos. Thanks for posting!
Nice! You can't beat a good US made bench vise, a must have in the machine shop. BTW Pete, ACME threads are stronger than square, only a little less efficient. Thanks for showing your lucky finds!
great ridgid vise sir, i got me one like that one about 5 years ago from a bike shop that were going out of busines for $5 near home, it was stuck - cannot open
any way, i did some research on it and i was able to make it work after tuning it some how, but now after watching your video i would completely rebuild it the right way; thank you so much for your time and technics 👍
Thank you for watching and that was a good buy at five dollars
ridgid tools from Home Depot are just fine and at a great price. got a battery drill, battery impact gun and pneumatic trim gun. and I am happy with them.
I second that. They hold up just as good as Dewalt or Millwalkee, probably made by same company.
Nice old vise!. I have at times used a cutting torch to blow out busted taps out of cast iron. I normally get away with it without damaging the iron if I am careful and it is a good thru hole.
I’m presuming by what I've gleamed from the video is that you used to be a teacher. I very much get the impression you were both very good and very popular. A wonderful video, thank you for making it and I learnt plenty.
Thank you very much, yes I was a teacher 45 years
Nice fix on removing that broken Tap. You got lucky. I believe the 'weld' marks on the underside of the base are from a Gouger, not a Weld. A graphite electrode and air blast hooked to an Arc Welder for removing metal. It likely was used to remove the casting Sprue although it looks like it may have been done after machining. Just a guess.
It may be a weld to fill a void discovered after machining.
G’day Mr Pete. That tap extractor actually did work, albeit it gave its last. I have had success with tapping the broken tap with a hammer and punch until the broken tap shattered, it does test your patience though.
It’s always good to have a good vice:)
Cheers
Peter
Nice repair, Mr Pete!
Hello Mr Pete! I'm currently restoring an old Columbian 804 Vise. It's a tough looking old thing with steel plates welded to the top and front. Wish I could find a tip on your channel on removing the screw from the front of the vise.
New price from wilton depending on model sells for $275 to $350 .
Nice vise! I recently got an American Scale number 66 vise. 150+ pounds. I have several Columbian vises as well as Reeds.
Very nice repair. I think Bubba tried to tack weld the nut to the base through the center pivot hole and of course that would not work.
Probably fell out in transport at one time or another. But who knows...
@@Drottninggatan2017 Maybe loosened it off by trying to use the vise as a spreader or disassembled it for cleaning and lost it. Potentially it was a screw instead of a pin in the first place - see scoutcrafter's recent video on a Starrett vise, that one uses a screw for a similar function.
Used it while not bolted down. Opened the vice up until the center of balance caused it to fall off the bench. Hit the floor and sheared the pin.
nice simple repair. very lucky purchase. all good. i like the way it turned out.
Thanks
Great tutorial on repairing the pin. Thanks!
Thanks
If you look closely at 2:47, you can see the seam around the trademark where the main pattern had an inset pocket for the trademark pattern.
Very cool stuff!
Mr. Pete, you are a man of many vises. Cummins is what's called a "lost identity OEM (original equipment manufacture), which is a pretty common practice in a number of industries for private label products. BTW Ridgid makes great tools tough enough for oilfield use, and used to make some even nicer calendars that were very easy to read from across the room. Nice video, thanks.
Thanks
5:21 The 'Rigid Orange' is a newer colour, older Rigid equipment was red animationresources.org/pinups-george-pettys-ridgid-tools-calendars/, but as you pointed out Bubba repainted it
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Well I think you found a good job for Bubba - removing broke taps! If a hard, brittle tap broke already then it may be subject to more cracking from being beat on with a punch.
Perhaps the tap extractors are more useful for soft or bearing materials like brass and bronze? I have some small ones in good condition from what I presume to be an old clock maker's kit, along with way too many taps in a very limited range of sizes. Maybe sheet/plate metal as well - things where you don't want to beat on the work, and they're not stuck "deep"?
Nice save on that vice. I'm glad you didn't try to re-thread that center hole. Of course you knew it would be hard as diamonds after welding.
Im sure you know but didn't mention it, but the original pin for the nut is a taper pin. Getting them out is sometimes challenging. I usually use a sturdy chunk of metal stock to stick in there and block it up level so you can tap the pin out without bending it.
Lyle
Keep on telling me more. You say more, I learn more. Kindest regards
Thanks
Nice vise. That's the way I like to buy stuff, broken and easy to repair. Some people are lost even by the simplest repairs. So, some great things are priced like junk. I love the new century man!!! Thanks for the video.
Thanks
Great video . I really enjoy your shop class , via TH-cam.
