Recent content by OregonRaised

I'll have to look into how they attach and make the new heads, thanks. Compressing the spring is very easy on this one. Makes me think that the spring is very weak. The problem is there is no washers in mine., I believe there should be. Before I took the cotter pin out I noticed about 1 1/2...

So onto jaws Mine look to be weld on? Should I grind even ? I can take a picture of them together, but there is ever so ever a slight uneven on the left side. I believe it to not really be a problem at this time. This would be more of making it just look better.

Onto the next problem , This one I believe is more simple, I did read someones post showing how to shim up the lock nut for the leadscrew. Very good by the way. Has you can see in the picture of mine it is smushed some so its not tight and the lock pin that holds it into place is smashed...

Athol 625 Trying to keep in some sort of order So First off , sorry I dont' know all the names of the vise. But IM sure you will know what Im talking about. So I have the DJ off and on the under side I noticed that mine had a spring and cotter pin. I have already taken the cotter pin out...

First off , Hello , and thanks for adding me. I never knew vises where such a big deal until about two days ago. I do a lot of fabricating in my home own , mainly building and welding stuff for 4x4's. So in the last couple of months I have broke two vises. What I thought was good ones...