Part 1 of 2. Cleaning, painting, and new soft jaws for a beat up old BRIDGEPORT MILL 6" VISE. Follow me on INSTAGRAM -- mrpete222 I have 900 machine shop related videos.
Count me in the 10 that didn't know what a pillar file was. Thanks for adding that kind of content, one of the many reasons I love to watch your videos.
I am only 67 and I love to see older shop guys of all types doing these videos. Wisdom no one gets at 20-30 or older unless they apprentice with a senior like you. The world got this far before CNC not to make ANYTHING a lot better but faster and cheaper. with any body standing by and looking.
Mr. Pete, in my opinion your paying to much attention to the negative comments! 95% of us watch your content (& enjoy it) just the way you present it. We enjoy it exactly how you present it! I'm a pipe welder by trade, just recently bought a atlas 618. And I had zero knowledge about the machine. All I knew was I was fascinated by it. I learned how to operate it from YOU! You are a machinist dictionary, I'm grateful for every video you put out as most of your subscribers do! Thank you Mr. Pete we appreciate you! Merry Christmas & may god bless you and your family!
Mr Pete, i'm one of the 10 who didn't know the pillar file... Thanks for all you do, I'm always excited when your latest videos pop up on my feed. Merry Christmas!
I think I have the skills to restore a $50 Bridgeport Vise...I just lack the luck to ever find one at that price, ha, ha, ha! I too had never heard of a pillar file (but was aware of that naughty word they use to describe some files). I always learn something new. Very grateful to have a CZcams shop teacher like you. Thanks for taking the time and effort to share your knowledge here. I never took shop in school, so I've benefitted greatly out in my garage from the wisdom you share in your videos. As an example, the gibs on the table of my '80s vintage Taiwanese milling machine went wonky one day, and I just couldn't seem to fix the problem until I watched your video on adjusting the gibs on an Atlas Lathe's compound.
Hi Pete have a great jolly Christmas and a wonderful new year. Really have enjoyed all of your videos . Sending all our fondest love and friendship from across the pond UK.
I dont know how much weight this carries but I appreciate you and your videos so much. I have been able to apply what ive learned from you to my real life JOB and in so doing have been more successful and actually make more real life money! I feel indebted to you. My old Hastings highschool shop teacher Mr.Deavers showed me a path to being a machinist and i wish i could tell him the same. Thank you for putting up with the trolls and buttheads and i hope us fans help make up for them. please Never stop teaching us!
I was sitting here 12/28/17 looking at some videos of machining and realized one of the many reasons I watch your videos is you have some of the same machines & tools I have, plus you explain operations very, very, well. At my age I won't be buying any more machines, ..... etc., and enjoy what I have. Hope you & family have a great New Year!
Since you commented on your viewer's age, I'm 18 and started watching your channel at 16. It's interesting to see your comments on the many thing on your channel that are (for me atleast) from a bygone age. I wouldn't not want to be in Mr Teal's clothes, taking a screw after every meal must be painful. Merry Christmas!
Another young (I guess?) viewer. I'm about to become 19 but started watching over a year ago, probably longer. Mr. Pete's channel is what got me hooked on machine shop. I was of course already into it and was beginning to watch more and more machining and shop videos, but then I found Mr. Pete's basics videos like introduction to taps, use and care of files etc. Thank you Mr. Pete for changing my life! I mean I would probably still get hooked on machine shop and learn a bunch but who knows how long it would take and what course I would take if it wasn't for your videos?
Hi there mrpete, The damage in the handle side bushing and on the screw is consistent with clamping the welder earth on the screw protrusion and welding something in the jaws at high amperage. The screw is then welded to the bushing, and when loosening the screw, galling takes place. That also looks like chipping hammer marks on the jaw.
Mr. Teal had a helluva constitution to be able to take 1 cap screw after every meal. A true "man of steel". Had to watch this again, my Bridgeport vise is shot. Wont hold at one end. Surface grind the old jaws or buy new ones. Maddening to get started and have that happen. I quit drinkin' so that won't work.
My Bridgeport came with one of these. I know the Kurts are umpteen times better, but until I start making parts for NASA, I'm going to get by with it. I'm enjoying this series--Thanks for sharing!
