Stanley 400 Vise Hot Rod Edition

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Steven6095

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Just got back my second powder coated vise. This one was in nice shape, but was covered in oil. I tried everything to clean it and could never get it clean enough to really use. Its clean now :)

Gloss black and candied purple powder coat!

I have one more vise to coat and it is going to be very traditional, much like the red and brown one I posted a few weeks ago.
 
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Flames Man, FLAMES!! HOT RODS NEED FLAMES! L.
 
Steven,

Did you drive all the way to Louisville to get your vise powder coated at the Designer Moulding plant?:smiley:
 
Well...thanks for the compliments.
The song is kinda lost on me, but I am only 27 so I think that may be part of the issue...

Na, Designer did not do it. I just FedEx them to a guy in Louisville that does automotive work.
 
Thanks for the education.
I have sent a few brain cells the assignment of remembering that song :)
 
Resurrecting this old thread to ask Steven if they left the threaded screw rod bare or coated it too? I am in the process of hunting for my original Stanley handles so I can get my vise done (black and red!). Maybe I'll have him do the speed knobs as well. Only took me 8 years to get around to this . . . ;)
 
Framar said:
Hmmm. Just thinking. Speed knobs are aluminum - original vise is iron. Can aluminum be powder coated?
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From what I understand the majority of metals can be powder coated as long as they are clean of oils and dirt. And as far as the powder coating the screw threads, I wouldn't because I think it would make it more difficult to open an close. From what I understand with the Stanley 400, the people that have repainted them have left the original unpainted surfaces unpainted and that would include the screw threads. I have to admit, they look really nice when painted :):)
 
Talk about digging up an old thread. Yes, the threaded rods were lightly done. Not sure of the correct term, but they do have some color on them.
You could just run them through the cleaner / prep phase and leave them as is if you wanted to. Mine have the SLIGHTEST firmness to crank them down.
You really don't notice it, but compared to a mint condition Stanley 400, it takes a TINY bit more effort to turn, but they are not sticking etc.
Few turns all the way up an all the way back and you will get a little powered taken off the screw threads and they loosen up.

I had a few more done and the guy who was doing them did a great job. I was taking him rusted, incomplete, etc and turning them into this.
I simply told him to do whatever he wanted to them and would spray them as he was doing other projects and had powder left over. I never knew what I as going to get, but that was fun too.
Only other thing I did was to replace the screws on the bottom with new ones.

They have held up really well and I am glad I had them done. I was taking nearly unusable, unloved Stanley and Marshes and making them usable.




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i'm seeing some "Marvel-ous" color schemes in the recent photos. I dig the metal flake, but then I'd never want to use them again and get them all grungy.
 
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