I’d have left the marks around the jaws, yes I’d have fixed the chip at the jaw, and the anvil area and left the rest, when the old aged king asked me about them, I’d have said “ to remind you as you gaze at it, that you had a wonderful childhood”
Imagine what the already expensive Wilton vise would cost if taken to this level of refinement at the factory! Wilton->welldone->(unmöglich) wohlgetan.
This is possibly the most impressive restorations I've ever seen. That thing was absolutely brutalized and it looks better than it ever did new. A work of art
Oh man it's been a long time since I saw a vintage Wilton. That was built back when everything had soft swoopy lines and lots of curves. Back when everything looked like an airplane lol. It's a beautiful vise, and you did a great job restoring it.
This has been my favorite vise project I have seen on RU-vid. It is gorgeous and I love the process you did to restore it. I've watched people sand blast, use electrolysis, all sorts of things. You were successful using chemicals and hand tools. Just phenomenal!
Great video! I just finished restoring my great uncle's Wilton vise, manufactured in March 1952. My father had it sitting in an old tractor barn. It was very crusty. I got it all cleaned up to give to my son, who just bought his first home. It is a great family heirloom to sit atop his new workbench in his new garage.
I know this was from two years ago, but wow! What a beautiful restoration! My Grandfather had one just like that in his workshop on his farm in Mississippi. Fantastic work!
This man is the Yehudi Menuhin of restoration of stuff, and how to do a YT video. My idea of an engineering masterpiece is to change the four spark plugs on my old 1990 TP Magna wagon. But, without much fear of contradiction, this is the best video I've ever seen on YT. Hands down! No 'music' or yakety yak. Dear God...thank you!!! Visually, wonderfully informative. It was also an excellent instruction lesson. Fully excellent production. It was as though I was standing next to MM while he was doing the job. The blokes in the factory that made this vice would be looking down from heaven with tears in their eyes. Thank you!
You sir, are a true Artist. Absolute beauty in your work. I use Wilton Vises everyday and never in my life did I picture it as a true work of art. You ROCK...
Você é incrível. Não te escapa nem um detalhe. Sou sua fã. As peças que você restaura deve ficar mais bonita do que na época que foram fabricadas. Suas ferramentas também são Top. Parabéns. Curto muito seu canal. Sou de Juiz de fora - Minas Gerais- Brasil.
Having done two Wilton bullet vise restorations, neither as good as yours, my favorite part was first that you were lucky to get a vise with the end-cap in fairly good shape. And then you were particularly meticulous in correcting it's form and sanding it smooth. The impact on the finished restoration sets off well against the re-machined jaws. Very nice indeed!
The best vise restoration I've seen. Looks better than when it left the factory. You are a perfectionist and I like that. Great work. Your videos are so well done. I like that you have no music just the tool sounds, it's calming.
An A+ effort, perfect and thank you for lubing all interior surfaces, one thing I would have put a washer between the swivel hold down bolt on each side and the base, the tightening and loosening over time will wear the paint on the base away. Really can be proud of such a great result!
Perfect job sir. I'm so glad guys like you are still exist in this planet. Please keep up the awesome job you do sir and thanks for sharing it with us.
I have a vise identical to this one. Unrestored and I still use it almost every day. This was a high end vise back in 1949. A vise like this one today would cost $600 USD. Beautiful restoration.
I also have the same vice that is used daily at my business. If you could find one at $600 I would buy it! Wilton still sells them today, its $1750 for a 6” wide Bullet vice.
Agane see besssssssssst video and awesome product, I'm glad that there are still people like that who care about precision and beauty, I thought we were disappearing, I have no words to express my admiration, BRAVO keep up the good work, we are not disappearing, ressssssssspect from old BG.
Of all the many vises I've ever used, a Wilton bullet vise was my absolute favorite when I was working in auto repair. I was lucky enough to have two benches, one four footer and one seven footer. I moved the vise from the end of the 4' long bench to the center of the 7' long bench and offset it a foot from the front edge specifically to work on u-joints, CV joints and steering racks.
Es una belleza ese trabajo, es obvio que semejante resultado solo se obtiene por el amor y cuidado que pone en cada proceso. Más que una simple restauración, es un trabajo de arte. 👏👏👏
BEST TABLE VISE RESTORATION EVER FANTASTIC AMAZING INCREDIBLE DETAIL YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR WORK BUD AND I'M SURE YOU KEPT THAT TABLE VISE AND I ALSO LIKE THE STYLE OF THE BULLET TABLE VISE AND THE 2 SWIVEL TIGHTENERS....BETTER THEN BRAND NEW.....
Wilton tool manufacturing had their factory on Wrightwood Ave right next to the L tracks in Chicago. Of course, the building has long been demolished and housing built at the site. Restoration was top notch. Kudos.
Now this is a restoration. It looks like it came out of the factory. I love that you used Hammerite paint. It gives that hammer finish look. Excellent work.
This is a superb restoration. Very complete. Anyone would love to have such a wonderfully restored and improved shop vise like this. I would! Best regards and thanks from the USA for saving this great Wilton vise. Also, your camera work is very good.
This is better than the original - it also shows that there are still people in this world that love their craft. Well done - this is by far the finest restoration I've ever seen on RU-vid and I've watched a lot of them. Can't say enough about how impressive this is; I can't begin to imagine the number of hours put into this project. Subscribed!
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This is just Awesome!!!!!! My 90 year old step dad just gave me his 9400 and I love it! I would love to restore it like this but would never use it if I did this to it lol. Excellent video and resto job, the attention to detail is mind boggling. Thank you!!!
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