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30th Nov 2019, 05:08 PM #1Most Valued Member
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Finally found a holy one
Now for the restoration...or bin
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Does any know if they cast iron or cast steel?
This will be a longterm project....need to drum up the nerve to fix or stuff it....lol
How can someone do so much damage...the dark hole on fixed jaw is nearly 25mm deep while two others on the bottom go through to the bottom...they obviously didnt have a brain!!!
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30th Nov 2019, 05:51 PM #2Most Valued Member
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Hi mate,
I got the same vice. I suspect they are cast iron.
Simon
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30th Nov 2019, 06:33 PM #3Pink 10EE owner
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Wow, someone really molested that one.
Gold, the colour of choice for the discerning person.
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30th Nov 2019, 08:23 PM #4
Hi Guys,
I don't think I've seen a vise that nasty, everBest Regards:
Baron J.
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30th Nov 2019, 08:34 PM #5Most Valued Member
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30th Nov 2019, 08:50 PM #6Senior Member
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Must have been a close cousin to the one who did this.
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30th Nov 2019, 10:22 PM #7Most Valued Member
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30th Nov 2019, 10:39 PM #8Intermediate Member
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Wow, that is a few steps beyond a "smile of shame". I suspect that someone has made a habit of engaging the automatic down-feed while they go and answer the phone, apparently never learning from the first mistake.
Okay, I'll be the one to ask... How would one go about restoring such a tool? Tap and dowel the holes? Fill the holes with braze or weld? Stock up on JB weld and fill the holes with epoxy? Obviously, some choices will be governed by the base material, but it would be interesting to see how others would go about bringing it back to life.
I suppose a heap of bronzed circles could be covered by paint or be a feature of the restored item hinting at it's earlier hard life. A work of art perhaps.
Simon
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30th Nov 2019, 11:05 PM #9
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1st Dec 2019, 12:35 AM #10Golden Member
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G'day Richard,
The one I fixed up for Dale was definitely grey CI.
Yours looks like a good candidate for a cut an shut on the rails while I'd drill and plug the holes in the jaws. Some of the plugs will have to overlap but that shouldn't be a problem, just plug the big ones first and use a slot drill for subsequent holes so it doesn't wander like a drill will. Good luck mate.
Cheers,
Greg.
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1st Dec 2019, 07:43 AM #11Philomath in training
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Welding or brazing the CI is likely to distort it, so probably not the best idea. Anorak Bob has done wonders with plugs of CI into cleaned up holes.
The problem with Eskimo's vice is that some holes are cosmetic (like those on the tops of the jaws) but some are in a 'structural' part of the vice (like those on the rails). While plugging will fill those holes, they will not restore the strength to the part. Even cutting those parts out and replacing with an untouched strip of CI will not fully regain the part strength.
When I see parts like that I'm tempted to make up a pattern and just cast a new one...
Michael
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1st Dec 2019, 09:24 AM #12Most Valued Member
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yeah that is what I was thinking too Michael...the rails are quite bad, so I have decided I am going to TRY and weld with some rods a mate has given me..supposed to be for cast iron...he owned a welding business before he retired so I guess he has given me the right stuff...
After all I do need the welding experience and no big loss if it doesnt work.
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1st Dec 2019, 07:32 PM #15
Hi Eskimo,
Its a very long time since I did any cast iron welding ! I would make sure that you preheated it well, even if you are going to arc weld it.
Having said that, I was taught furnace welding of cast iron, mending cracks in marine engine blocks. Hot heavy work for a 15 year old, my first job ! I got a City & Guilds certificate to prove it. The old guy that was teaching me was a real stickler for doing things right.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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