Wilton Vise Quality

[rmcphearson]

Here's an interesting one. Dressel 100mm. Available from Amazon for $408. I don't see adjustable gibs which I expected to see during the assembly....

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You could fit a gas can it the back, which is necessary to get to the next gas station to refuel both the tank and the can....

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I like that. I too like a big vise down low. Can you give us details about the base?...

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Oh my, you brought back a flood of memories from one of the first shops I worked in. The one and only vise was one of those, and a Chinese version with...

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The swivel bases with the lock on one side…I don’t understand what the manufacturers were thinking, we’re not making dresses. I even ditched my...

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This Wilton 450 (4.5” jaw width) I have at the shop has been here for a long time and was abused. I installed new jaws for it when I got here. The castings...

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Jim, I'm in South San Jose. Had to sell the house in Concord last year and move down here....

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****UPDATE****

I spent all last weekend making the 3 kites, one large 48x35 inch with craft paper and 1/4 inch dowels from HD, and two smaller...

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I finished the second one 36”x27” using newspaper. I may finish a 3rd with garbage bag as the 3rd option.



A bit, yes. It’s...

[rmcphearson]

Excellent thought.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite_experiment

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I discovered there are about ten principles to kite construction. I seem to
hav F’d up about eleven of them. I’m glad nobody was around to see...

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My 5y/o daughter and I are making our first kite(s), a school science/gravity lesson. The first one is a classic diamond shape using 1/4” dowel stock,...

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This is interesting to me. Can anyone expound on this?...

[rmcphearson]

Here is what I found in print so far:

From toolfab.com:

"The reamer should be circular ground in a cylindrical grinder....

[rmcphearson]

OLD THREAD ALERT!!! I am digging up this old thread. I'm researching methods of sharpening adjustable reamers. This quote is exactly what I'm interested...