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I came upon this old hand vise while treasure hunting recently. I thought it was pretty cool, especially for 5 bucks!

man that is awesome!!!!!!
great SCORE

Very cool and great price.

I should have looked that guys stuff over a little better. He had a 16ft. gooseneck trailer full of rusty gold..

That hand vise is so cool! I don't even think I would have a use for it, but I would have to have it anyways...

caddyman1973 wrote:I came upon this old hand vise while treasure hunting recently. I thought it was pretty cool, especially for 5 bucks!

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You got yourself an antique jeweler’s hand vise.

JW~

Here's some hand vices. These can be very usefull.

Very nice collection Joe. I know I would have many uses if I had one, but I don't yet. I'll have to add it to my wish list.

JB

Thank you, JB.

Very nice Joe. You always show some fine old tools, thank you. I wasn't familiar with hand vises, I'll be on the look out for one now.

Thank you Mike.
I hope you find one. I haven't bought on in a while. I don't think they go for too much $.

I suppose I could have posted this one over in the outdoorsman's thread, but figured I'd put it here just because.
This is a big hairy spider that we almost literally stumbled into deep in the national forest in northern Wisconsin. Freaked out my wife and little girl! If you double click on the picture you can enlarge it and get a nice close up!
Near as I can tell it's a member of the wolf spider family...not poisonous to humans but still a freaky lookin' fella...

That you spotted that critter with its super camo job is impressive. I'm thinking it must have been moving to catch your attention. Or maybe you just have great vision.

Think Jim Stafford. "I don't like spiders and snakes..."

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7sCl56PsXQ[/youtube]

Sweet vises Joe! Much nicer than mine.

Playing with adding photos from my 'puter

Quick Steel wrote:That you spotted that critter with its super camo job is impressive. I'm thinking it must have been moving to catch your attention. Or maybe you just have great vision.

I must be honest...That spider was on a suspended tree that was fallen across the trail about 6 feet off the ground...My son and I walked right under it and didn't notice a doggone thing. My wife, who was following along behind us with our daughter spotted it before she got under the tree and let out a yelp of fright, and pulled our little girl out from under it...My boy and I came back under and she pointed it out from afar as she cowered in fear...My son grabbed a stick and I grabbed the camera and we poked and prodded it a bit and took a few pics before leaving it be and moving on down the trail. My wife and daughter backed up and got a running start and sprinted under the tree while crouching down as far as they could...kinda humorous. Her fear of insects keeps her constantly vigilant for such things, so I'm not surprised she spotted it right off the bat...

This is how to park a BIG SHIP in a storm.
As this was only a one hour drive from my home, I went for a drive up the Coast to have a look. Ken.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK4oc6rc-pQ

Cool pics Ken!


My son just moved into college yesterday. He needed a trunk to put under his bed. My dad had given me one a few years back from his Air Force days. We worked together to scrape 3-4 coats of deployment paint off it.






A bunch of sanding, priming, and paint. This is was we came up with...







The chest did not have a tray, so I whipped one up...

What a make-over Glenn That is REALLY NICE And what great provanance(sp?)

Nice job all the way around, Glenn. The tray looks like maple.

Glenn, you're just an all around kind of guy. I believe they call that a "Renaissance Man". Good job.

FRJ wrote:Nice job all the way around, Glenn. The tray looks like maple.

Thanks guys! Good eye, Joe!

THATS SHIP IS AWESOME

AND THAT TRUNK IS SA-WEEEET GREAT WORKS FELLAS!

313 Mike wrote:

Quick Steel wrote:That you spotted that critter with its super camo job is impressive. I'm thinking it must have been moving to catch your attention. Or maybe you just have great vision.

I must be honest...That spider was on a suspended tree that was fallen across the trail about 6 feet off the ground...My son and I walked right under it and didn't notice a doggone thing. My wife, who was following along behind us with our daughter spotted it before she got under the tree and let out a yelp of fright, and pulled our little girl out from under it...My boy and I came back under and she pointed it out from afar as she cowered in fear...My son grabbed a stick and I grabbed the camera and we poked and prodded it a bit and took a few pics before leaving it be and moving on down the trail. My wife and daughter backed up and got a running start and sprinted under the tree while crouching down as far as they could...kinda humorous. Her fear of insects keeps her constantly vigilant for such things, so I'm not surprised she spotted it right off the bat...

......mike,it looks like a thin-legged wolf spider......we have them here, too,along with the Carolina wolf spider-I saw one of those earlier this year that was big enough to require a license plate!!!!................. .........................