We're past christmas so hope it's a good year coming. I wouldn't think twice about having that vice in service (except for a couple of jaws). I don't work to "ths" of a hair, and if I did I'd have something that satisfied that need already. As an extra general purpose vice, it's certainly not going to let go of the sort of stuff I'd be crushing in it, or for that mater be skating across the table at the first tap of a hammer. I could use a vice like that. I think Bubba's work is done, he's trained it to be tough and that's how I'd use it. If it had had an easier life I'd maybe be cheering for the other option, which would undoubtedly make good watching but every workshop needs something you can use and abuse without guilt. As an aside. Our neighbour is a builder and will hang onto things if asked. Factory sealed plate double glazing units are amazingly tough and very flat. Not sure how it would react to a 20+lb block of iron but it makes a good grinding or sanding surface for bigish items
Never knew what a pillar file was before. Not everyone that watches you are your age some of us are well less than half your age. Love your videos they had inspired me to start another hobby.
Thank you for your videos! I'm one of the 10 who learned what a pillar file is, I've always needed one just didn't know they made them. You remind me so much of my grandfather who is long since passed, I love your videos. You keep me laughing! Merry Christmas!
Lovely enjoyable watch, that taught me plenty about how to deal with, in a practical & timely manner, what one often has to work with. Thank you for everything you share, deeply appreciated.
You could do a hand scrape surface on that and it will hide most of the divots. I went on a spree and made those locator keys for all my vices and attachments to fit all the machine tables I have. After using them for a very short time I took them ALL off. They LOOK like a good idea but they never work properly and are a pain to have on there. It was far easier just to indicate things to the precision required.
Mr Pete I just got my third hammer exchange from a snap on truck the man told me that snap on finally changed the type of plastic on those dead blow hammers.well the new ones look nice thanks for making the videos
I agree Mr Pete. I quit using battery powered drills about 20 years ago and just recently i bought a couple of the 20 volt tools of another brand and they have really come a long way. I now have 2 battery operated chain saws and a drill and a small impact gun that all use the same batteries. So now i have 4 batteries and 4 chargers. In all i could use any of them for more than 8 hrs straight with the 4 batteries.
Hello, Mr Peterson, happy to see another refurbishing project! If you'd ever like to make a set of hardened jaws for that vise, I have an electric heat-treating furnace and I'd be happy to heat-treat some tool steel jaws for you. Keep up the good work, and Merry Christmas!
Mr. Pete, I agree with your revised opinion on the new Dewalt batteries. I bought a Dewalt circular saw last year with the new 5a/h lithium as a lark. I was amazed, it would sail through 2x wood and even 3/4 plywood just like a corded saw, and do a lot of it. I think it might actually be a workable substitute for a corded saw for all but an actual framing crew, though with a few batteries in reserve, it just might do that as well.
Hi Mr. Pete, another great video. I appreciate your work, and I am one of your subscribers that watches all your videos including the many minutes after the auction sales. Thanks again. KJ
THANKS MR PETE , LYLE I'm wishing you and the family a very MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. I enjoy all of your videos , and really thank you for the logan casting . It's waiting for me to get out of pain enough to work on my shop. It's limbo time over two years trying this and that , waiting to see surgeon who turns down the surgery I need . I'm very happy to have found your CZcams . I have a practically new Bridgeport vise it's either 6- 8" with the swivel base. I kept it for forty years to eventually use on a Bridgeport but it'll work on my little copy by enco. God bless you buddy
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Nice to see the old school vise refurbished. I have several in my high school machine shop as was thinking of replacing them with Kurt vise. But after watching this I think I'll make some vise jaws rectangular and taller than the jaw, like Kurt so I can use a vise stop on them.
Good video, I’ve needed a pillar file before, but never knew what exactly it was I needed. Now I know. Always worth watching and learning from you. Merry Christmas, better get your wife some more towels.
The info about the pillar file was worth the cost of admission. :) I did not know what that was, and have been interested in investing in a safe edge file. Great work on the vise!
