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i will have to borrow one but how do i get the two main halves of the vice apart? would be handy to be able to take it apart to get to the screws properly.
ive never took one apart before and this one has a quick release mech.
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Hi James,
Other than drilling them out, I would try heating up the screw heads with a pencil torch to expand and break the bond. Once cooled, they might be easier to remove.
Other than drilling them out, I would try heating up the screw heads with a pencil torch to expand and break the bond. Once cooled, they might be easier to remove.
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On that vice there is a taper pin at the back which you have to knock out of a mandrel. After that just wind her out. Bear in mind having another vice makes the process much easier when getting the screws out as impact drivers work best on stationary objects.
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More I think about it, I shouldn't have painted the horseshoe handle retainer; but then its easy enough to strip it. I am kind of meticulous regarding things being done right and looking right.
Green is good, right ?
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thats the problem ive got as this is the only vice ive got as i gave away the other one, hence why ive left it with battered jaws
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You know what you have to do then......
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Get to your phone book and look up the area code for Barnsley...
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This is the problem. You need a vice to repair the other vice...and then you need a few more just because. It's the same with lathes. You need a lathe to repair the other lathe that you got for repairing the other lathe.
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This is true I agree. Can't help it....I still hunting for a monster vice for my drillWell, you're the forum expert in that.....
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An Abwood would be nice (and was what I wanted for my Fobco) but then the record turned up. Lots of options, just takes a lot of hunting time. An interesting machine vice I once saw was a Woden drill vice made of phosphor bronze, for use in the manufacturing of munitions where sparks could prove devastating.
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Looks like a Record 34, just undo and remove the bolt holding the horseshoe plate on. Press the quick release lever tight against the turnscrew and pull both the turnscrew and quick release out. Simples. Now, Remove the spring, washers and tube spacer now loose from the underside of the vice. Then pull the slider out from the main body. IF it is a No 34 it will have slow taper screws which are a right s*d to get out and has already been covered by others on how to remove, and again IF it is a No34 you might consider replacing with jaws from a No 4 which have the same fixing centres and same width but normal countersunk heads that are a lot easier to remove next time. Just need the fine thread countersunks to match the threads in the vice.
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Am planning a visit to the pumphouse. Looks a very interesting place
The drill table is big enough that you could use a small bench vice as a temporary measure, something like a record no 3. Add a piece of wood or box steel as a spacer on top of the slide & you've got a drill vice.
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how do you get the screws out of the jaws if theyre in tight?
i would love to rebuild my vice but cant even get the jaws outthe flat head screws are well stuck.
tig a bit of flat bar on em
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Note I sheared one on my 34P and then the jaws were never the same again, the rear one was always loose (which ended in me selling it, complete with snapped easyout in there too). In hindsight I’d have left them in there and just attacked it with a wire wheel - the jaws are hardened steel and very difficult to mark unless you’re actually cutting into them.
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Paint dried, kinda shiny but doesn't look too bad. I think this one is a keeper.
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