SNS 374: The Starrett Machinist's Vise
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
- This week we get a very special tool mounted to the workbench and ready to use. This Starrett machinist's vise was gifted to me by The L.S. Starrett Company during our recent visit to their manufacturing plant in Athol, Massachusetts. I'll share with you the back story of this vise and why it ended up in my care. #abom79 #starrett #vise #machinistvise
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Perfect a SNS for this evening. Hi to everyone watching from Lincolnshire UK 🇬🇧
I have often found that the right size bolt will magicly turnup after buying new ones and installing them.
😂😂 you to suffer from those pesky gremlins that like to hide stuff until well after you don't need it huh? 😂😂
@@demonknight7965 yes
37 commenters are probably going to mention now, that the reason the vise base doesn't have a 4th lug is so you can get it slightly *closer* to the corner of the bench without a bolt being right in the corner.
I like all the work, but my favorites are always about tools and toolmaking. That vise is absolutely great.
I live about 45 minutes from the Starrett factory. I would have loved to have gone in on your coat tails. I could have held cameras or your coffee or whatever. And what an awesome gift of the vise.
The museum is open every Friday during the summer, or you can call the main office and schedule a museum tour.
I have a Starrett vise that was built by Starrett used by Pennsylvania Gunsmith School gifted to me by my Gunsmith Machine Shop Instructor, Mr. Jim Smith. I cannot wait to restore it and place it on my workbench. I will cherish this tool till the day I die.
I'm jealous. Thanks for the video Adam.
And now it is in the Adam Booth machine shop. The provenance of that vise is growing to greatness. I'd say you are a humble man with great skill. Tools from your shop have still the greatest background in historic specialty despite that fact. Always a privilege Adam to see what is happening at work with you.
That smile when Adam holds the vice at Starrets storage room. Priceless! 🙂
That is a heck of a gift from Starrett.
Another lovely relaxing video to watch after a long day of work! Great work Adam keep these coming!
Я в шоке от того сколько у тебя крутого и нового инструмента😳 Как же это круто👌
Beautiful old vise. I'm looking forward to the visit to the factory.
Don't mind my paranoia but I would get a security fence for that front door and reflective tint film on the glass
Na a shotgun is a lot more fun and personal.
A few bars would be great
I toured the Starrett factory a couple of years ago. Quite something to see. I was also given a tour by tool room Tim. loved it I would love to see it again.
Great video Adam. You know it might be a good idea to put a nice window dressing on your office windows so people don't get tempted by the nice tools.
Maybe a sign indicating an active business? Otherwise it could be mistaken for a showroom or museum.
Good afternoon Adam, I have a brand new Starrett chart 1213 it's approx 26 inches wide. It would look great over your new measuring tool box. If you want it I will send it to you no charge.
You should put a Starrett banner on the wall behind the tool box. Or maybe a Starrett poster. Very cool of Starrett to gift you the vise.
Your Starrett vise story is awesome. I have some machines that came from my employer. Each of them has a story that is well known to me, because I installed, modified and used them prior to becoming culled machinery. I could own their clones and often do, but having the machinery with personal connection is special to me. Leaving the vise as it was used at Starrett is great. Doing a full restoration would be another worthy honor.
Another great job. One minor hiccup. Iooking forward to watching your video at Starrett. Thanks for sharing.
Can never over appreciate you machinist, tool and die makers!!! They are the ones that can make or break you when you got one little part that has the whole line down. Always thought of them of the true hero’s of downtime, LOL. The guy that makes the part never gets seen. It’s the one that installs the part and smashes the go button that 9 out of 10 times takes all the glory.
Adam I hope sometime before you lay down your head at night one night you take a moment to consider what's happened to you. Obviously I know as much as you have shared on CZcams and maybe less as I may have missed something. That said it seems as though Grandpa started a shop, Dad ran it and it was at that point due to whatever circumstances it was closed down? Fast forward to when I started watching in your little added on garage crammed packed full.. to 2023. Sure seems like your hard work really lined up with the youtube platform to propel you to what you have today. There's no doubt in my mind your father and grandfather are overly proud. From a nobody on the internet states away I find it extremely empowering to see your success. The family history/story sure makes it that much more real.