Interesting video as always Mr Pete.. you know, you shouldn't worry too much about repeating something you mentioned in a previous video; you will always be getting new viewers, even if they don't subscribe, and they would no doubt be interested in seeing something which, to them, would be new. Incidentally, I have saved all your MACHINE / SHOP / TIPS #xxx from No 1 to No.408 on my external hard drive for reference. Best wishes for a Happy Christmas from Scotland.
@@mrpete222 Thanks for the response. I'm happy I found your channel Mr.Pete and Glad to subscribe. I see you have much to share and I look forward to watching. :) Anyone else reading this...Subscribe :)
Merry Christmas from the Republic of Texas Mr. Pete! I'm and old school guy myself, and have two of these waiting for refurb. Your video is timely and your commentary excellent--thanks!
Mrpete, could you please explain the proper use of the oiling “ports” that have the ball closure.....there’s one on the sliding jaw to lubricate the brass nut on the vise you’re restoring. Does it take a special tool to inject the oil? I see them on equipment but I don’t know how to use them. Love your videos. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
I had a blue point hammer just like yours that was all cracked and falling apart. Anyways, I showed the snap-on tool guy and he replaced it with a brand new one. No questions asked. So Snap-on really does stand by their lifetime guarantee.
If I had to guess, the dings on the bottom of the vise are from dropping it on something. OTOH, the divots in the bore for the lead screw look almost like voids in the casting, although it's possible some chips got in there and damaged both the screw and the bore. A trick I've used when sanding stuff like that is to use wd40 to "wet" sand the work. Just like water, the wd40 flushes away the swarf and keeps the paper from clogging. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and your family!
the easiest way to mask any hole is to take a long piece of masking tape and roll it in a sticky ball, then squish it into the hole. it's a bodyshop trick. won't be 100% perfect, but I like some of the paint/primer to flow right over the edge, then I clean or scrape it afterwards for a sharper look.
25:25, I think that vise was used on Bubba's bench for just general work holding and as an anvil, etc. I can't think of why the bottom was so banged up, though. Strange.
As always Mr Pete, a great job in progress. Merry Christmas to you and yours, and a Happy New Year! When I worked in the tool room of a large Mfgr. of valves before CNC, We had several vertical and horizontal mills that were used for "rough" operations. They had "rough" vises like that...the Bubba operators [not machinists] could and would from time to time, mill, drill and beat the vises into junk. Actually the one you have is in very good conditon compared to many I have seen. Also the worn out machines were relegated to the Bubba roughing department.
Merry CHRISTmas Mr. Peterson. I bet you will be having some fun with the grandkids. Got any machine shop ornaments on the tree? Did Mrs. Peterson let you use the long stringy chips from the lathe as tinsel in the "lean" years when you first started out?
6:25, You know, the jaws might be missing bc the vise was set up with custom jaws. Somebody didn't want the vise any more but wanted to keep the jaws and the work stop?
Mr. Pete. Just watched your video, and after a year of wondering where Mr. Pete is from, I now see - Streator, IL. I'm just up I-55 north of you in Plainfield. My son and I also attended Arnfest 2016, but couldn't make it to the 2017 event unfortunately. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Looking forward to your videos into 2018. P.S. - I would prefer that you replace the brass insert, since you showed there was looseness between the brass insert and screw. Also, it would be a great video to show yourself brazing the damage inside the bore (it was galled badly), then clean it up by turning the inside of the bore on your mill. I go to the Sandwich, IL fair every year with my family, since your referenced Sandwich on the pill box.
I hate following behind Bubba! When I have a badly abused piece of metal to clean up I often clean it in the blast cabinet before taking it to emery cloth or the wire brush wheel. I know you do not favor sandblasting, however it does a very good job of brightening the bottoms of pits and tool marks. Try it on a machine crank or old wrench sometime and then hit it off the wire wheel on your bench grinder. I am sure you will be pleased with the results.
Why not try making some brass jaws with some vertical grooves and a single horizontal one for easily holding round stock in either the vertical or horizontal position. Recess the inside edges of both jaws down about 5mm and you can easily hold thin items without needing parallels. Just a suggestion. Brass looks beautiful and does not score your work.