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With that many vises sitting around, I wonder if it ought to be spelled vices?
Yep... I grow weary of people calling them "vices" when they are really "vises"... or are the in fact both? Please pronounce it how you mean it...
@@bentontool, the tool is a vise.
Hoarding them, is a vice!
I think, in MrPete's situation, BOTH
apply!
steve
Mrpete thinks he has vises. MrsPete knows he has vices.
They use vice in the UK...Them Brits sure do butcher the language...
@@turnersparadise8368, US and UK.
Two countries separated by a common
language.
steve
👍Good video! Good repair. Just bought a new Wilton 550P. Gotta watch out for them "bubbas"😂
Thx Mr Pete👍☕️
Yes
Picked up a 604m3 columbian bench vise at an auction a month ago for $41.
What a steal. Has light surface rust that will clean off with some elbow grease. Too bad I cant post a pic. Very excited on the find.
Nice score
$13 I'll be down Thursday to pick it up
Fine work detective Tubalcain!
Put an appropriate-size nut over the broken tap, fill it with weld of choice (tig best), cool, and unscrew backwards... works for this size broken tap every time... LOVE that vise... How does your neighbor know when you are doing videos? Do you have to pay for the sound-effects he provides?
Thanks
Beautiful simplicity in that nut mount design, very weird treatment by former owner on the base bottom, but i found the repair really interesting, and the tap removal was not very stressful to watch (despite destroying the tap remover of a type i literally abhor!). One of the nicest vices I have seen around, cheers Lyle!
Thank you very much
Tap extractors are like EZ-outs, if they work then you didn't need the damn thing!
lol
I just picked up Craftsman vise that matches a Columbian vise that I picked up a few weeks earlier both are in NOS condition both are 3 1/2 in, the Craftsman is dated 1986, haven't found a date on the Columbian yet, the Craftsman date was cast right into the side 4/ 86 (raised numbers) thanks for the video👍
I’ve never used a tap extractor, but I’m guessing they aren’t supposed to be single use. It did ultimately remove the tap.... so you’re donating the $5 right?? 😂
Beautiful repair!!!!!
Looks like Bubba tried to do what you did to fix the vise , first was the attempt to thread the hole and when his one and possibly only tap broke he then tries to weld the nut in place
I think the hole was drilled at an angle intentionally for the pin to hold the nut I fixed one years ago and I seem to remember the hole was drilled at an angle ( don`t know how it got broken it was in high school shop class)
I’d say it is a Rigid brand vise made by Columbian. Like the Craftsman brand metal lathes that were produced by Atlas Press Co. (made this comment at start of video before you had disassembled and found the Columbian nut). Great repair, thanks for making the video.
Hi recently restored a Wilton vice that I've had for 3 or 4 decades now and when I painted it the hammer tone blue that it originally came in a deliberately painted over the anvil in the back so I wouldn't pound on it with a hammer. Pounding on a cast iron vise just doesn't make any sense to me. That's what my 1' long railroad rail is 4 because steel doesn't crack. When you pound on it. Cast iron does.
Very interesting and enjoyable, you are a great teacher.
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Hey Mr. Colombian! Thanks for this video. It solves my missing nut pin problem. Next, do you know which direction to drive the vice jaw pins out? Are they tapered? Thanks!
Sorry, I do not know that. But I would doubt that they are tapered.
A nice heavy duty vice and a useful tool in any shop. Why do you not like the swivel bases on a vice? Is it a concern about a failure point. I have two vices both with swivel bases and use that feature all the time.
I have an old Rock Island with a badly bent swivel handle and swivel angrily welded shut all around. That tells the story.
Yes, good save. For the record I've always limited my vise 'anvil' to things like gapping spark plugs... or occasionally smacking something with the rawhide mallet. Even then, it's the stand alone anvil thats the correct technology for the application.
I totally agree
Loved this video! You should mount that big vise and use it!
Yes
That lazy wasnt a Chip and Dale was it?
great forensic ident. Mr Pete. Always a pleasure to watch your videos. would a bit of loctite on that threaded pin been an option?
Yes
Thanks for a great vice repair and tune-up video, I was wondering how the jaws were held in? I saw no screws on the jaw face.
Dovetails are visible on the ends of the jaws... maybe screws or pins through from the back, to hold the jaws laterally?
Still using the vice from my father's father. Oh! I am a permanent 39 years old. Good information to have as to how a vice works.
You have a brother named Jack Benny perchance?
Before you resurfaced the flat area on the vice, would adding some JB Weld actually fill in the gouges? or would it look like Bubba tried to repair it?
Yes bubba
Great repair job Mr Pete. At least it's gone to a good home where bubber can't do anymore damage
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HA- GOOD POINT!!!
