Recent content by Tynndareus

Update: Finished painting the vise, I have yet to replace the gibs (slides), and I need to clean up some of the machined faces still once the paint has cured.

Thank you again for the information, I will bring it in and talk to my metal shop about the slides and get their opinion. I just got the first coat of paint on the vise last night. I can count 5 previous coats so this isn't it's first trip around the block. I was told this morning that I...

Incredibly quick reply, and extremely detailed! Thank you Couple more questions, is there any way to guess an approximate age of the vice? Also is there any parts still available for these? I had contacted my local metal shop to make new tool steel slides as the ends of mine have been bumped...

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+1 clear coat If you have any spray guns, I would recommend going to an auto paint shop and seeing what they recommend. If not a $10 can of clear coat works all the same.

I found that 3D printing for the workshop was only beneficial for me when using it to make organization bins, holders, and the odds and ends mock up part. Rarely do I use 3D printing for more than mocking things up. I have a CR-10 with a decent size build platform and rarely do much more than...

I always press with a press, I have heard the gradual pressing is way better on the outer race than hammering them in.

I did try to embed 5 images. Here is an album though. imgur[dot]com/a/1qGYi4u

I bought this vice for 30 Canadian pesos and thought it was a pretty good deal, 3-inch jaws, though after measuring I found them to be closer to 75mm which makes sense as there is a 75 stamped on the other side of the vise. There are no other visible stamping. Judging by rough shape and...