Whoa Whoa. I played it over three times and i am sure i heard it correct. You used to make micrometers? Do you have a video of that i would love to watch all of that series.
I heard that an air nozzle is the professional way to clean up your packed in chips! (ouch, sorry Mr Pete). Just a thought-- maybe those are dropped marks rather than hammer. Blue Point, there a lot of junk Snap on, I call the over rated stuff crap on. I have a drawer full of junk Blue Point air tools and they were never abused. My Ingersoll's keep right on ticking, just like John Cameron Swayze's Timex.
Bubba must have been using the vise to do some arc welding and put the ground clamp on the handle. I can't think of any other way that particular damage may have occurred.
Seems they put a tobacco shop where old Doc Moyers practice once stood. I wonder if they sell Dr. Grabow's pipe cleaners there. :) - Merry Christmas, and thanks for everything in 2017.
I have worked around machine shops for years I am 66 never once saw a actual Bridgeport brand vise. Plenty of Kurt vises and imported cloned versions of the Kurt design.
I would be willing to bet that the vise was laying about in Bubba’s garage, and Bubba’s nephew used it as an anvil to straighten some bent ten-penny nails, and had flipped it over to use the “unimportant side”...
Merry Christmas Mr. Pete. You may not have a surface grinder but you do have a shaper. You were saying you have to do something with it? Hope you get to spend time with all your loved ones this holiday weekend.
Count me in the 10 that didn't know what a pillar file was. Thanks for adding that kind of content, one of the many reasons I love to watch your videos.
I am only 67 and I love to see older shop guys of all types doing these videos. Wisdom no one gets at 20-30 or older unless they apprentice with a senior like you. The world got this far before CNC not to make ANYTHING a lot better but faster and cheaper. with any body standing by and looking.
Yes
Mr. Pete, in my opinion your paying to much attention to the negative comments! 95% of us watch your content (& enjoy it) just the way you present it. We enjoy it exactly how you present it! I'm a pipe welder by trade, just recently bought a atlas 618. And I had zero knowledge about the machine. All I knew was I was fascinated by it. I learned how to operate it from YOU! You are a machinist dictionary, I'm grateful for every video you put out as most of your subscribers do! Thank you Mr. Pete we appreciate you! Merry Christmas & may god bless you and your family!
Mr Pete, i'm one of the 10 who didn't know the pillar file... Thanks for all you do, I'm always excited when your latest videos pop up on my feed. Merry Christmas!
Stop putting yourself down I and I'm sure plenty of others really enjoy your commentary/narration they are nuggets of pure gold
I'm 32 and I watch almost all of your videos. I came here for the lead hammer series and stayed for everything else.
Thanks for joining me--keep watching
I think I have the skills to restore a $50 Bridgeport Vise...I just lack the luck to ever find one at that price, ha, ha, ha! I too had never heard of a pillar file (but was aware of that naughty word they use to describe some files). I always learn something new. Very grateful to have a CZcams shop teacher like you. Thanks for taking the time and effort to share your knowledge here. I never took shop in school, so I've benefitted greatly out in my garage from the wisdom you share in your videos. As an example, the gibs on the table of my '80s vintage Taiwanese milling machine went wonky one day, and I just couldn't seem to fix the problem until I watched your video on adjusting the gibs on an Atlas Lathe's compound.
Thank you for watching my videos, glad you enjoyed them
Hi Pete have a great jolly Christmas and a wonderful new year. Really have enjoyed all of your videos . Sending all our fondest love and friendship from across the pond UK.
Thank you for explaining what a pillar file is, I'd never heard of one before and they seem useful
OK, just clicked the thumbs up, that makes ten of us then. Thanks mrpete!
You are too cool Your respect for these artifacts is so wonderful to watch. Please never die.
I'm glad you like it
I dont know how much weight this carries but I appreciate you and your videos so much. I have been able to apply what ive learned from you to my real life JOB and in so doing have been more successful and actually make more real life money! I feel indebted to you. My old Hastings highschool shop teacher Mr.Deavers showed me a path to being a machinist and i wish i could tell him the same. Thank you for putting up with the trolls and buttheads and i hope us fans help make up for them. please Never stop teaching us!