I am always Impressed with the total Professional atmosphere the your shop portrays...Outstanding...
that Vice is GORGEOUS! Thank you Adam. Watching the master mounting a classic vice..
That vise could not have found a more fitting home. Awesome!
What a cool story. Killer score on that vice. Looks like it's perfect for that small workspace too.
Great addition with history for the shop.
I know I do like Starrett tools.
That smile holding the vise is PRICELESS, happy for you buddy, well, you do use a lot of Starrett tools, its their appreciation to you.
So many times I see people mounting the vise base wrong. In your case there, it doesn't matter much, but those vise bases are meant to be mounted with the round section facing the corner. This allows the base to be closer to both edges and allows the arc of the jaws rotating on the base stay past the edge of the workbench so you can hold vertical things in the vise without hitting the table top
Perhaps it's only me, but a lock washer or two on a vise that is going to see some possible vibration and stress might not be out of order. But that's just me. I'll leave it to the professionals.
As for putting the round end in the corner, that would appear to place the hold down bolts in the best position to take the load. The bolt in the corner adds nothing except holding the vise flat on the steel plate.
@@jerrylondon2388 What kind of work are you thinking he will be doing in the office? Good lord.... "load" , "vibration", and "stress"! It is a micrometer vise!!!
@paulcopeland9035 Good lord! Why 200 lbs of steel for a base instead of plywood or melamine? It's not a precision surface that could be used for precision measurement.
Great "add vise".... 🙂
The story behind your "new" Starrett vise is totally cool!
If there's anyone who will really take care of a vise like that, it's Abomb79!
Hey, thanks for this! Honor to the old tools! And I'm looking forward to your Starrett works tour vid.
The close shots are fun to watch. Well done.
It's always good to see the Bux in action. Old (good) tools never die - lol. Thanks for a great video, Adam.
I wouldnt like the idea of those clear glass doors displaying everything in that office room-!
I was worried more about the sun shining into a metrology lab.
An actual Starrett bench vise is awesome in its own right, but one that was used at the Starrett factory? Priceless!
Christmas in July! Such pride on your face! Deserved and Deservedly! Thank you for these videos.
Hi Adam, The next time you plan to visit Athol you might ask the Starrett people to set you up with a visit to the quarry where they get their granite slabs. A quarry is an interesting place to visit. Even the office has items that were ordered and paid for but never picked up.
Nice vice you've got! You can fix that missed mat cut off by making a square cut (a little bigger than the vice footprint) and adding a black plate with the same thickness as the mat.
Great vise with history.
Adam - Great to see you have a Starrett vise now. I have 3 of them, including the smaller version of your vise. Looking forward to your shop tour video as the last time I was there was pre-COVID.
I think that would be a neat little video to see. Making the bolts instead of going to get some. Often due to convenience we loose track of our roots making things work.
I wouldn't have cleaned it either.... good move! (Except for the mat cutting LOL)
Awesome back story on the vise.
Now you need a mitutoyo vice for the other corner for holding metric parts
If they pony up the bucks!
What an awesome gift
glad you got to visit my neck of the woods.
That's so cool you got to go to the Starret and see their manufacturing process! You deserve that vice for helping to sell their vices and micrometers and whatnot over the years! I'm so happy the shaper can be saved from the scrapyard too and get a new home thousands of miles away 😂 that's funny he's building a shop in Alaska though. I never would have thought about it, but I guess they do need machinists there too because of the distance to the lower 48 states.
Pretty cool vice thanks for showing it
Nice video. I liked the close up of the drilling and tapping shots. Good stuff!
Congrats on the vice from Startette! That’s a true piece of history!
"Startette"?
Your Starrett vice is very cool! Congratulations.
Been watching you for few years now and have learned alt of little tricks 👍👍 wish you were my neighbor 😂👊
Gotta mention that I like the close up photography. It gives a much better view of what's happening.
I've been following the Starrett trip on instagram and have been looking forward to seeing video. I really enjoyed watching Saunders's tour video some time ago, and It'll be nice to see your take on it.
Thanks Adam, doing a little catch up I worked in a very remote location for a few weeks. Thanks for sharing.
