[TheForge] Re (kl) Stabilization- More on Linseed Oil

[Dan Tull]

Jeff,
How would you get a cast one through the hole?

You a blacksmith? Make a new one.
Why 7018? why not 7014.


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> Today I was working on a 4 3/8" post vise, fixing it up thinking I'd take 
> it
> to Madison to sell.  It has heavy beveling on the vertical jaws and some
> lines turned (?) into the cast bell making me think its an old English 
> vise.
> Also near the top of the moveable jaw in sort of fancy print it says 47 
> with
> 1/2 immediately below the 47.  Don't know what that signifies.  But, 
> anyway
> the handle which is 9/16 round had a couple of bends in it so I laid it
> across the cold bender (two sections of 3" across the top rail with the
> bottoms welded together) and started whaling on it with a good sized 
> hammer.
> On about the 5 hit it broke clean with a very grainy surface, such that my
> first thought was %#$**&@ it's cast, then that seemed stupid so I thought 
> it
> must be tool steel that had gotten hardened, but as far as I can tell (and 
> I
> ain't much at spark testing) it sparks mild steel which is what I'd have
> thought they'd have made the handle of.
>
> So, What do ya'll think they'd have made the handle of, and what rod do 
> you
> suggest for welding it back together.  I could start with another piece of
> rod and make a handle, but I'm mystified as to why it would have broken. 
> I
> straighten similar pieces of steel all the time and have never seen one
> break.  A friend was over this evening and he agreed that the spark test 
> was
> mild steel.  Unless you've got a better idea I guess I'll use 6013 or 
> maybe
> 7018.  The swellings on the end of the handle are very uniform which makes
> me think they were cast steel?  But I'm pretty ignorant of the whole
> situation.  What do you think?
>
> Jeff who's vise repair is going in reverse again.
>
>
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