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27th Nov 2021, 07:55 PM #1Diamond Member
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Vice restoration, how to sort out little nick's and imperfections in castings.
Hi all,
I have an old Dawn 4sp vice here that I would like to do a restoration on, there are a few nicks in the casting where it looks like it has been hit with an angle grinder, but they look very minor to me compared to what I see on the vices at my workplace.
Anyway would be be the best way fix these. I have access to Mig, tig, arc and oxy or would something like an epoxy such as jb weld be a better choice?
I still need to strip the paint down to the bare casting.
Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks
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27th Nov 2021, 08:40 PM #2
I did a resto on a Record #3.
For no reason other than the fact that I had them at hand, I melted some Nickel 99 stick rods into the gouged and dings, and then ground / polished them flat. Adds a nice effect of silver patches where a paint finish will not be used.
I'd be equally happy with a hard epoxy filler if there will be paint and filler used in the final coating system.
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27th Nov 2021, 09:01 PM #3Philomath in training
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Because it is cast (and I think the SP means spheroidal graphite too), welding is probably not going to be good for it. A wipe of epoxy filler is probably quickest and easiest.
Michael
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27th Nov 2021, 11:02 PM #4China
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Mostly people just use body filler, personally I would just leave it.
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28th Nov 2021, 03:08 PM #5Gear expert in training
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+1 for epoxy or body filler if you want to make it pretty, or just an extra thick coat of paint if you're just going for function
Gear cutting specialists and general engineers www.hardmanbros.com.au
Fine pitch gear cutting from 0.1 Module www.rigear.com.au
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29th Nov 2021, 08:56 AM #6Diamond Member
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The epoxy seems like a no brainer.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
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