The smile on your face says it all
Great video. You have a great set up in your new shop.looks great 👍 thanks for sharing 👍
I have an old Athol vice. It's very well made despite it's age.
That is so freaking cool that Starrett gave you a vice.
I wonder how many mics that Vice has seen and helped make. You have a piece of Starrett history in your shop 😮
very nice vice mount and install.
Adam - You're CZcams channel has over half a million subscribers (I know you know this from your analytics). Think about this - on a subject that most folks couldn't have given two hoots about 30 years ago in this country. Keep up the great work that folks like yourself, Mike Rowe, and others do to show that there is art, science, skill, expertise, learning from our mistakes, and above all else, pride in a job well done, in every profession. Keep up the great work!
Nice Adam, I love Starrett/Athol Vises as well as their other tools. I have 646 Starrett which is a big one. New England does indeed have some cool places to visit. The Precision Museum is interesting and worth a visit.
History in the making.
Love the Athol vises. I’ve got a completely restored 924 in my shop.
you should have a small engraved brass plaque made for the vise!
Love your videos, my dad had that same exact black and decker drill, but not the magnetic base. That drill would break your arms. Thanks for your time and knowledge.
Thank you Adam love watching your videos can you please do some toolboxes tours watching from South Africa
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Im jealous. Cool story behind that vice.
So there's probably a good chance my 1" mic was in your vice. Adam. Cool.
I'm glad you had fun in MA. I'm up in NH these days but I'm from there. I think you said on Facebook you spent a little time on Cape Cod when you were here - my favorite place in New England, there right now on vaca watching this. 👍
Great video Adam. The first hole you drilled was nervously close to the edge of that beautiful fixturing table top. Hope it cleared.
You can see how much Starrett respects you. Good sales people.
He is Starrett sales people! You think this was not preplanned?
@@SteveColluns-hm2xx You're asking me to disprove an entirely unfounded accusation. Seems backwards.
Here's what bothers me. Adam has never done anything to harm you, ever, in any way, shape, or form. And yet your personal issues drive you to stop by for every new video, and try to find a way to inflict harm on him. Your comment contains false speculation, with the sole aim of trying to damage his reputation in some way, or to make people think less of him.
I suspect what really goes on in your head is something like "I'm smarter than him, I'm better than him, I'm a better machinest, I know more stuff. I deserve half a million viewers. I deserve people saying nice things to me and admiring what I do." I suspect this because that's pretty much how my mind used to work, every day, all day, with the people around me. "Please respect and admire me!" It's not an uncommon problem. The old standard technique of cutting others down to try to make myself look good doesn't really work. My desperate need becomes blatantly obvious, very quickly. My pain is obvious to everyone around me. And... nothing gets any better. A whole life, wasted in a futile pursuit. Unless...
@@SteveColluns-hm2xx You're missing the whole point.
@@SteveColluns-hm2xx Huh? Who said that?
I'm kinda curious about where this obsession came from -- to prove how wrong he is, and how right you are. It's not normal to carry something like that to such an extreme. It suggests an imbalance of some kind. There's nothing wrong with saying "I'd do it this way," and that sort of thing -- lots of people do that, but that's not what you do. Between the two of you, I'd suggest you're putting more effort into trying to prove you're extraordinary. When my life was like that, it was because I had a desperate need. I'm not saying that's you, I'm just saying when I was like that, it was because of a hole in my soul, not a hole in my worktop! I'll take you at your word that you've had good success in your business, but it's far more important to try to have good success as a human! And that's as simple as making a choice.
@@SteveColluns-hm2xx So... you have only one way of doing things, it sounds like.
I don't think I usually see other CZcams presenters saying "Well, you could do it this way, or that way, or do it how Steve does it." Sometimes, yes -- a discussion of the alternatives, and usually in those cases, it's the presenter saying "Here's why I don't do it that way." Stefan does that, and I greatly admire and respect him. He is excellent at what he does, and he shows it in his work (which is quite different than the work you do every day! Just... different.)