I was sitting here 12/28/17 looking at some videos of machining and realized one of the many reasons I watch your videos is you have some of the same machines & tools I have, plus you explain operations very, very, well. At my age I won't be buying any more machines, ..... etc., and enjoy what I have.
Hope you & family have a great New Year!
Thanks for watching. We apparently have the same interests
Since you commented on your viewer's age, I'm 18 and started watching your channel at 16. It's interesting to see your comments on the many thing on your channel that are (for me atleast) from a bygone age. I wouldn't not want to be in Mr Teal's clothes, taking a screw after every meal must be painful. Merry Christmas!
Another young (I guess?) viewer. I'm about to become 19 but started watching over a year ago, probably longer. Mr. Pete's channel is what got me hooked on machine shop. I was of course already into it and was beginning to watch more and more machining and shop videos, but then I found Mr. Pete's basics videos like introduction to taps, use and care of files etc.
Thank you Mr. Pete for changing my life! I mean I would probably still get hooked on machine shop and learn a bunch but who knows how long it would take and what course I would take if it wasn't for your videos?
Ha Ha , old man with no underwear under trousers , brings back memorys I think every little community had one, keep up the good work.
LIKE A MAN WEARING OVERALLS WITH NO UNDERWARE .Im still crying over that one have a very merry CHRISTmas to you and your family PETE FROM NEW YORK
I would love for mt Pete to dedicate an episode or two on Bubba & Son. Quite entertaining.
Hi there mrpete,
The damage in the handle side bushing and on the screw is consistent with clamping the welder earth on the screw protrusion and welding something in the jaws at high amperage. The screw is then welded to the bushing, and when loosening the screw, galling takes place.
That also looks like chipping hammer marks on the jaw.
Thank you, yes that is very true. And I think I will mention that in a follow up video.
I just love the Machinery grey paint looks great on big old electric motors. After cleaning of course.
Yes, I like the gray
Mr. Teal had a helluva constitution to be able to take 1 cap screw after every meal. A true "man of steel". Had to watch this again, my Bridgeport vise is shot. Wont hold at one end. Surface grind the old jaws or buy new ones. Maddening to get started and have that happen. I quit drinkin' so that won't work.
My Bridgeport came with one of these. I know the Kurts are umpteen times better, but until I start making parts for NASA, I'm going to get by with it. I'm enjoying this series--Thanks for sharing!
Yes, they are good enough for 98 percent of our needs
Keep telling us things Lyle and ignore the internet pedants. The vast majority are listening to you. Merry Christmas 🙂
Thank you
We're past christmas so hope it's a good year coming.
I wouldn't think twice about having that vice in service (except for a couple of jaws). I don't work to "ths" of a hair, and if I did I'd have something that satisfied that need already. As an extra general purpose vice, it's certainly not going to let go of the sort of stuff I'd be crushing in it, or for that mater be skating across the table at the first tap of a hammer. I could use a vice like that. I think Bubba's work is done, he's trained it to be tough and that's how I'd use it.
If it had had an easier life I'd maybe be cheering for the other option, which would undoubtedly make good watching but every workshop needs something you can use and abuse without guilt.
As an aside. Our neighbour is a builder and will hang onto things if asked. Factory sealed plate double glazing units are amazingly tough and very flat. Not sure how it would react to a 20+lb block of iron but it makes a good grinding or sanding surface for bigish items
Yes, we all need a big vice to beat on. Mine is out in the garage
Mr.Pete I just pulled an old catalog from Bridgeport from the 60's. The 6'' is the only mill vice they list.
Never knew what a pillar file was before. Not everyone that watches you are your age some of us are well less than half your age. Love your videos they had inspired me to start another hobby.
Thank you Mr Pete! Thanks to you, it's only 9 of us now. :). Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge with us.
Thank you for your videos! I'm one of the 10 who learned what a pillar file is, I've always needed one just didn't know they made them. You remind me so much of my grandfather who is long since passed, I love your videos. You keep me laughing! Merry Christmas!
Lovely enjoyable watch, that taught me plenty about how to deal with, in a practical & timely manner, what one often has to work with. Thank you for everything you share, deeply appreciated.
