Mostly anyway. I’ll do any brake work and clutch check adjustments after I’m more able. It should be working in a few days. Have a pre-operation meet at the hospital Wednesday. I’m trying to have all my miscellaneous items done by then.
The word is precision!
Probably not in my present condition. LoL.
It’s at least 40 years old, that’s when I bought it. I think it’s an old Chinese manufacture. I have not looked in a long time who actually manufactured it. There was a store that sold tools from the eastern countries like China and they were super cheap, but built like tanks. I suspect copies of US or some other country’s manufacture. It is heavy.
Oh, I know it is! Before retiring from the Bell System, I recovered an old vise, from a collapsing work bench that had been in the rain too many years. It was a Starrett made vise, known for precision hand tools, but they sold off the vise division about 1932 (or thereabouts). The jaw still opened and closed, so I decided to clean all the rust off, repaint in "close" to original colors, and re-lube everything before re-assembling. Turned out NICE, and it stayed with the group that serviced our buildings. It was their's, but I was tempted, though my single car garage really didn't have a place for it. According to an email exchange with Starrett, it was made between 1900-1917.
