[TheForge] Forging a post vice

[Bob Ehrenberger]

No problem,  I took it apart while it was still hot.  I didn't get it swaged 
so tight that it was too small when it cooled.  I think I got lucky.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

----Original message-----
From: Marc Godbout <marc at ironringforge.com>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Forging a post vice

Any problems extracting the screw after the box cooled down?

--Marc


On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Bob Ehrenberger 
<eforge at centurytel.net>wrote:

> I have an old vice where the thread box was made by swaging it over the
> screw.  I discovered this when it started to slip.  I fixed it using the
> same method, I got the box hot, quickly inserted the screw and hammered it
> into the swage block.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.