Everyone Needs a Vise
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2018
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My boss has a vice that he bought at a flea market and restored many years ago. He took it to the paint shop where he worked at the time, and when asked what colour he wanted it he made the mistake of telling them he didn't care. When he went to collect it a few days later, he was presented with a lovely fluorescent pink vice, amid a resounding cheer mixed with a good helping of wolf whistles.
be careful what you wish for or allowed to be done. i worked for hermann schmidt tools. he designed his first precision work holding vice in 1962. i worked with hermann a german born american 1972-1978. i machined cast iron vices.
what if the owner said that was the exact color i wanted to add to my collection of chick flick tools. or it matches my hot new date. or she thinks my vices are sexy.
or perfect they.match my toe nail polish.
or frankly boys i did not care. this vice is for you.
or it will compliment my music video about she thinks my vices are sexy. or if it is xxx we will be naked as a jaybird and i will plug my tool under my speedo hairy triangle and plug into her hole for one under her bermuda triangle bush under her bikini bottom.
Should have told them “You can paint it any colour you like as long as it’s black.”
Why do I always feel so peaceful watching those videos?
I feel the same way. He has such a deep understanding and respect for the tools that have built our civilization.
The guy knows what he's talking about. He has the good sense to refrain from putting music in his videos and he edits well.
Because he talk good 😁
Probably because you own a vice. :)
He highlights the importance and usability of old hand tools that we often take for granted. Those hand tools were evolved from decades or even centuries.
How the heck did I miss this video?!?! Bullet vise is THE vise to have in any shop setting!
This is gold for youngsters wanting to learn something about work. A real master craftsmen. Thank you.
That comment about Sams vise and the importance of Sam in your life choked me up man. Amazing how a durable quality tool can somehow retain the Mana and the memories of those who came before us.
Great video thanks for sharing.
Just helped my mom clean out my grandparents house after my grandma passed away and took my grandpas old vice off of his basement workbench. It’s now mounted on my workbench in my shop, I’ll think of him every time I use it
Another job I did was at our local mortuary. Among other things I did was maintenance and repairs to our very old building.
When my favorite uncle passed away I was given a choice of a few of his things to take. I took the big, very heavy vise that had been on Uncle's work bench. I have always been glad. It is a good and very useful keepsake.
And I had that vise mounted on the corner of a very solid old desk. In the mortuary garage. It was SO useful. I think of him often when I use it.
"What it takes to start doing something, even if you don't know how to do it." It takes a lot. Thanks as always for your wise words and encouragement.
Wonderful episode as always. My only criticism is that the title is not "Coming to Grips with vices"
Keep up the good work and thank you.
This is good enough to change it, even so much later.
So much truth in this video. A vise is truly a foundational tool. But much like anvils people tend to think their value is well above what the market actually dictates.
He highlights the importance and usability of old hand tools that we often take for granted. Those hand tools were evolved from decades or even centuries.
My work was getting rid of an old Starrett vice with 6" jaws because a few of the threads on the back end of the screw were broken off. I convinced my supervisor to let me have it as they were going to throw it in the thrash. I feel very blessed to be able to mount this monster vice on my bench. There is no way I could have afforded such a tool otherwise. This vice has to have been built in the 60s, or so, by the looks of it. It has a quality to it that many tools today can't hold a candle to, even if it is not fully functional.
Elderos5 I never knew starrett made vices.
You lucky #%^*~.,?!!!
Dude that's awesome! I have a few sterrett precision measuring tools that would break my heart to pieces if anything ever happened to them. They are invaluable to me. My grandfather gave them to me when he was no longer able to work. They too are very old. But I never knew sterrett made any kind of vice. That's cool.
I love the fact that you keep and use and feel attached to family heirlooms.
"It's the last tool I have that was important to Sam, and Sam was important to me".
I feel that same way about my grandfathers tools.
I agree! There's just something special about taking good care of tools that have deep roots in the family
I really enjoy your videos, I am a retired heavy equipment mechanic. Tools have been my life ! Keep up your good content. I have 7 vices of different shapes & sizes. Always nice to have that 3rd hand.
" it was the last tool I have that was important to Sam and Sam was important to me" That phrase got me. Have a few of those tools in my shop too. I know that sometimes tools are more than tools. Bless u brother!
