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tom osselton:
I saw a you tube video where a guy drilled and tapped the center of the bolt holding the softjaws on his mill vice to allow custom softjaws to be used without changing them.

S. Heslop:


Finished it up after soaking it overnight in some diluted vinegar (didn't leave it long enough with the dilution, but I get impatient) and rubbing steel wool on it. Looks alot better than it did, even if I picked a hideous tin of paint. It also looks like it wasn't ever used but just got left out to the rain for a few years since there aren't any noticeable hacksaw marks or wear on the moving parts. The second hand shop/ house clearers I bought it from are pretty bad for leaving stuff out in the rain. They've got a beautiful giant metric lathe that's just been left to rust solid. It's a tragedy.

I'll probably give budging those screws another go once the paint hardens. Maybe the vinegar soak might've loosened them a bit.

NormanV:
I bought a "made in England" vice. Rusty, like the others shown. I soaked it in citric acid, cleaned it up, painted it, it looked beautiful. But, and the biggest but. the jaws are not parallel. I can only grip something if I lean on the handle. The only time that I have bought a new vice it was a cheapo Chinese vice. It gripped perfectly!

edward:
Pleased I could 'inspire' someone else to action. Good to see old stuff rescued for further use rather than going for landfill.

Mine is a bit more 'used' looking now but still a lovely thing. Never get jaw twist or things busting out of the jaws now! I bought a set of cheapo clip-on fibre jaws for mine for softer stuff which have proved useful.

The Chinese vice has been demoted to the dirty side of the workshop for welding etc, fixed to a bit of 100mm RSJ with some scaffold tube legs.

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