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Another Vice rescue...
- Thread starter PDXDave
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3baygarage
Well-known member
No Crockett and Tubbs?
whateg01
Well-known member
I expected saving somebody from a life of alcohol and drugs or other vice.
Screw looks past rescuing ..........probably a standard acme thread ,and the handle and outer part wernt submerged in dirt,fortunately.
It's 90% dirt
I've already knocked a ton of it out.
RTM
Well-known member
Forget which thread I heard this on, but good, old style jute twine makes a great dental floss for the teeth on big vise threads. Wrap it around and pull tight, spin the handle. Add a solvent if greasy.It's 90% dirt
I've already knocked a ton of it out.
Works for any big thread, did my drill press vise a few weeks back, and a 6” C clamp last weekend.
I just rescued a more modern vice with the screw rusted out .........in fact its the most modern vice I have...........fortunately ,the correct screw was fitted to several models ,and I was lucky enough to see a part-out of a smaller vice with the same screw on FB ..........the screw is available new ,but an exorbitant price.
I've tried lots of methods over the years for cleaning old vise parts, dried grease on leadscrews, etc.Forget which thread I heard this on, but good, old style jute twine makes a great dental floss for the teeth on big vise threads. Wrap it around and pull tight, spin the handle. Add a solvent if greasy.
Works for any big thread, did my drill press vise a few weeks back, and a 6” C clamp last weekend.
In the end I just got another bench grinder, took the guards off and mounted a sacrificial wire wheel for like $8. I'd never go back.
Don't have access to it anymore (different job) but I prefer to sandblast. Fastest and most thorough method I've tried so far.I've tried lots of methods over the years for cleaning old vise parts, dried grease on leadscrews, etc.
In the end I just got another bench grinder, took the guards off and mounted a sacrificial wire wheel for like $8. I'd never go back.
I had that. Between buying all the ****, the compressor, the less than ideal set up at home, never again.Don't have access to it anymore (different job) but I prefer to sandblast. Fastest and most thorough method I've tried so far.
Now if I had access to one at work...all day long and 8 days a week.
I had free access to a grit blasting setup ...........they used to do a railway wagon in an hour.............i did other peoples stuff for them ,never my own ..........then I quit all of a sudden..........no more free blasting...............I got diesel compressors that dont work,a Clemco blast pot that needs 100cfm to work,...........but most of all ,very sensitive neighbours since I last blasted in the back yard maybe 40 years ago.