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- Yesterday, 23:56
- Joined
- May 25, 2019
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- 3,264
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- Age
- 64
- Location
- Houston
- My Ride
- 2005 Triumph Thruxton 900
- Riding Since
- 2019 licensed about a decade earlier.
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.Looking great! May even have it all done before your surgery.
The word is precision!This is some tight engineering. LoL.
Probably not in my present condition. LoL.Wow! That is a huge vise down by front wheel. Can you lift it?
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.What make is the vise? Probably about 100 years old?
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.It is heavy.
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