Coming to grips with my vises...

[Cheese]

[member=44099]Cheese[/member] seller said it was Hammerite Hammered Bronze. I'm not familiar with the product but it is really nice. He also found a replica sticker, overall I think I scored with this one.

Thanks for that Richard...The interesting thing with Hammerite paint is it's formulated to be applied directly to metal without using a primer. It sounds very similar in that respect to POR 15 that can be applied over rust.

 

[Imemiter]

Love my Versa Vise! My FiL found it at an estate sale along with the three mounts and pipe clampers. I've also got a Record woodworking vise that's been a lot harder to find space for in my tiny shop. 

 

[Cheese]

Try this operation just using Festool Clamping Elements.  [tongue]

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[rmwarren]

"Versa"tile indeed. They are probably the last vises I would part with.

RMW

 

[rmwarren]

Couldn't resist this little beauty, it'll probably see a lot of use on the metalworking/welding table.

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Sadly, the 10" Morgan lost its home when I reconfigured the MFT. It's available...

RMW

 

[rmwarren]

I guess you can say I just can't give up my vises...

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I've grown tired of my sketchy methods for holding small parts while grinding, this should provide some fingertip relief.

RMW

 

[rst]

Nice modeler, jewelry vise, I used mine for years in my HO modeling obsession

 

[ChuckM]

I have a hand vise from Lee Valley Tools, which no longer carries it:

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This is what it still sells:https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/sho...hes/vises/72081-detail-hand-vise?item=09A0199

This is, in my opinion, one of the best deals: https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/workshop/workbenches/vises/110469-toolmakers-vise

 

[Cheese]

Nice modeler, jewelry vise, I used mine for years in my HO modeling obsession

OMG another train guy...I thought I was the only kook in the bunch.  [blink]  My world is G scale...,

 

[ChuckM]

From building model railroads to ....
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/s...chaos-with-life-like-model-railroad-1.5728724

 

[Cheese]

From building model railroads to ....
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/s...chaos-with-life-like-model-railroad-1.5728724

Thanks for that Chuck...I'm going to read that because like all hobbies, we sometimes stray from the original direction we were heading towards.  [smile]

 

[rst]

I’m a masocist about everything, modeled pre 1930 Williamsport, Pa logging, Pennsylvania, Reading and New York Central overlap

 

[rmwarren]

I’m a masocist about everything, modeled pre 1930 Williamsport, Pa logging, Pennsylvania, Reading and New York Central overlap

You're in East Central PA, yes?

Spent many years roaming around Columbia County with fly rods as a disguise. A couple who owned the old Fishing Creek Angler opened their home up and the B&B became a B&B&B&B (adding Bourbon and Barbecue). We solved a lot of the world's problems on their veranda.

Spent most of my time there rubber necking and seeing where the dirt tracks led. Absolutely killed me when Grizzly closed up, I had fewer excuses to ramble out that way, peruse Lewis Lumber and stop at the smoked meat place I can't recall the name of for a brunch sammich. Central PA has so many great old small industrial cities scattered around.

As much as I love being at the shore, I miss that area and those people.

RMW

 

[Tinker]

When I graduated from highschool way back in '49, my father was starting business in three demensional art work. He worked in NYC. I hated NYC and I would give him two weeks notice. I commuted to NYC and gave him his two weeks notice at the end of one week. He was working on an add for New York Central rail road at the time. He was building models of railroad stations figuring the paralox the camera would see. He  would finish a model and look thru a camera lens. And made changes looking thru the camera lens.

I was used to the weather I would rather be outside. I ended up in the building trades, eventually going in the masonry trade. The only thing I ended up with the railroad, I was a member of the volunteer fire department and periodically we fought fires  started by the  cinders from the wood fired steam engines.
Tinker

 

[Michael Kellough]

When I graduated from highschool way back in '49, my father was starting business in three demensional art work. He worked in NYC. I hated NYC and I would give him two weeks notice. I commuted to NYC and gave him his two weeks notice at the end of one week. He was working on an add for New York Central rail road at the time. He was building models of railroad stations figuring the paralox the camera would see. He  would finish a model and look thru a camera lens. And made changes looking thru the camera lens.

I was used to the weather I would rather be outside. I ended up in the building trades, eventually going in the masonry trade. The only thing I ended up with the railroad, I was a member of the volunteer fire department and periodically we fought fires  started by the  cinders from the wood fired steam engines.
Tinker

Was he Jack Tinker?

 

[Tinker]

Ted Tinker

 

[rst]

Richard, I live in Northumberland, on RT11, hour above Harrisburg, 45 minutes from Williamsport. I know the place you stayed and been buying my wood from Lewis Lumber before the college bought them out.  Still buy their wood from their retail outlet in Picture Rocks.  Great dealer with local and exotics plus ship mouldings and recently slaps all over.

 

[mike_aa]

[member=25351]rst[/member]  [member=8712]Richard/RMW[/member]  [member=44099]Cheese[/member]

You can add me to the list of model railroaders.  I'm heading to Harrisburg in July for the National S Gaugers Association (NASG) annual convention.  S is 1/64th scale or about halfway between HO and O in size.  You can see more at nasg.org.

The group has tours scheduled for the Horseshoe Curve and East Broad Top RR., but we will have some down time to ourselves.  Any other suggestions for good eats, woodworking, or train-related stops near Harrisburg? 

I always wanted to visit Grizzly in Williamsport, but I never made it there before they closed.

Thanks, Mike A.

 

[Packard]

I have a miter vise.  I used to use it quite a bit when I had my frame shop.  It still comes in handy.  It is probably not a important investment for most wood working, but if you have an opportunity to get a good deal on one, you will appreciate having it.

These are not to be confused with miter clamps.  A miter vise is a precision piece of equipment. 

Addendum:  I am revising my recommendations.  In the 1980s these were $200.00 or so (about $640.00 in today’s dollars.). I see these are on sale from many places at under $100.00.  Lee Valley, which generally does not carry any junky stuff, has the pictured version for $86.00. The L-V vise is made in Taiwan, generally a good indicator of very good quality. 

 

[Cheese]

[member=25351]rst[/member]  [member=8712]Richard/RMW[/member]  [member=44099]Cheese[/member]

You can add me to the list of model railroaders.  I'm heading to Harrisburg in July for the National S Gaugers Association (NASG) annual convention.  S is 1/64th scale or about halfway between HO and O in size.  You can see more at nasg.org.

The group has tours scheduled for the Horseshoe Curve and East Broad Top RR., but we will have some down time to ourselves.  Any other suggestions for good eats, woodworking, or train-related stops near Harrisburg? 

I always wanted to visit Grizzly in Williamsport, but I never made it there before they closed.

Thanks, Mike A.

Here's a short section of G scale that I installed in the sunroom. This used to be a cold, drafty 1-season porch without electricity or heat (or a future) before I converted it to a comfy 365 day living area. It looks especially cool at night when the ATSF F7 engine and B-unit travel around the track with the headlight on.  [smile]

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And here's a different view of the short rail line.

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