Have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year mrpete. Yes, we still say Merry CHRISTmas is my World.
You could do a hand scrape surface on that and it will hide most of the divots.
I went on a spree and made those locator keys for all my vices and attachments to fit all the machine tables I have. After using them for a very short time I took them ALL off. They LOOK like a good idea but they never work properly and are a pain to have on there. It was far easier just to indicate things to the precision required.
At my estate auction! LOL..... I like your humor. Enjoy you videos very good info.
Thanks
Mr Pete I just got my third hammer exchange from a snap on truck the man told me that snap on finally changed the type of plastic on those dead blow hammers.well the new ones look nice thanks for making the videos
I agree Mr Pete. I quit using battery powered drills about 20 years ago and just recently i bought a couple of the 20 volt tools of another brand and they have really come a long way. I now have 2 battery operated chain saws and a drill and a small impact gun that all use the same batteries. So now i have 4 batteries and 4 chargers. In all i could use any of them for more than 8 hrs straight with the 4 batteries.
Hello, Mr Peterson, happy to see another refurbishing project! If you'd ever like to make a set of hardened jaws for that vise, I have an electric heat-treating furnace and I'd be happy to heat-treat some tool steel jaws for you. Keep up the good work, and Merry Christmas!
Thanks for the offer
Mr. Pete, I agree with your revised opinion on the new Dewalt batteries. I bought a Dewalt circular saw last year with the new 5a/h lithium as a lark. I was amazed, it would sail through 2x wood and even 3/4 plywood just like a corded saw, and do a lot of it. I think it might actually be a workable substitute for a corded saw for all but an actual framing crew, though with a few batteries in reserve, it just might do that as well.
I guess Dr Moyer must have decided poor Mr Teal had an iron deficiency.... ;)
You made me laugh with that one
Hi Mr. Pete, another great video. I appreciate your work, and I am one of your subscribers that watches all your videos including the many minutes after the auction sales. Thanks again. KJ
mrpete222,
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU and ALL YOURS...Love what you do and how you do it.
GOOD TIMES!!!
Thanks for a fun video. I enjoy the longer videos and monologues.
THANKS MR PETE , LYLE I'm wishing you and the family a very MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. I enjoy all of your videos , and really thank you for the logan casting . It's waiting for me to get out of pain enough to work on my shop. It's limbo time over two years trying this and that , waiting to see surgeon who turns down the surgery I need . I'm very happy to have found your CZcams . I have a practically new Bridgeport vise it's either 6- 8" with the swivel base. I kept it for forty years to eventually use on a Bridgeport but it'll work on my little copy by enco. God bless you buddy
Merry Christmas Mr. Pete.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Nice to see the old school vise refurbished. I have several in my high school machine shop as was thinking of replacing them with Kurt vise. But after watching this I think I'll make some vise jaws rectangular and taller than the jaw, like Kurt so I can use a vise stop on them.
Thanks for all your wonderful videos Lyle, and have a great 2018!
Happy new year
Good video, I’ve needed a pillar file before, but never knew what exactly it was I needed. Now I know.
Always worth watching and learning from you.
Merry Christmas, better get your wife some more towels.
The info about the pillar file was worth the cost of admission. :) I did not know what that was, and have been interested in investing in a safe edge file. Great work on the vise!
Interesting video as always Mr Pete.. you know, you shouldn't worry too much about repeating something you mentioned in a previous video; you will always be getting new viewers, even if they don't subscribe, and they would no doubt be interested in seeing something which, to them, would be new. Incidentally, I have saved all your MACHINE / SHOP / TIPS #xxx from No 1 to No.408 on my external hard drive for reference. Best wishes for a Happy Christmas from Scotland.
Point well made
AWesome video. it gave me a good plan to move forward with my vice clean-up. I have the same Bridgeport with the script. With its base its a beast
Yes
@@mrpete222 Thanks for the response. I'm happy I found your channel Mr.Pete and Glad to subscribe. I see you have much to share and I look forward to watching. :)
Anyone else reading this...Subscribe :)
That was funny. "The battery dies at the top of the ladder".