I left chem engineering to become a GC and since I’ve been on my own I am rarely around extremely experienced men like I was in the shop at my old job. You have helped fill this void for me and helped me learn so much about carpentry but possibly even more importantly about the value of a hard days work. Thank you and I wish you the best of luck.
I loved when you said, "come to a full and complete stop and open your eyes!" 😂 spot on!
"... but I'm not sure they're talking about these tools."
Comedy gold!
Your lighting is spot on.
Always look forward to a new Essential Craftsman video.
I'm in the middle of restoring my dad's vice. Nothing fancy but it was my dad's so it is special to me
I rebuilt a Wilton Bullet and love it. All the Wilton bullet vises are still made in the US.
Scott - you convey information which, in not so distant years ago, would be incredibly hard to find. Blessings to you and yours and many thanks to you for your offerings! 🤠
My wife says I need to 'get rid' of some of my vises, but golfing is not going to be one of them.....lol.
And the kind you're talking about, I have too many of those too.
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If you can get your hands on an Old Sheffield made Record vice your on a winner. I still have my father's old Record vice he brought back in the 60s and it still works great.
I was lucky enough to steal my dads early Wilton 5” bullet vise. He’s a retired airline machinist and the last time I visited my parents back in Florida it was just sitting on the floor of the screened in patio. It cost me nearly $100 to ship it back to my house in Denver, money well spent. Best part is that every one that comes into my garage and sees it I can tell them the story that my dad used that vise at work every day for 37 years.
The vise was probably already 40 years old when he started working at Eastern Airlines as an 18 year old right out of high school. By far my favorite tool in my garage.
I will seriously take your ad vise into consideration and get one for my garage.
I'm up here in Canada, and all my good vises are Records. Made in England. Good stuff. Thx again Scott!
That floor vise is nice to have the long bar for good leverage
I have my uncles 4" Columbian vice made in Cleveland Ohio. It has a 10" handle. The thing is strong as hell. It's anchored onto a massive steel work table he built.
I just picked a Wilton 4” bullet from 1966 last week on offer up and now and overhauling my Columbian D46, the vise bug is in the air 😁
My dad bought me my first vise and I have used it every day for the last 6 years. When it broke from banging on it, I repaired it and it's still going strong today.
It is always a pleasure to watch your videos.
I watched your video again and I want to like it again ♥️
i bought a welding trailer from an auction and when i got to the location of it it was in rough condition (non working brake light and a bit of rust), however when i pulled it back home i opened it all up and found all kinds of goodies like cutting torch tips and scrap spring steel. but on the back was the EXACT same vice as the beginning of the video. a friend of mine has a mini Wilton worth ~$300 apparently, so as far as I know, I bought a trailer and got a free welder (bobcat 250) free vice and free knife making material as a gift.
THANK YOU...for sharing.
From Thomas Sowell to Jimmy Dore and over to The Essential Craftsman lol! Have a great Easter weekend!!! 🐣 🍫
This was cool! It had a PBS sunday morning show vibe....
This channel deserves more followers and more appreciation. Great content! Sending warm regards from sunny California!
Enjoy your videos Sir.
Satisfying sound ~ absolutely. There're several sounds from tool work that just feel good when you hear them. I grew up on my grandfather's dairy farm & sawmill/logging operation in the 40's with all those now old tools I'll never forget.
Brilliant again. I do like you're clear when you don't know something - there's genuine modesty there which is rare on youtube. Thanks for the video
Seems like a genuine man I would enjoy hanging out in the shop with.
It's not that I have learnt that much from this video as I have learnt in many others of yours, but the reason why this is true is also the reason why this is, easily, the most touching video I've seen in this channel, in a way, to me.
I've said this before in other videos, my father, two uncles and grandfather (at least,since I don't know how far back that goes in the family) were all blacksmiths. I'm not a blacksmith myself, but I used to help my father and uncle every now and then.
I've seen many videos about "construction-related" subjects, from carpentry to masonry to... whatever, but this is the first time ever, ever that I see a blacksmith vise outside my father's shop, who had two of those. It's, as far as I can tell, exactly the same design. Maybe the attachment to the workbench is different (I'd have to check it out) but it looks the same.
And well, that has brought to me some memories now that they are not here anymore.
