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Here is a supper quick project I did a few months ago. It started off as three lumps of rusty metal pulled from 2 different dumpster. I noticed the Wilton name on the first one then went searching for the other two. First step in the project was rust removal. I had read about rust removal using electrolysis but I have never tried it. (A good resource http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/andyspatch/rust.htm) So a 5 gallon plastic bucket, a bench top power supply, a little chemistry, and 24 hours latter the parts looked like they just came from the factory. I was shocked at how well it worked. I re trued the faces with a fly cutter then surface ground them. Replaced the missing guide rods with an old hardened and polished stainless steel shaft I had picked up from a junk yard. Next was to cut the ACME treads for the main screw. I have never turned ACME threads. One of the pieces I had already had the internal treads I just had to match them. I pushed a piece of modeling clay into the internal treads and used that as my pattern to grind my lathe tool. I cut the new screw and used a little lapping compound to mate it with the existing treads. Turns smooth as glass now. Painted the outside of the cast iron parts. Used rattle cans for this. I hope to set up using a spray gun and automotive paint for projects sometime in the future. Made the screw to handle part out of some hex medium carbon steel I had from another project. I think it was 1018. The handle is made from stainless with brass ends hot pressed on. I tool blacked the face of the vise and the handle to screw part then a quick touch up with a gold pen on the name. It was a fun Saturday evening project and I learned two new things from it.
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Jeff
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Jeff
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