Repairing machine vice

Suzuki4evr

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So this is the vice I got with my mill/drill and I finally got around to refurbish it.
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As you can see it has a bit of drill damage,which I will fill up with JB weld and machine it down. It also has a bit too much play. But the main problem is it is not parallel with the mill bed. So I am going to sort that out.
I stripped it completely to see where the problem lies.
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The screw and nut needed to be replaced.
I clamped both the top and bottom part to the bed and flycut those true to the bed.
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I assebled the base and middle section and trammed the vice.
It looks good from one side to the other....way better than before.
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I milled the jaw landing,replaced the jaw and squared that up too.
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This is the first time I did ACME thread and I must say it went pretty well with the screw with the 15/16 - 5Tpi thread. The nut on the other hand gave me a bit of resistance. But that was mainly because of the small bore and I did not quite have the right internal boring bar,but it all worked out fine.
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This is the final product comparison pic of that.
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I went on to flycut,mill,skim every flat section true and parallel to the bed and to take out any extra play between the top part and bed section.
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Lastley I milled the jaws true and square. And this is the final product.
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Just need to make a spanner for it.
This took me a while,but it was all good fun. I want to repaint it,but the paint suppliers gave me a hefty price on oil resistant paint. I am not sure if I want to pay over $25 for a litre of hammerite paint. Any suggestions for oil resistant paint is welcome, I just don't know if what you guys have in the US and the rest of the world is available in SA. Thanks for watching.

Michael.

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Fantastic work! Looks like you now have all the operations down, and could make yourself an entirely new vise from just a big hunk of raw cast iron.
 
Nice rebuild , much better then buying new I think it's cut and fit right to your machine . You know t inside and out what could be better. Any epoxy paint or an oil base you can add hardener to it. Most car engine high heat paints will work also. You can mix steel or cast iron grindings into the epoxy to look more like metal. Or use a metal epoxy.
 
Nice rebuild , much better then buying new I think it's cut and fit right to your machine . You know t inside and out what could be better. Any epoxy paint or an oil base you can add hardener to it. Most car engine high heat paints will work also. You can mix steel or cast iron grindings into the epoxy to look more like metal. Or use a metal epoxy.
This sounds like a good idea.Sorry Mark but Silverbullets idea is beating yours by a hair:D
 
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