As always, a great presentation. Did you build the turntable that was used in the video? If you did, I think a build-it project would be interesting. Thanks again for another gem of information
I wionder if the weld job on the bottom was an attempt to weld the dovetail key way in place?
I think so
Looks like you really got a work out while making this video. Thanks for the effort.
Pete. Nice fix!!
Thanks
You can't fix Bubba, but Mr. Pete fixes what Bubba does.
Well done!
lol
I have the same vice and it’s grey. I bought it at a garage sale for $200, it was pretty worn but still working. It had an orangish color to it, I thought that was the rigid orange but after cleaning it with just degreaser it was just rust. The original color is grey.
Have you looked at the new vices at harbor freight tools? If so what do you think about them?
The new line of their vices are red not blue. The blue ones are discontinued. The red ones are supposed to be a better Vice made of ductile cast. They look like this Colombian Vice to me. They’re a China product and the prices aren’t crazy. I think they are part of their Hercules line.
I will check them out next time I go there
Is that Tommy the "spite" mower weed whipping in the background? LOL
Yes
Good repair job now i see why you like Columbian vises elegant simple design.
Yes
Love the references to “bubba” we all have known a bubba or two in our life times
love the Columbian vises. i have a 504 without the flat anvil on my workbench.
@ 11.50 lol,,,you are quite the spender Mr Pete. A good video none the less.
Compasses must shift when near your workshop!!
Lovely video! Congrats on the new vise.
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I believe the tap extractors would have worked in an impact tool, such as a cordless drill with a hammer feature, but not on high-torque. Just to get a smacking action. Then when all else fails, there is a smoke wrench. Heat the base of the vise, just a little for expansion, but put the extractors in the freezer or ice water. That would cause the tap to contract. Then use the hammer drill in reverse of course. Advice: always use quality taps that DO NOT twist before cutting. If it twists, it will break off in the material you are tapping.
it is a Columbian Vise made or branded for Rigid.
That is hard on a maple bench top. Great repair job. It looked like the tap wasn't in too deep when it broke. I like the Columbian style vises myself.
A question for the shop teacher...I've heard many people say that when you use a file that you should only move it in one direction (push way from you for example) and not back and forth. That never really made sense to me since the teeth on the file are sharp in both directions. I see you moving your file in a back and forth motion. Is there any reason not cut with a file in both directions?
It only costs in One Direction
99% of files cut in one direction, forward. It's best to use a handle with it.
There are files that cut both forward and backwards. They are called a rasp.
….11:50.....those tap extractors have had little success in my realm as a maintenance mechanic…..what has worked, is to weld a small piece of 1/8" or so TIG wire to the tap, at an angle and use it as a handle...this usually requires a TIG welder though...a MIG weld will likely just break off...
I've been able to get out taps and broken allen screws as small as 6-32....it works OK because the cast iron doesn't weld very well...
Can you tell me what year Columbian made the d45m-4 model
Bubber seems to have a lot to answer for! He should subscribe, and learn how to do things properly! Another great video, thanks for sharing
Columbia, made in Cleveland, and RIDGID, made in Elyria, Ohio, are only about 28 miles apart. Probably a good reason why Ridgid had the Columbia make their vises. See you at the Bar-Z. Jon
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I like Chevy Engine Orange for repainting Ridgid tools, it's not a bad match and you can get it at an auto parts store.
Good idea
Nice job. That just may be an actual improvement with the threaded pin.
I saw on amazon a 4 inch jaw with a 6 inch opening vise used selling for $500. so I believe you are correct in your estimate. At least by one offering! Nice vise's!
Wow, that is a lot of money
mrpete222 yes indeed! I need a vise but its going to take a while to gather that many pennies! Be worth it as long as I find a good one! I appreciate your knowledge!
Thanks for sharing mrpete. If you look around the RIDGID name I think you can see a split line where I imagine the name plate insert was added to the mould. regards from the UK
I found a 4" non swivel columbian that was a rust nodule in an old collapsing garage. saved it. funny i mixed 50/50 white and black tractor enamel for the perfect grey and didnt even know thats what the original color was. I dont use it very often but im pretty proud of it. mine doesnt have an anvil though. its a model 504
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Nice video MrP. Is that a spite chain saw I hear in the background? 😁
Columbian vises are 👍👌💯 I’m with you Mr. Pete👊🏻
Yes
When I took it apart it had a ring and a very thin cracked metal plate in it. I wanted to try and find replacement parts for it. The pin wasn’t difficult to take out on mine I just used a hammer and a screwdriver. It came right out.
Looked like Bubba using that tap extractor