Vise Drill Anvil [Restoration]

This tool was sent to me by a viewer in hopes of getting everything back in order. The only part missing was the "hardy" tool for the anvil, but those can be easily made. I would not recommend using cast iron as an anvil material though as it will most likely shatter. The entire concept of this combination tool is something that is not synergistic and is actually just a poor anvil, drill, and vise. Nevertheless, these are somewhat common and must have been popular with at least some number of customers.

I replaced all the old japanning with new coats of japanning. I tried to slap on more layers of japanning as an experiment to see if I could get a smoother finish. The anvil portion had some cracks that needed to be brazed and the vise jaws were machined off and completely replaced with soft metal ones. I personally use soft jaws more often.

To use the drill you have to turn one handle to advance the bit and another to spin the drill. It's a very odd experience, but neat nonetheless.

Since this tool was sent to me, I would love to pass it along one day, so if you are interested, let me know!

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[arduinoversusevil]

These where ahead of their time. We'd all have one rusting away outside the door if Billy Mays had seen this wizz-bang-gewgaw.

[DY.]

Headbutting the blasting cabinet cracks me up every time. As soon as I see him putting things into it I'm like... ooooh wait for it. The anticipation in this episode was intense ha ha

[donjohnson]

I have two of these trying to put together enough parts to put it together and now I find out that I am still missing the drill table! Thanks for the video of an excellent restoration and clearing up how it is supposed to look and work.

[davidf]

Every muscle in my body clenched during the tablesaw scene. My mind was screaming "Brace for impact!!". I don't even like ripping wood on a tablesaw, I can't imagine a 2X2 piece of aluminum. Bravo Sir!

[ThePostApocalypticInventor]

Just the other day I found a piece of railroad track and had the idea of making an anvil from it AND then braze a vise to it. Little did I know this already existed a long time ago.

[GrDaneH]

I inherited one of these from my Grandpa. Such an interesting piece of equipment. Mine is missing the drilling pieces, but the vice parts still work. The rail on mine is also bent, haha. I'm guessing they didn't design it to handle ft-lbs. Nice job on the restoration, it looks fantastic. With the vice bolted to a table the drilling would at least make a little more sense. It seems like a big design oversight though that you can't clamp something in the vice and then drill it...I guess that would have required another set of threads and an extra crank, making this even more of an unwieldy Frankenstein's monster.

[barthanes]

Japaning always looks so good. If it wasn't so labor intensive I would like to use it on a vintage GE motor I'm restoring.

[thomaslevy]

You have the knack for finding and restoring the strangest tools. Would have never guessed that the vice-anvil-drill even existed. Keep it up!

[charleshanson]

That's like the "printer faxer copier" of the machine shop. Not really good at anything.

[tomasn]

Your intro cracks me up every time! I love it. Such a throwback and nostalgia if you were a kid in the 80’s and watched sitcoms. Bravo 👏🏼

[BH-rxue]

For all who are wondering, to get a sand blaster to work at maximum efficiency, you must assert your dominance as demonstrated @5:18

[corydriver]

I like this restoration because it reminds me of your earliest work, simple and short, but Lamp chain? Come on man you’re better than that. Definitely a specialty tool.

[tonymannion]

Fair play to you including the accident with the tap - a lot of guys would edit that out in fear it would make them look less than perfect to their audience (you know who you are!!)

[JDLarge]

A shop teacher back in the day had one of these (very similar) set up in my high-school metal fab shop! 79! Hadn’t ever seen one before OR since. There wasn’t much he couldn’t do using that, as it was HIS preferred vise. Awesome to see one again, and as usual you’ve done an outstanding job bringing her back to life, I especially like the brazing scars, they give it some more class😉!
But now I’m kinda feeling a tad bit old-er... 🥺✌🏼

[BufoToxin-ip]

when he turned on the mill, my power flickered, and I thought, 'man that mill takes some juice, eh'. then I remembered it was only a movie.

[marceloz]

Hey, mr HandToolRescue, I just want to say that we at home love your content. I watch your content with my mom because we love repairing videos, we love when stuff gets fixed or gain new life, but we particularly love your videos because of your humor. It is special because my mom doesn't like to watch much english content because the doesn't know the language (we are non-native speakers of english, we are from Brazil), but you are one of the few channels in english that she actually likes to watch. Simultaneous translation kind of became part of the routine for translating your jokes to portuguese... hahahaha

Love your videos. Your humor makes you special.

[davidsholts]

Multi-tools have come a long way, they'll fit in your pocket now.

[RoosterT]

That is a very interesting tool? I completely thought the drill portion would have advanced by itself while drilling but upon realising that I did remember the spindle is held in place with washers and no screw mechanism. To crank the vice then drill then crank the vice and vice versa is a bit of a pain, but it's definately an incredible piece non the less so great job!

[prestongoss]

That is such a weird vise...thing. The drill part didn't look tedious at all... Thanks for another great video. I always enjoy your intros!

[ErnestLong-ou]

I watched a number of your videos, how in the world do you remember where everything goes when you reassemble? You have a gift! My step dad could fix anything. He took apart a Chevy engine and was throwing parts in a bucket. He put it all together from memory and the car ran with a rebuilt engine, Thank for sharing your gift! Your entro is enjoyable. From Cincinnati a life long fan!