Bought this for $15 from my wife's aunt. Her son used to drag race a '60s El Camino at the local strip. Having done numerous upgrades, motor swaps & other sundries in the backyard garage in the '70-80s, undoubtedly this vice came in handy. As the son hasn't lived in his mom's house for a few decades and no longer wrenches on cars, I thought I'd rescue it.

Columbian 604-M2 machinist's vise. Disassembled, de-greased/de-rusted, stripped 5 coats of paint off (red, silver, blue, orange, black), deburred, painted 2 coats of Rustoleum (could maybe use another, but it's a vise), greased & reassembled. Works real nice, pretty heavy construction. Luckily for a guy trying to pare down his 'stuff' collection, I know a guy who collects vises & anvils- will have to see if he in interested at around $75, or will trade me straight up for one of his countless anvils.

Disassembled, but before cleaning:

Cleaned up swivel base:

All done:

Edited July 22, 201114 yr by balthazar

Nice job!

I could use that...

Well, if my addicted friend isn't interested, maybe we can work out a deal around Hershey in Oct, Camino. I may be transporting a front-loader rear from the P-60 there as it is...

Good as new!

Something worth having ................

Looks good, balthy. Now it must be anchored to something REALLY solid so it can do its job properly.