What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2019]

[Clutch]

Well that free tractor needs an engine it's locked up tight. I have one but do I really have time for that? I think not. On a lighter note. Best turkey EVER! Lats Sunday I cooked the brine.
1 bottle cheap dry white wine 2 boxes of chicken broth 2 fist fulls of brown sugar 1/4 cup ish of black peppercorns salt and pepper garlic powder onion powder some good maple syrup and some cheap pancake syrup because that Maple stuff's expensive a couple of bay leaves parsley cumin cayenne pepper and a bottle of cheap honey cooked together and chilled with ice. I let that fester in a home Depot bucket all week with the bird in it packed with ice inside a cooler last night I smoked it the first 4 hours uncovered in a pan with some brine in the bottom. Then I hit it with butter salt and pepper covered it and let it smoke until dinner tonight raising the temp to 200 around 3:00 to hit my 180 mark. While it rested on the cutting board I made a gravy with the liquid in the pan. OMG! I killed it! My oldest Lexi said it was the best BBQ I ever made and Janet agreed. Maybe I'll be allowed to buy some car parts now lol

It's way! Off topic but I had to tell someone lol

 

[DRIVEN]

 

[MrSony]

Pulled the 454 out. That big *ss truck's hoodline is uh...about chest high with it on jackstands, and I'm surprised my old crane could get the 454 out. it could have went up another 6-8" if it needed to.
Over the coming days I will be ripping it apart and seeing what's what. I need to organize and clean out the garage first though, mainly.

 

[Clutch]

I mowed the lawn with the little John briquette today it didn't melt down but the deck fell off on the front lawn so now I have a dirt stripe. Oh well
Tonight's dinner smoked big eye and bluefin tuna

And I picked up a mountain bike for Lauren or Lexi from a neighbor and got it working seams to be a nice bike

It runs good I took it for a rip threw the trails behind the house.

 

[TURNA]

MMMMMM more foooooooood!!!!

 

[wonderboy24]

wasn't looking to buy a mini bike but for the price i couldn't pass it up. scored this thing for 100.00 its 2017 . Coleman ct200u.196cc. guy was moving out of state and couldn't take it with them. its a fast little thing

 

[Clutch]

MMMMMM more foooooooood!!!!

Sometimes you just gotta BBQ

 

[joesregalproject]

I've been itching for a small side project to meddle with, so I'm gonna try to fix up this Prentiss vise I have. My Dad bought it at a yard sale about 40 some years ago with the work bench for $25. It's a Prentiss #21 5.25" swivel jaw vise. Big heavy sumbitch, around 100 lbs. It's probably my single favorite tool I own. I have no idea how old it is ('40s or '50s maybe?) but I've used it countless times, probably more than any other tool I own.

That said, it's not without it's problems. It's seen some serious use. Both swivels are seized up tight, they were seized when my Dad bought it. My Dad and I have both tried over the years many times to unstick them, even whacking it with a sledge to no avail. Also the front lip has been ground off of the front jaw. My Dad said it was that way when he got it.

Today I began by taking apart what I could and unbolting it from the bench. The jaw faces are a little rough, but new ones are about $100, so I'm going to try to clean them up and reuse them. Someone tried to weld the front jaw face in place at one point so there is a big bead of weld to grind off of it. The screws for the rear face were stripped and seized and had to be drilled which was a bit of a pain, but once the face was off, the remains unscrewed cleanly.

Next I've got to strip the paint off of it and soak it in either vinegar or rust remover or something then get a torch and heat it up so I can try to bust it loose. Hopefully I'll have better luck with it this time. Stay tuned.

I love how it has 'New York, NY' cast into the side.

You can see the ground off front lip here-

The jaw faces-

The remains of the jaw face screws-

Inside-

 

[fleming442]

I've been itching for a small side project to meddle with, so I'm gonna try to fix up this Prentiss vise I have. My Dad bought it at a yard sale about 40 some years ago with the work bench for $25. It's a Prentiss #21 5.25" swivel jaw vise. Big heavy sumbitch, around 100 lbs. It's probably my single favorite tool I own. I have no idea how old it is ('40s or '50s maybe?) but I've used it countless times, probably more than any other tool I own.

That said, it's not without it's problems. It's seen some serious use. Both swivels are seized up tight, they were seized when my Dad bought it. My Dad and I have both tried over the years many times to unstick them, even whacking it with a sledge to no avail. Also the front lip has been ground off of the front jaw. My Dad said it was that way when he got it.

Today I began by taking apart what I could and unbolting it from the bench. The jaw faces are a little rough, but new ones are about $100, so I'm going to try to clean them up and reuse them. Someone tried to weld the front jaw face in place at one point so there is a big bead of weld to grind off of it. The screws for the rear face were stripped and seized and had to be drilled which was a bit of a pain, but once the face was off, the remains unscrewed cleanly.

Next I've got to strip the paint off of it and soak it in either vinegar or rust remover or something then get a torch and heat it up so I can try to bust it loose. Hopefully I'll have better luck with it this time. Stay tuned.

I love how it has 'New York, NY' cast into the side.
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You can see the ground off front lip here-
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The remains of the jaw face screws-
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Inside-View attachment 115453

That's really cool! Who doesn't love old tools? Did some digging real quick, and found these: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=236512
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=241183
Looks like they were in business from the early 1900s-1940s

 

[joesregalproject]

That's really cool! Who doesn't love old tools? Did some digging real quick, and found these: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=236512
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=241183
Looks like they were in business from the early 1900s-1940s

Thanks! Thanks for the links too! It really is my favorite tool I own, I use it for everything. I've been trying to dig up any info I can on it but there isn't much out there. I found one ad that advertises it as an "Ironworkers Vise" and says it weighs 109 lbs, which is probably about right. I did read that they were bought out by a company in Massachusetts in 1948, and the ones made after that were still called Prentiss Vises, but did not have New York cast into them. So I'm guessing at the very latest it was made in 1948.

Evaporust looks like a promising product for rust removal, but its kind of expensive. I know distilled vinegar is a tried and true method, and it's a lot cheaper so I'm leaning towards it.