V8 3001 Industrial Hose Cutter Set
We got Vickie to make a video about the V8 3001 Radiator Hose Cutter Sets, which are also great for industrial hose cutting use. We think a STAR has been BORN!
Actually, we’ve been selling these for about seven years now. We get them from the manufacturer, with whom we have had a business relationship for over 25 years. We have never had one of these industrial hose cutters returned to us, since they work so well. Our customers have raved about them since we first began carrying them.
We sold them for a number of years before we got a call one day from a large industrial client. An employee was severely injured on the job because he pulled out his pocket knife and used that to cut the industrial strength hose from a big rig and wound up cutting off a finger. The company called us and asked if we had anything they could use to safely cut the industrial radiator hoses and we told them about the V8 3001. They purchased about 500 of the radiator hose cutter sets, which included the radiator hose cutter, a blade, and the mounting bracket, which can be mounted on a shop bench or service truck. Out of the 500 sets we sold to them, none were returned and we had not one complaint about the quality of the tool.
Post Vise
Our friend Perry brought in an antique post vise recently that was pretty interesting – especially since it is in such nice condition. A post vise is a blacksmith’s vise and it is special for several reasons. For one it is forged and it is built to take quite a bit of abuse, unlike a smaller, cheaper vise. For another, it has a long leg to give it stability and support from the floor or a post.
Back in the days of the horse and carriage, when every town had a blacksmith, every blacksmith shop had at least one of these post vises. For that reason, almost none of these sturdy tools were branded by the manufacturer with their name or any other identifying mark. Post vises were actually sold by the pound, which was what distinguished one from the next. In other words, they went by heaviness, rather than size in inches.
