[TheForge] Re: Johnson Forge-Anvil-tongs for $65?

[Mike Spencer]

>  I've never seen a vise broken, but I've seen them get
>  kinda bent up a bit with the jaws all out of whack.

I have a 3" that I found frozen in the ice at the scrap yard.  They'd
either hit it with their snow plow or driven the crane over it.  $5.
Heat and hammering fixed it right up.

I just swapped off a 5" that was in perfect shape except that the
screw threads were all mashed over.  Someone must have spent years
tightening it with a sledge hammer or a chainfall.  Tightened okay but
took twice the effort to release it.  Do you suppose the multiple
coats of Navy grey paint should have been a clue? :-)

- Mike

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