In for a chance. I finally have an enclosed garage and have built a workbench to tackle multiple home and hobby projects. I just added a regular bench vise, and this would complement that. Thanks for the karma opportunity.

Pick me! I'd use that to drill oil passages in pistons between the oil ring groove and the piston pin. Thanks

That is an awesome karma

Please toss my name into the hat as well

What a generous offering, and so very many deserving folks.......but I can't help myself. Please include me in your Karma. I could make good use of it working on guns for myself and others!
Thanks for your generosity to whoever get picked !!

Wow, that is a really cool vise! I could have used that a couple of weeks ago while drilling/reaming a main landing gear trunnion on my old V-tail Bonanza.

Please enter me into this fabulous karma.

aileron

*** Warning *** Wrist Watch Connoisseurs, DO NOT read this thread!!!

Please include me for the generous angle vise Karma!
I really could have used it a few days ago.

Some years back, I purchased a gently used Citizen Eco-Drive divers type watch. It was equipped with a black polymer/rubber watch band. Citizen OEM manufacture.
This past November while out deer hunting, I felt the watch band suddenly loose tension.
I reached inside my coat and pulled out the watch, the band had broken.

I went to the local jeweler, who happens to be a Citizen dealer.
That beautiful Citizen Eco-Drive divers type watch is now discontinued.
The special ***proprietary*** polymer/rubber watch band for the discontinued watch is also discontinued and unavailable anywhere.
So this watch is a one-of-a kind-case lug spacing of 14 mm. Also a special one-of-a-kind shape/profile near the rounded portion of the watch case.

I removed the two segments of the broken watch band. I ordered a cheap Amazon 14 mm width fabric watch band and installed it.
NOPE, not going to wear that combination outside the house! Way too feminine!

I eventually gathered the emotional fortitude and figured out how to hold the Citizen Eco-Drive watch in my non-angle Kurt milling machine vise.
I then proceeded to mill the spacing on the watch case lugs out to 22 mm using my Bridgeport milling machine, and 22 mm watch band width is manly enough for me.
If I had that angle vise a few days ago, I would have been able to do a slightly nicer job.

All in all, I'm reasonably happy the way it turned out. The way it was, the watch was virtually unusable.
You have to look pretty carefully to see the watch case lugs machining when the watch is strapped on your wrist.
The machining on the opposite side from pictured turned out more symmetrical.

That Citizen Eco-Drive watch will now accept any 22 mm width watch band. Rubber, leather, fabric, or stainless steel.
My local jeweler had the 22 mm stainless steel watch band in stock, for about $33 and change.
The jeweler was "shocked" at what I had done.
He said he now had an unbeatable "story" to tell at his next watch/jewelry convention!

IMG_20250203_165928373_HDR by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr

IMG_20250203_165910597_HDR by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr

^Nice story!

OK, you guys. Once again you've made this a very tough decision. But it's hard to say no to a guy with his own mill. Plus he's an M-14 guy. Benny6, please email me your shipping address when you get a chance. kevin.kina@accu-strut.com.

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Originally posted by benny6:
Put me in! It would go perfect with my mill!



Tony.

Thank you sir!

E-mail inbound!

Tony.

Congrats to benny6!