MattF
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Given an old Woden vice a bit of a fettle and a new paint job.
The bits after they were stripped down but before I did owt else:
After being derusted, repainted and mostly reassembled:
Need to leave it to one side for a week or two for the enamel to cure fully, and also get some new screws for the jaws, but she's all abouts done. That's Copper Ease which is visible on the top face of the after shots btw, not rust. Prefer using that stuff over grease on vices, as it has less of a tendency to hold onto filings and other crud than grease.
The only slight problem is that the screw is bent slightly. Was tempted to try and straighten it out, (God only knows how it became bent in the first place), but ended up leaving it as is, and hoping that it'll straighten up to some degree during use. Been bitten too many times by making that "little adjustment" which ends up with something being jigged big style and one wondering why they touched it to start with instead of just leaving well alone, so it's still slightly bent.
The bits after they were stripped down but before I did owt else:
After being derusted, repainted and mostly reassembled:
Need to leave it to one side for a week or two for the enamel to cure fully, and also get some new screws for the jaws, but she's all abouts done. That's Copper Ease which is visible on the top face of the after shots btw, not rust. Prefer using that stuff over grease on vices, as it has less of a tendency to hold onto filings and other crud than grease.
The only slight problem is that the screw is bent slightly. Was tempted to try and straighten it out, (God only knows how it became bent in the first place), but ended up leaving it as is, and hoping that it'll straighten up to some degree during use. Been bitten too many times by making that "little adjustment" which ends up with something being jigged big style and one wondering why they touched it to start with instead of just leaving well alone, so it's still slightly bent.