[TheForge] God, I love the junkyard. A huge post vise!

[Ron Childers]

Jeff, don't rush it. Somewhere in my vast *file storage* warehouse I have an
article on the subject. Also I have dealt with the same problems. A mix of =
parts of ATF, acetone, mineral spirits or turpentine, and kerosene is as
good a penetrating oil as I have found to free and loosen the grunge in an
old vice. It's called "Ed's red" after the guy who put it on the net abt 10
yrs ago. According to the chemist it is supposed to be the modern equivalent
of Mil Spec bore cleaner. You can also mix lanoline in the concoction for
lubrication and stay-on rust protection. Also, tap with a brass hammer and
don't bend or break anything.

Ron C  

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Subject: [TheForge] God, I love the junkyard. A huge post vise!

Ok, its very rusty and doesn't have a handle but it weighs 190 lbs and has 7
5/8" jaws.  The screw is 1 15/16 " in diameter.   I was trying to figure out
how to get it in my car when a huge guy came over and picked it up and set
it in.  So far I have gotten the jaws to move only 1/16 of an inch using
some splitting wedges (they were stuck open 1 5/16"  and now are 1 3/8 full)
I'm soaking the lower jaw attachment with PB blaster after scraping out a
lot of rust and I'm trying to get penetrating oil down in the screw which
has moved I think a couple of degrees with a big prybar in the hole where
the handle should be. I'm encouraged that it will unfreeze as I dug some old
hard grease out of the threads where the screw goes into the female thingy.
The end of the screw with the hole for the handle is 3" square and 4" long.
Some one has welded the spring to the fixed jaw and welded a small bracket
to the fixed jaw that was apparently used to mount it.     Hard to say if
it'll make it to a functioning vise, but its gonna provide alot of
entertainment one way or the other.  Any suggestions?   I hope I won't have
to take the bolt out of the plate that holds the moveable jaw as it was a
nightmare on a smaller one.

I had to tell someone.  My wife just couldn't share my excitement.

Jeff in Tallahassee where we're dangerously close to the end of the cool
weather


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