Rusty Deadlocked Vise - Perfect Restoration

Broken Vise Restoration - Gressel Switzerland.

In this video i'm restoring a broken swiss vise.

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I bought this vise from a friend for 20$. It was super rusty and dirty, one part was missing, two screws were broken off and the movable jaw was completely stuck. Gressel is very well known in switzerland for making very good, if not the best vises. That fact made it absolutely worth to restore it. They still produce this type of vise today, they just made some very small changes over the years. I found out that they built their vises in this style until 1991. So it's at least 27 years old. It had the rough jaws on, but you could always choose if you want them with rough or flat jaws when you buy a new one. I'm not a fan at all of the rough jaws, because they ruin every surface of clamped pieces. So I decided to put flat jaws on. I still restored the rough ones and I'm going to keep them. I restored this vise for myself.

I hope you like my work and the video.

Timestamps

00:00 preview
00:35 loosen the stuck movable jaw
02:09 disassembling
04:39 restoring the spindle
05:11 removing the pins
05:45 restoring the movable jaw
06:58 restoring the body (fix jaw)
08:14 sandblasting
10:09 painting
11:02 making the missing part
12:10 restoring two screws for the missing part
13:10 restoring the jaws
13:27 reassembling
15:53 showing off the finished product

If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.

Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.

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[BigBlackBer]

Thank you sooo much for not putting SHITTY music on.👍🏻

[fruitydudexD]

You don't understand how much I appreciate that you DIDN'T put garbage ass music on this video. That makes you a god amongst men

[erroristmusic]

No stupid music, straight to the point.


17 minutes felt like a minute.


This man has hell of a dedication!

[meredithsickel]

Can we all take a moment to acknowledge how much longer it must take him to do these restorations when he has to be concerned about filming every single little bit? He’s awesome

[markbowden]

Mixed fascinated and in awe, but realising I've crossed a line into that age group that is in awe of a vice well done!

[jacquesdemolay]

For reasons unknown to me, this popped up in my recommendations.
And yeah, I watched the whole thing, beginning to end.
Humans are capable of some extraordinary things, and this is one of them.
A pleasant surprise coming across this. Thanks for the inspiration!

[XLBiker]

What algorithm was used for Youtube to determine that I'd watch every second of an old vice restoration? I have no idea how this landed in my Youtube feed but they were right. I enjoyed every second of this. Well done. Thank you for caring and letting me know that this level of craftsmanship and artisanship is still alive somewhere in the world. I'm very impressed.

[charleskoner]

Having just repaired & restored an old vice myself, I really appreciate how satisfying this is. I love your channel, no unnecessary soundtrack or distractions. Thank you.

[GabrielCsaba]

I'm more of a woodworking nut but that, sir, was one of the most beautiful, poetic, fulfilling things I've seen in ages.

[Nunyabznis]

Perfect channel. No talking. No horrendous music. Just content.

[jimodono]

I am a 70yr young engineering physicist and I always secretly envied our labs' workshop engineers for how they could mill fantasia from what was afterall only a picture in my head !
Alas, I thought those days were history along with my granny's apron strings _ until NOW, by proving the new generations are just as profoundly skilled as we thought we were in the steam era _
I sincerly wish you all the praise You undoubtly deserve...God Bless You...

[petsforvets]

Never in my life did I think I'd be spending an evening watching the restoration of a vice.... and loving every bit of it. Awesome!. Only problem now is that it looks too nice to use

[Saboc]

This is better than any ASMR video on the internet. I finished the video completely relaxed.

[sharilynm]

In a world where so many things are considered disposable, it's great to see such pride in making the old new again. Thanks for posting such a cool video!

[StormAlterWorlds]

I don't know how I ended up here, but I'm glad I did.

[jayssonblack]

That’s a beautiful piece! I have a couple old vices given to me by my stepdad that I’m thinking of refurbishing. This video gave me some good insight! Thank you!

[j.geshua]

Amazing work man best video NO MUSIC NO TALKING just the sound of making everything better than new even the sound of the brush while painting it green. Keep up the amazing work.👍🏼💪🏼

[porschiste]

I picture a dozen of Gressel employees gathered round the same screen watching this video and tearing up in joy.

[YubeFool]

You're not only a skilled mechanic, you're also a skilled video-producer. This is well lit, well filmed and never boring.
This video also shows how much work - and endurance - it takes to get true results (you show us a week's work in 17 minutes!).
For those who don't understand: it would be a sin to dump this vise to metal waste. Brilliant result!

[gagemoss]

XLBIKER wrote this 2 years ago but I couldn't have done any better--"What algorithm was used for Youtube to determine that I'd watch every second of an old vice restoration? I have no idea how this landed in my Youtube feed but they were right. I enjoyed every second of this. Well done. Thank you for caring and letting me know that this level of craftsmanship and artisanship is still alive somewhere in the world. I'm very impressed." THX again!!