Finally got some endmills and ER32 collet chuck.
Have a bench vice I killed a couple of months ago, good excuse I thought to do some repairs. To be precise I broke one of the jaws. At the time a quick call to the OZ distributer (in my home town conviently enough) revealed that they cant get me them.
So bought a new 150 mm Dawn vice for the main shop, very nice.
I have been putting up with small hobby vice in the other shed (a good 50 mtr away) for ages now, so I figuerd it would be worth having a go fixing this one.
In the past I kept breaking the mounting screws for the jaws and kept replacing them with cheap bolts I ground down to make dodgy countersunk versions. Reason was if use good bolts then it would be harder to get the suckers out if I break one. My solution (how good it works remains to be seen) was to mill a flat of sorts on the other side to where the screws attach the jaws, drill out the thead and bolt straight thru the lot using better bolts. If I bust a bolt, simply knock it out and replace.
The casting beneith seems to be quite thick, guess time will tell if I have weakened it too much. Am planning to make a new jaw for the broken one. Yeah I know their hardened, will have to see if I can get my Oxy Propane working.