Latest reclamation project: refurbishing an old rotary vise

I recently got back into tying hair jigs and Float n Fly jigs. I had a pair of old vices, one a Cabela's travel vice and the other an un named rotary vice. The rotary vice fit my needs better than the travel vice butt was relatively FUBAR. I decided to sand and buff it and drop some nifty textured paint on the base to make it all spiff. Paint was Rustoleum textured paint in "aged iron"...I also did my 7yr old BBQ with it this spring and it looks brand new.

Before: it was relatively gnarly

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/o...ps15936aa8.jpg


After: It cleaned up rather well

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/o...psdeea4055.jpg

Nice job, what does the rest look like?

Looks great!

Looks good but same as everyone else would love to see the rest of the vise!!

It wasn't as glamorous as the base. Just a bit of polishing the oxidation but no painting.

Looks good, nice job!

Looks good. A little elbow grease and a touch of paint and you have something to be proud of

I would cry like a baby if my base or vice looked like that :( !!!!! Nice job on the repaint :ThumbsUp

turned out nice!

Aw c'mon, show the whole rig. We're all wondering.......

the rest of it......

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/o...ps24b0dd52.jpg

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/o...ps69325db1.jpg

Looks good

Good job. A little time with white rouge and a buffer would have that brass showing a mirror finish. Base came out good.