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thanks jim ... sounds like the way to go

thanks jake - those were all the solutions i thought of:) even considered for a second cutting out the wedge but that's def not the answer ... i'm thinking the wedge is there to support heavy operations like forging or bending - like a post vise - so inclined to mount on a couple of steel...

A friend gave me this Chas. Parker machinist vise. It's in good mechanical shape - all the parts seem to be there, no obvious repairs. But I'm not sure how to mount the thing. There's a 45 deg wedge which doesn't allow for mounting on a flat table since the top of the slope intersects the...