Thank you. For this and for all your videos.
And your right everyone needs a vice definitely me I use one alot to sharpen my lawn mower blades either with a file or a grinder
I actually just got a Wilton woodworking vice that’s old old but was wrapped in a blanket in a chest looks brand new I was fortunate to find it and live it
I’ve watched both those video series. Those guys are true craftsman.
Scott, my grand pop was a blacksmith, a Mason, worked on the railroad and was a farmer. I have most of his tools, and use them whenever I can, some were hand made. Thanks Sam from Pennsylvania
My grandfather had a couple of vises he bought as a young man and they are still just as good as they were ~80 years ago. Keep up the good work, this is a great channel.
Thank you for the comment about Sam's vise. Some would toss an old vise like that but you and I understand that, somehow, those who we have lost somehow live on as we use their tools that we cherish.
Can i put in a humble request for more blacksmithing videos? Not to say that you're current videos aren't amazing! I look forward to every single one of them and learn so much! Thank you for all your hard work
in my opinion, the 3 cornerstones of any workshop are good lighting, proper PPE for whatever is being done, and a good vise
Oh man, I've been working off the large mechanics vise they sell at the big box stores for years waiting to find a good post vise. I see them on craigslist from time to time but they are rare down in Florida and usually overpriced for low quality. I saw one on Ebay that looked in perfect condition for not a terrible Ebay price so I finally got one. Just building the stand for it now. I will absolutely be building one of those plate bottoms for my old mechanics vise so I can clamp that in the new post vise, very nice idea.
I lucked out and got a really nice quality vise at a flea market for $15. I mounted it on an old solid core door that I use as a workbench.
Hello, I was mountain engineering vices in Joiners vices and in Stanley Workmates at least 40 years ago. By a technic I worked out when I was a young Joiner, so they can be used anywhere. Geoff Lewis, Wales, UK.
I can't agree more! The vise is a productivity booster and essential in my shop.
Another handy vise to have is the drill press vise. Aside from making a drill press safer, they can be used in other places too. Nice and low profile.
I have been watching almost all the videos of this gentleman and I am not a carpenter but I always learn something new and practice it in the work that I do.
I love how you love tools. I can not touch a tool myself without thinking about my Dad, my Uncle, and my Grandfather. Particularly my Grandfather because he owned his blacksmith shop and it had to be at least 80 x 80 feet. Full of tools and steel. I have managed to keep almost all of my tools in great shape for more than 50 years now. Thank you for stirring up some great memories !!!!! Love your video's!!!
Add a vise is good advice!
This channel is one of my vises
*vices
*vichshes
It clamps your brain
Been a plumber in Florida for 5 years, never needed a pipe vice. Still a lot left to learn though! Mostly use pvc nowadays though
good to see shout out to Keith rucker only thing bad with his vice he paited it the wrong color it was suppose to be pink
I go to estate and equipment auctions all the time. Among the most satisfying thing to acquire is good vise, I always enjoy cleaning up an old vise and finding another flat surface to affix it to.
How wonderful to watch the excited discovery still happening in your time!
I like the way you refer fondly to your prized tools Scott. I too have a lovely machinists vice my friends gave me as a wedding gift that is equally dear to me.
Thank you for the ad 'vise' !!
I came to the comments to make this joke, well done
I bought my first vise a few years ago. I recommend everyone to make that investment, it makes work so much easier. I wish I could afford a great ild vice like these.
This is the only guy that can make 10 minute videos about vices interesting. Just got through watching one about sears work boots lol
ALWAYS great content, Scott. Thank you for sharing, 👍👍!!!
After hours at a shopping mall with wifey, (rare occasions) I have to get my manly-man back in order by watching a man doing a man's job.
Yeah, I know, there are female blacksmiths and carpenters too, but Scott is truly a man's man in a world with far too many
confused "soy-boys". I imagine shaking (bare) hands with him would feel like shaking a leather glove with a concrete vise inside.
No triple lattes with extra foam and sprinkles for this guy. Sorry I only just recently discovered Essential Craftsman. I appreciate the knowledge and raw logical wisdom on display on this channel. Subscribed after seeing my first video by EC.
It's a shame that I can only give this video one thumbs up. Thank you for another great video. I love all your content.
