slim_boy_fat
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It might just be the pic, but the nearer bolt in this looks to be off on the horizontal plane?
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It might just be the pic, but the nearer bolt in this looks to be off on the horizontal plane?
Windy Miller
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He didn’t specify what sort of professional fitted them!It might just be the pic, but the nearer bolt in this looks to be off on the horizontal plane?
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Windy Miller
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They certainly had a very coarse thread!wood screws?
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For me, it was clear at first glance: wood or concrete screws ... I don't know of any machine screw that has such a coarse pitch for this assumed size.
Hence my disbelief .... and of course because the front screw is visibly crooked - sorry, professionally crooked - that's not the perspective, this is as it is.
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All this means is that someone paid to have it done!
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That's really cool.
I bought one of the baby bullet vise's back in the mid 1970's when they were nothing special. Who would have thought they would become a holy grail of collector items and command such outrageous prices ?
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That's really cool.
I bought one of the baby bullet vise's back in the mid 1970's when they were nothing special. Who would have thought they would become a holy grail of collector items and command such outrageous prices ?
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Nice - will have to sort out the lacework for some of my smaller vices - obviously a paper doily won't do for a baby Wilton.
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Use a real vintage lace doily, paper is not worthy enough.
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I always put an antimacassar on mine to prevent staining.
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antimacassar is to stop your hair-oil spoiling the sofa - mind boggles
"true vice afficionado steve lays head on his favourite Record. raising worries of brylcreem staining"
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I'm afraid it's been a while since my hair has seen any sort of product. These days the only thing I put on my head in is a cap to stop my scalp getting sun burn.
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Looks like it says No 7 on that.
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An extremely good vice. I've had mine over 20 year now. Still my favourite vice.
SteveB58
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Great gnarly old vice. Love the paint.
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I’m picking up a blasting pot on Monday so will be stripping the paint off it as well the Record 36. Both will get a repainted the correct colours.
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nice vices - hope the sand-blast isn't too aggressive -- can you control it well enough to remove paint. not detail? (I ask, because I don't know. years since I used one for a different task)
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@dannysheff I’ve never used one but will be asking the brains trust on here for advice. I also have another Record 36 that is spares to test on first.