I would hate to watch videos that were always cluttered up with such alternatives for everything; it defeats the purpose of finding out how someone thinks. But if you want to present different ideas, then do so, on your own channel. Even if nobody watches, it would at least help get it out of your system! Expecting Adam to conform to your will, present your thinking and your alternatives... that doesn't seem realistic to me. And trying to use the comments to do it for him, especially with all the rudeness and insults and imaginary scenarios... uh uh.
I love to get My hands on anything made by Starrett
Adam, Iused a mag drill exactly like that one when Iwas a an apprentice in the 70’s. Great for tapping up to 3/4 10 holes .
Adam--You mentioned the American Precision Museum. I've been there a couple of times. Great place. They have Bridgeport serial number 1.
Thanks for sharing
For sure I expected you to blue up the bolds 😂. Man you must have been walking around mouth watering along all those starrett tools 😂
Always cool to be able to use your dads tools…
Adam for the your dad's mag drill. You should maybe machine a closed end wrench style handle that goes over the direction turn dial on the drill. Making switching direction 10 x easier.👍👍
Perfect vice for that box and an amazing gift from Starrett. It would look much better if you added the missing swivel locking bolt for the other side.
You and Abby always have a bed at our house in Boston. Love your channel.
There are no dumb mistakes. Every mistake is a learning opportunity. If you're not screwing up you aren't learning.
you should frame that story on the wall where is :)
Cool vice lives on ..
Off camera Adam changes the mat on the tool box 😅
If he doesn't that's going to bug him every time he looks at it!
Congrats on breaking 500k subs. They say the first 500k is the hardest. Lol. Awesome numbers for a machining channel.
Its your trophy for being you tube's top ambassador for Starrett. Well deserved!
You are suggesting that an improper financial relationship has been established between Starrett and the channel. All the new Starrett tools and the gift of an expensive vintage vise were slated for the dumpster and rescued by Abom. Abom saved these tools from the landfill and should be commended for his commitment to the environment.
Tell my Cousin Doug HI from Kim ....and to keep up the good work ❤
Nice Tim.
Very nice Adam ❤it.
19:33 “It’s important to always put your chuck key back there every single time you use it.”
20:25 Adam puts the chuck key somewhere else…😊
Been there done that.Da.
This may sound a bit silly but the pride I get from watching this channel is great. I can’t wait to see the factory tour. See I don’t think it is even thought about these days how symbiotic our economy is or how this country was built. To see and hear about the men and women that built the tools so you could do your job so guys like me could do mine to deliver a final product to a customer is just amazing. Love your channel, keep rocking it!
Ok, so apparently what I REALLY need to do is start a CZcams channel because my dude is LIVING-THE-DREAM. I wanna live the dream! lol
The grass is always greener in CZcams land, lol.
Thats fricken cool.
I recently lived in Massachusetts. Beautiful state.
that's way awesome
It'd be a fun race to see if you could make 3 bolts quicker than going to the hardware store. For the CNC lathe you could exclude the programming time (if there isn't a built in bolt program already) but include the tooling setup, to be fair.
The programming time would be 12-18 months! He barely knows how to turn it on, let alone programming it!
I have a Athol vise that was my Grandfather’s personal work vise. My grandfather was a tool and die maker in the Chicago area(30s-60s). My uncle somehow got the vise in the late 70s and had it in his workshop. Last summer me and my dad were at my uncle’s house/workshop in the hill country of Texas. I was telling him about my new to me Wilton 6” vise. My uncle told me about having his fathers (my grandfathers ) vise. I honestly didn’t even know there was remnants of his tools . My grandfather died in the early 60s when my father was 8 years old…. When my uncle asked if I wanted the vise for my shop I didn’t hesitate to say yes. My uncle brought it out to me and my father and all I could think of was him using the vise daily for years. I think I figured out it was from the mid to late 40s….. 80 years later a little elbow grease and wire brush action the vise is back in daily operation. My father had no idea this vise even existed……
I have an Athol 925 and the tail on mine is cut short about about an inch. Yours must have been cut way down because they only needed to open it a small amount. Many of these old style vises cracked the top of the tails maybe due to striking and they got cut off like yours. The Starrett Athol vises have one of the largest strongest tongues under the slide. Very nice vise.