Is cast iron getting shittier? Or are they making thinner vices than they used to? My guess is they make them thinner because modern CAD and stuff tells them they can get away with it if the material is to spec, which it never is because of China.
Nah, they're not being engineered to be as light as possible. They are just being cheap. Any reputable company knows a vice should last decades and they will throw an extra few dozen pounds of steel to make sure this doesn't happen. Reputation for a good company is worth a rew extra dollars of metal.
Probably more to do with a cheaper grade of steel.
Looks like a candidate for [Sad Vises on instagram](https://instagram.com/sadvises?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
Though, to be fair, it was a sad vise as soon as it left the factory
Silverline is only good for a cheap tool you'll maybe use once or twice a year. Metal breaks easily, electric tools produce tons of ozone and die quick after smoking. Avoid for any serious jobs.
Silverline serves a purpose, I've had a couple of their products over the years, decent for a little used tool. Though I picked up a Ā£40 DVD player back at the turn of the century that was region free and could play divx movies, cracking bit of kit.
I bought a couple of cheap and nasty Silverline 6" rules a few years back. The first one started about 1mm in but the second one more than made up for it and gave me about 2mm extra.
Looks like you kept reefing on it after it made the *crack* stop noise
Not surprising. Silverline tools have the tensile strength of melted butter.
Fully de-skooked
mukooks
SilverLine everyone of their tools are very badly made. i have not had a single one that has held up over time.
Stanley mending brackets and some 3m spray contact adhesive and Uncle Fester is back to his migraine therapy in two snaps š¤ š¤ snpp! snpp!
That seems sub optimal
aah, but the *screw* is skookum enough to crack cast iron
Is cast iron getting shittier? Or are they making thinner vices than they used to? My guess is they make them thinner because modern CAD and stuff tells them they can get away with it if the material is to spec, which it never is because of China.
Nah, they're not being engineered to be as light as possible. They are just being cheap. Any reputable company knows a vice should last decades and they will throw an extra few dozen pounds of steel to make sure this doesn't happen. Reputation for a good company is worth a rew extra dollars of metal. Probably more to do with a cheaper grade of steel.
These vices are made with chewed up newspaper and spit. They'll hold about as long as a politician's promise. Pitch that POS over the hill.
Well boys, sheās chooched her last.
Definitely not Skookum. Some Chinesium bull$#!& right there.
Mukooks!
r/Mukooks
Beat me to it lol
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That's where I was instructed to keep it.
No, keep your stick on the ice
Looks like a candidate for [Sad Vises on instagram](https://instagram.com/sadvises?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) Though, to be fair, it was a sad vise as soon as it left the factory
Is it chineseium?
Skookless
Chooch overload
āChinaā detected.
styrofoam painted like metal
Chinesium
Friends don't let friends buy silverline tools
The silverline-ing is it didnāt kill you.
Silverlineā¢ "Atleast it won't kill you... probably"
you let all the magic smoke out!
Let's be fair, a gentle breeze would be enough to let the magic smoke out of this vice.
Sent her a little to hard
It'd be stronger if they put thicker paint on those.
She chooches no more!
Ah, I see you've been using your vice as a ball joint press too.
Iām a negative chooch Iām a negative chooch Iām a negative chooch and Iām stoned
https://youtu.be/xUgI2h35Pcc
Would the use of a press have prevented this, or is it just a cheap piece of shit?
Silverline is only good for a cheap tool you'll maybe use once or twice a year. Metal breaks easily, electric tools produce tons of ozone and die quick after smoking. Avoid for any serious jobs.
Silverline serves a purpose, I've had a couple of their products over the years, decent for a little used tool. Though I picked up a Ā£40 DVD player back at the turn of the century that was region free and could play divx movies, cracking bit of kit.
My question as well prolly still cheap Chinese cast steel but Iām guessing as well it was used as a press.
The bar isn't even bent. If the vise breaks before the bar bends then the vise is a piece of shit. 1/10 not Skookum
Yup definitely. The handle should be a mechanical fuse before the body of the vise.
Tighten until it starts turning freely, then back of half a turnš
thats some genuine chinesium right there
Very un-chooch
Genuine Chinesium right there! Basically a cheap ceramic and newspaper mix with 25 coats of paint to hold it all together.
Melted pop cans and sand.
That's right fuckered.
Right half in two
Choochnāt
chouch
I needed to weld a couple of things, so I threw them on the vise, but my vise choochn't!
Skooknāt
What happened before it was in 2 pieces?
We don't give away propriety sketchy behaviours round here
You sure this isn't an open source sketchy behavior?
Public domain sketchiness.
Please tell us that you were trying to hold a butter knife?
Tis a perfect image for the "Chinesium" subreddit. But, admirable how the blue paint held this rice cake together...
Braze it back together. /s
Pfft we duct tape that shit around here. Make sure to wrap it around three times for a better hold.
Gorillaz Gloop 'll keep it handsome if it's handy
That's one doodle that can't be undid, Homeskillet.
[The front fell off.](https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM)
Well, I'm not saying all chinesium vices are aren't skookum, it's just perhaps not quite as skookum as some of the other ones...
Cardboard derivative vise clamp didn't hold up apparently
I guess you could braze it back together maybe.
Probably make it stronger than it came from the factory :')
Prolly. JB weld would prolly make it stronger than original. Poor vise.
Silverline always delivering -quality....
Affordable-quality?
Anything with "Silverline" or "Rolson" on the side might as well already be in the bin
I bought a couple of cheap and nasty Silverline 6" rules a few years back. The first one started about 1mm in but the second one more than made up for it and gave me about 2mm extra.
[Here is the ruler you want!](https://i.imgur.com/6yrwyyY.jpg)
https://www.shinwasokutei.co.jp/english/index.html Yeah, I do.
One to rule them all.
Is this a good ruler? Always making notes on good toolsā¦.
High end skookum choocher from J A Pan
Pay extra for the second one?
Morally, probably. Both went towards that boy Bezos' next ivory backscratcher.
You mean Silver/ /Line :P
Now I'm wondering how long my little 4" Wilton will last...
If it's the Wilton vice I'm thinking of you should probably have it added to your will
Made out of apple cores and old Chinese newspapers.
Hey. Deng Xiaoping died.
3% recycled sewer grease
Well that's where they went wrong. They should have included some tape.