Merry Christmas from the Republic of Texas Mr. Pete! I'm and old school guy myself, and have two of these waiting for refurb. Your video is timely and your commentary excellent--thanks!
THANK YOU...for sharing. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy Shop Year.
Mrpete, could you please explain the proper use of the oiling “ports” that have the ball closure.....there’s one on the sliding jaw to lubricate the brass nut on the vise you’re restoring. Does it take a special tool to inject the oil? I see them on equipment but I don’t know how to use them.
Love your videos. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
That is Shown in the next installment
Nice attention to detail Lyle, nice finish on sides.
Wishing you and your family Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's
Seasons Greetings from Bonnie Scotland and a Merry Christmas and a Guid New Year to you and yours, Lyle. Please keep the videos coming next year.
Thank you, and merry Christmas from the good old USA
I had a blue point hammer just like yours that was all cracked and falling apart. Anyways, I showed the snap-on tool guy and he replaced it with a brand new one. No questions asked. So Snap-on really does stand by their lifetime guarantee.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year mrpete.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year mrpete. Thank you for all that you share with us.
Mr. pete I had that vice on a sharp mill (copy of Bridgeport) The man I Got it from said it came from Rutland Tool.
If I had to guess, the dings on the bottom of the vise are from dropping it on something. OTOH, the divots in the bore for the lead screw look almost like voids in the casting, although it's possible some chips got in there and damaged both the screw and the bore.
A trick I've used when sanding stuff like that is to use wd40 to "wet" sand the work. Just like water, the wd40 flushes away the swarf and keeps the paper from clogging.
Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and your family!
Great video mrpete Two thumbs Up!!!!!
Thank you
Very nice project. I don't think I could bring myself to bolt the work stop to it, it will look a little incongruous! Best wishes from Scotland.
Your brother showed great wisdom refusing the swivel base. A complete waste of metal in 99% of cases as all they do is reduce rigidity.
Wow Waiting for pt.2 is like waiting for paint to dry..😄
Looking forward to part 2. A wonderful job and a worthy project! Thanks and Merry Christmas, Mr. Pete! :-)
Merry Christmas thanks so much for wonderful vids . Tom from Canada
Merry Christmas MrPete
I see monsterjaws also has jaws for lathe chucks on ebay as well. Prices may suggest they are selling well.
Thank you And Merry Christmas Mr. Pete and Family
Have a Merry Christmas I look forward to the new year with your videos
I share your admiration of a good vice mrpete222. Merry Christmas!
thank you for sharing this and Merry Christmas from South Africa,
The access holes in the base on my vise are plugged with wooden pins to keep the base clean I believe
Merry Christmas to you and your family Mr Pete. And wishing you all the best in 2018! Keep those videos coming!!
the easiest way to mask any hole is to take a long piece of masking tape and roll it in a sticky ball, then squish it into the hole. it's a bodyshop trick. won't be 100% perfect, but I like some of the paint/primer to flow right over the edge, then I clean or scrape it afterwards for a sharper look.
Good idea
25:25, I think that vise was used on Bubba's bench for just general work holding and as an anvil, etc. I can't think of why the bottom was so banged up, though. Strange.
As always Mr Pete, a great job in progress. Merry Christmas to you and yours, and a Happy New Year!
When I worked in the tool room of a large Mfgr. of valves before CNC, We had several vertical and horizontal mills that were used for "rough" operations. They had "rough" vises like that...the Bubba operators [not machinists] could and would from time to time, mill, drill and beat the vises into junk. Actually the one you have is in very good conditon compared to many I have seen. Also the worn out machines were relegated to the Bubba roughing department.
Nice work. Bubba was probably using the top of the movable jaw as an anvil.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Lyle.
Joyeux Noël et bonne année Mr Pete. Joie, santé et prospérité à vous et votre famille.
Have a great Christmas mrpete and thanks for sharing sir.....
Merry CHRISTmas Mr. Peterson. I bet you will be having some fun with the grandkids. Got any machine shop ornaments on the tree? Did Mrs. Peterson let you use the long stringy chips from the lathe as tinsel in the "lean" years when you first started out?