I agree with you on the need for a vice. I just got done putting together a lower receiver and I really could have used a vice.
Love the lantern!
Thanks ,Enjoyed. Been there ,Done that to, I have a 1994 Wilton C1 combo just like the first one you showed, I just refinished it, Great tool. Home shop Machinist/ gun smith. 40 + years, 4 vices and counting. Tools that is. later from Texas.
I respect my tools in the same way, i was given a beautiful old leg vice by an old boiler maker. He built and serviced the steam trains here at Ipswich, he recently died at 97yo and left me his forge, his vice and various other tools.
Unfortunately someone stole his anvil while he was in his last days. But i will cherish these and oneday pass thrm onto someone who will cherish them as well.
Congratulation on achieving 250k Subscribers! Keep going Nate& Scott! Always happy to see a new Video ist up.
I scored a perfect leg vise while exploring a scrap iron yard haven’t mounted it yet but soon to be put into service.
Fantastic video! Thank you for making these informative videos!
I have a Vice just like this.....I Love It....I've had it 30 years....I forget how much it was but it wasn't Cheap but we'll worth the money and it's the Last Vice you'll Need....I just looked on EBAY and a used vice just like the one he's showing in the beginning is $500 Bucks and a New one was $ 1,129.99
A satisfying sound indeed.
Check out Keith Rucker's video with Paul Hamler. Hamler makes thumbsize Wilton Bullet vises, that work!
I have 3 mounted in the garage. Each one has it’s purpose and are indispensable.
You're right as normal, I'm a carpenter and furniture maker and sometimes welding and absolutely a vice is needed even as a spare hand when doing detail sanding.
Over time I have acquired 2 Wilton vices. One is I believe a 4" non-swivel and the other a 5" swivel. I completely rebuilt the 5" as it was a solid block of rust when I got it. It now is being used as it should. Came with a pair of aluminum jaws. Also have a blacksmith vise that I rarely use given it's location. But I couldn't agree more with you. Everyone who works with there hands ever needs a vise and quality cannot be understated. Get a good used one if new is too expensive. Get USA, no Chinese crap. Old school in my opinion is the way to go.
My dad was a machinist and always had a nice bench with a nice vise.
When I grew up and got my own place, a shop with a nice bench and a nice vise was one of the first things I made sure I had. And I use the heck out of it.
Thanks Scot.
Great video.
I agree, vises are important. I’m a welder, and I have 5 vises. 1 5” post vise and 4 Wilton bullet vises. Great videos, I really enjoy watching.
I love those old Wiltons! I personally have a late 1940’s Rock Island vise in my workshop. It’s a stout unit, not as good looking as a Wilton but works great, is still tight and in great shape.
I have the first vise my mom ever gave my dad. (98 years old and heading for the hundred,) It's a tiny thing, but oh, the memories it brings. I built a wood working vise out of a barrel head setting thingy. It was a nice acme screw... I still use it. I've got a number of other vises since way back then. A vice isn't a vice, but heck, a vice addiction might be.
250,000 subs! Congrats!
I really enjoy your videos and appreciate your Character and Love of tools, specifically steel tools like anvils and vises
I’m glad to hear you have so few vises.
High school teenagers should look anywhere for old rusty vises bring the back to school and get rated marks by the shop teacher maybe they will learn something and be appreciated! Shine them up boys!
Another great video. Keep them coming.
Just picked up my 2nd wilton, my first was a 4in table top from my mentor dan nixon. The one i have now is a wilton 656. Its a big freakin hunk of iron . I want to restore this one. Its sat for a long time unloved.
I dont know how i lived without them for so long but ill never go viceless again.
We use the 8 Wilton Vises we have ! Great tool ! Awesome video !
Nate and Scott , great content as usual !!! Thank you all !!! With God's help , I need to get rid of a lot of my " vices " !! You all please be safe and God bless you and your families !!!!!! Eddy
Great to see a video about vises. I own an old Chas Parker machinist vise that was going to the scrap yard. Makes me happy everytime I use it.
So true a must have tool the vise.
God. Biess. You. Well. And. Your. Family. Too. Thank. You. For. Share. Your. Knowledge. I. Got. Many. Anvil. Too. In. My. Home.
Great content! Love the lessons from the shop!!