u/EricD21

Made in Japan, my guess is mid-1970s. Acquired on the last day of an estate sale for $12.50. Nobody else wanted to spend an awkward half-hour underneath a crusty metal bench on a hot day unbolting it.

Original handle would have been wood but was replaced by previous owner with pipe. I fabricated a new wooden handle in the style of the original out of oak. Took the opportunity to redo my workbench top MFT-style with some mods to accommodate the new vise.

This one has an interesting mechanical quick-release mechanism. If you turn the handle counterclockwise a half-turn, it opens and you can just pull/push the to get it roughly where you want it. Turn it clockwise and it locks and tightens as you'd expect.

I'm a DIY woodworker and have been looking for some 1-2-3 blocks at estate sales. Most machinists have a few of these. I found two the other day and got them for about $5 each.

For those that don't know, 1-2-3 blocks are precisely machined metal blocks that are exactly 1x2x3 inches, within a couple thousandths of an inch in each direction. The holes allow you to mount them to tables and machines. For woodworkers, they can help with setting up certain table saw cuts and such.

When I got these home I took a closer look. They looked homemade and had a person's name engraved on them (not the person whose estate it was), so I figured "oh, cool - probably an apprentice machinist's project."

Just to be safe I put the calipers on them and...yeah...

(Note: they aren't metric 25x50x75mm either.)

Paid $120 (+tax) for everything here. Amazingly I didn't have a copy of Adventure. I did have Pitfall, but I had to get both because they mixed up the manuals (Pitfall II's manual was bundled with Pitfall and vice-versa, plus the game and manual for Pitfall are in pretty good condition). Warlords is sealed. Road Runner is CIB (box, manual, game, insert). Track & Field is CIB or mostly CIB (box, game, manual, and special controller).

How'd I do?