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Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck!
My vise dates back to the 60's at least and it has a similar out of square corner but not as much as yours.
It doesn't have the optional crack though.
Pete
It doesn't have the optional crack though.
Pete
Picked Up Another Vice, Not So Lucky This Time
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See, it's profligate spending like this that's ruining the secondhand market.Osvaldd":1yt4szrv said:p.s. I think enough time passed, I'll tell you how much I payed for the vice:
a whole bloody tenner.
Re. the back of the rear casting, if you like chisel out a bit for a close fit (closer fit, this isn't like fitting a gun to its stock) or use packing pieces/folding wedges.
Yeh mine was the same Osvald. I took pics to ask on here but I don't think I got round to it. Just flush fitted it. I probably routed 3 or so minimal depth differences to the oak face (front face) from memory then cleaned up, the bench side I just took a gnats out with a chisel by hand.
It's been fine. I think the fixing strength is on the four bolts and the tensions exerted by the vice are shear to these and even compressive. A reasonable fit is fine I would guess. That's why I suggested giving it a go. Unless you plan on doing it up with a piece of scaff tube or tempering iron in it it for me the gamble would be whether to throw good money after bad. If you can fix it with a bolt or other means all the better. Ideal solution is welding but can be tricky/finickey I understand so maybe pricey unless you know someone or are lucky.
I got an old cast stove top welded many years ago. I was young and cabbage green and it was my only means of not dying from hypothermia in my little caravan in the wildlands of a hard Snowdonian winter. Looking back the fella moaned and groaned but he did it for pennies bless him because I was a 19 year old kid and he had a big heart and probably had kids of his own. If I walked into a local place now with the same situation I'd expect him to charge me £30 quid for the trouble at least. That's £40 quid after a broken vice. Might be different where you live.
Me. I'd fit it as is. Paid a tenner for it. If it breaks in a years time, strip it for parts, buy another, learn a lesson. The thread alone at that quality/vintage of build is a tenner in value, 2 years time you make a Moxxon vice or similar for pennies from parts you already have.
Chris
It's been fine. I think the fixing strength is on the four bolts and the tensions exerted by the vice are shear to these and even compressive. A reasonable fit is fine I would guess. That's why I suggested giving it a go. Unless you plan on doing it up with a piece of scaff tube or tempering iron in it it for me the gamble would be whether to throw good money after bad. If you can fix it with a bolt or other means all the better. Ideal solution is welding but can be tricky/finickey I understand so maybe pricey unless you know someone or are lucky.
I got an old cast stove top welded many years ago. I was young and cabbage green and it was my only means of not dying from hypothermia in my little caravan in the wildlands of a hard Snowdonian winter. Looking back the fella moaned and groaned but he did it for pennies bless him because I was a 19 year old kid and he had a big heart and probably had kids of his own. If I walked into a local place now with the same situation I'd expect him to charge me £30 quid for the trouble at least. That's £40 quid after a broken vice. Might be different where you live.
Me. I'd fit it as is. Paid a tenner for it. If it breaks in a years time, strip it for parts, buy another, learn a lesson. The thread alone at that quality/vintage of build is a tenner in value, 2 years time you make a Moxxon vice or similar for pennies from parts you already have.
Chris
Bod
Established Member
Just been able to drag my spare 52 1/2E out.
About as square as expected from rough casting.
Square to rods.
Top of jaw closing first.
The threaded holes are 5/16 Whitworth threads.
I'm not to sure how old this one is, but it has the squared boss of the later types.
The idea was to put it on a sliding deadman, matching the fixed one......
Bod
About as square as expected from rough casting.
Square to rods.
Top of jaw closing first.
The threaded holes are 5/16 Whitworth threads.
I'm not to sure how old this one is, but it has the squared boss of the later types.
The idea was to put it on a sliding deadman, matching the fixed one......
Bod
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dannyr
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Isn't this type of vice meant to have some toe-in (or top-in) to allow for slight bending under pressure? Must say that looks rather a lot, though.
That's a win then for the mechanism. I'd slap it in anyway. If it goes, then you have to get another one or a sound scrap one with a shot mechanism. If it doesn't go you got a very cheap vice.p.s. I think enough time passed, I'll tell you how much I payed for the vice:
a whole bloody tenner.
