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Sorry Drives it is at my shop at the lake.I have to go back down to the lake tomorrow to work.Not for myself but for someone else.If I have time later I will try and stop by my shop and give your idea a try.

I am not to sure if that cast is actually broken.If you look at the centre there is a stop which only let the jaw go so far from left or right.To me it looks like just a crude way to have the stop protrude.But who am I to say.

Check post #13 I do have the handle and bolt. I am going to stop by a machine shop today and see if they have any suggestions.I guess I have got to a point now I just want it to look pretty and also functional. I will keep you up to date as time goes. Bungler

Thanks Wrench and Drives and Fierl. Appreciate your comments and time. Bungler

Wrench why would you not weld the holes? I know it’s not all Original now,but I would just like to pretty it up and make it functional. I don’t have the know how to weld cast myself. I would try and find someone who knows how. Does it take even more value away from what I have left? Bungler

Well I decided to go ahead and drill out the bolts. As soon as got them out the jaw started to move a bit.With a little acetone and atf mixed it became quite free. The pin I thought held the swiviljaw to the static body was not it. That was the one I had said had the factory crimp on both ends...

Boy!Lunch break let down. I really can’t use this vise properly became my work bench is not open underneath.Drawers and cupboards. There is a picture of the swivel locking handle in post #13 I realize if I pour any more money into it now I am just peeing into the wind. Any idea what a Athol...

OK Drives you hit it on the head. Had a friend over today and asked if would like to look at the vise. I told him the problem we are having and first checked under the swivel head at that pin I had circled in red.Like you figured it didn’t make sense to him. Closer inspection on the anvil of...

Wrenchguy thanks for your response. I can't make sense of the pin with the Red circle either. I was just throwing a idea up hoping someone may recognize it and what it does. I am sure you are correct about the pin with what I describe as the one with the factory crimp. The shape of the crimp...

Thankyou Drives I will try to soak the jaw and spindle the best I can with penitrating oil this weekend and see where I can go from there. I will try and keep that pin intact. I think it is a factory crimp on both sides as they are identical. I will try to post some pics on 101 this weekend

I got some more pics on the weekend. Let’s see if this may give us some more clues. The left pic is of which I think is the pin holds the spindle of the rear swivel jaw to the vise body. It does look like a broken tap but up close it is some kind of a crimp. The middle photo is the vise turned...

I am not sure.To me it looks like a pin that has been sort of squished outwards somehow to stop it from coming out.Sort of peening a rivet but from the inside out .The one on the other side is identical.

Actually the pin you are talking about is in the rear just like in the picture that Fierljeppen posted.I did stick a awl in that hole today and it went in about a inch.It felt like there was a point inside.You could move the awl from one side to the other with a high spot in the middle.I am...

Hello Drivesitfar. I took a drive down to the lake today to get some measurements for our shed and took a couple of pics again of the vise. One will show you the contour of the swivel jaw and the end of the pin I was mentioning. There is a identical pin on the opposite side. I don’t know if it...

Thank you Driveitfar.Like I said earlier I did not have a clue that the rear jaw swiveled.I thought that the rear jaw was made separate from the main casting so it could be replaced if needed.There is a pin that goes through the main casting that looks like it holds the jaw to the main body.I...