JOEPRO
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Got this home last night and started taking it apart for a proper clean up and repaint which I'll share on here as I go and some Qs too!
Someone has made a couple of repairs in the past. This one below I can repair much better myself later as the strap is mild steel not cast
I ground back the welds and undid the bolt.
Bottom right in the image above is the second repair. It's a small brass plate which was bolted to the rear of the vice and holding the end of the lead screw. On checking it there is a small captive bit of the original casting missing there in below. This is an honest, functional and well executed repair so I'll leave that bit alone.
QR spring is broken I got a new one from ebay.
The handle has alot of slop in it. It's also a bit bashed up and bent slightly at one end. Viceman.uk do a new correct sized 5/8 x 11 inch replacement handle I think that is my best bet and I'll weld up the hole in the centre thing fully before re drilling to suit the replacement handle and make it a decent fit again. Does that sound reasonable?
Ps I don't have a lathe etc which would be useful here but there you go.
Someone has made a couple of repairs in the past. This one below I can repair much better myself later as the strap is mild steel not cast
I ground back the welds and undid the bolt.
Bottom right in the image above is the second repair. It's a small brass plate which was bolted to the rear of the vice and holding the end of the lead screw. On checking it there is a small captive bit of the original casting missing there in below. This is an honest, functional and well executed repair so I'll leave that bit alone.
QR spring is broken I got a new one from ebay.
The handle has alot of slop in it. It's also a bit bashed up and bent slightly at one end. Viceman.uk do a new correct sized 5/8 x 11 inch replacement handle I think that is my best bet and I'll weld up the hole in the centre thing fully before re drilling to suit the replacement handle and make it a decent fit again. Does that sound reasonable?
Ps I don't have a lathe etc which would be useful here but there you go.