Shame on Bubba! Great video Mr. Pete, looking forward to part 2!
Have a Merry Christmas!
6:25, You know, the jaws might be missing bc the vise was set up with custom jaws. Somebody didn't want the vise any more but wanted to keep the jaws and the work stop?
Great effort...as long it makes Bubba happy lol. I'd throw it in the bin, get a angle lock or knock off and wouldn't look back.
fantastic video - thank you! MERRY CHRISTMAS, mr. pete!!
Mr. Pete. Just watched your video, and after a year of wondering where Mr. Pete is from, I now see - Streator, IL. I'm just up I-55 north of you in Plainfield. My son and I also attended Arnfest 2016, but couldn't make it to the 2017 event unfortunately. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Looking forward to your videos into 2018.
P.S. - I would prefer that you replace the brass insert, since you showed there was looseness between the brass insert and screw. Also, it would be a great video to show yourself brazing the damage inside the bore (it was galled badly), then clean it up by turning the inside of the bore on your mill.
I go to the Sandwich, IL fair every year with my family, since your referenced Sandwich on the pill box.
hi pete don't listen to those people bob in the uk 10 out of 10
I hate following behind Bubba! When I have a badly abused piece of metal to clean up I often clean it in the blast cabinet before taking it to emery cloth or the wire brush wheel. I know you do not favor sandblasting, however it does a very good job of brightening the bottoms of pits and tool marks. Try it on a machine crank or old wrench sometime and then hit it off the wire wheel on your bench grinder. I am sure you will be pleased with the results.
Why not try making some brass jaws with some vertical grooves and a single horizontal one for easily holding round stock in either the vertical or horizontal position. Recess the inside edges of both jaws down about 5mm and you can easily hold thin items without needing parallels. Just a suggestion. Brass looks beautiful and does not score your work.
I did all of that in part 2 only with an aluminum jaw. You must not have seen that
Merry Xmas Mr Pete 30 Deg c 1030 in the morning Xmas Eve in Australia
Thank you sir... and a merry xmas from New Zealand
Mr. Pete, I kept hoping you'd tell us about that "Lazy Susan" that spins like a top under that heavy vise.
Whoa Whoa. I played it over three times and i am sure i heard it correct. You used to make micrometers? Do you have a video of that i would love to watch all of that series.
Micometer teaching aids!
I heard that an air nozzle is the professional way to clean up your packed in chips! (ouch, sorry Mr Pete). Just a thought-- maybe those are dropped marks rather than hammer. Blue Point, there a lot of junk Snap on, I call the over rated stuff crap on. I have a drawer full of junk Blue Point air tools and they were never abused. My Ingersoll's keep right on ticking, just like John Cameron Swayze's Timex.
Yes, that major brand , of tools I believe is one of the biggest scams ever perpetrated on the American public.
Bubba must have been using the vise to do some arc welding and put the ground clamp on the handle. I can't think of any other way that particular damage may have occurred.
I think you are right, that's exactly how those marks got into an internal part
Seems they put a tobacco shop where old Doc Moyers practice once stood. I wonder if they sell Dr. Grabow's pipe cleaners there. :) - Merry Christmas, and thanks for everything in 2017.
Just wondering. Did you hit your right thumb or did somebody else do that? lol
Looks like it's about time to do it again.
Nice start of RESTORATION.
Dr. Ronald Allen Moyers died May 29th, 1982 and is buried in Sandwich, DeKalb County, Illinois
Good to know
hey tubal you could have resorted to the chinese version of surface grinding "bondo" merry christmas and thanks for everything you do
I have worked around machine shops for years I am 66 never once saw a actual Bridgeport brand vise. Plenty of Kurt vises and imported cloned versions of the Kurt design.
I would be willing to bet that the vise was laying about in Bubba’s garage, and Bubba’s nephew used it as an anvil to straighten some bent ten-penny nails, and had flipped it over to use the “unimportant side”...
Merry Christmas Mr. Pete. You may not have a surface grinder but you do have a shaper. You were saying you have to do something with it? Hope you get to spend time with all your loved ones this holiday weekend.
Hello Mr. Pete