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I shouldn't have been able to, but I have broken my 5" vice :(
Looks like a cheap casting though, check out the imperfections and air in the metal.
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You wouldn't be able to break my "Record" vice like that !!!
Best place - believe it or not - to get a vice is the car boot . . . Well-used, decent quality, old skool vice that some guy's had for years for next to nothing.
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Or steal one from the Engineering company you've just been made redundant from.
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good effort there ....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/beavisnbutthead.gif)
nah not unbreakable...too much cast stuff..
i did similar with a carpentry vice a few years ago(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/rolleyes.gif)
got a sturdy record one now a tenner from an auction..(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/up.gif)
btw...
that lump hammer looks mighty guilty..like something outta toy story...(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/rofls.gif)
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that lump hammer looks mighty guilty..like something outta toy story...
That's a good piece of Hickory and Metal (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/cool.gif)
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to get a vice is the car boot
I'll keep a look out for one.
There WAS one next to a barn holding the door shut that I would see when I went for a run. It's been there for years. I've always thought about asking if I could buy it, but thought against it as I already had a vice. Now it's broken, that other vice has been moved (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/rolleyes.gif)
I've been doing a lot recently that I've needed a vice for, so I stepped up the search for a replacement.
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Following advice, I started looking for a Record vice. So, I setup an eBay 'saved search' for any Record vice within a certain area and I found this one close to where I work in Cambridge for £50, which I thought was a good price (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/actcool.gif)
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I gave it a grease up with some lithium white and got it all fixed to the work bench, although it could do with some more heavy-duty fixings as it is bigger and heavier than the last one. (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/up.gif)
Not sure how old it is, but it looks well made and still in good condition with only a bit of welding splatter and some chipped paint. (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/cowboy.gif)
i think the wood will go next ...(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/tongue.gif)
You can't go wrong with Record vices, although the modern ones may be a bit suspect. Our work shop is kitted out with them and they're bloody strong/heavy.
Agreed with Arts comment, it might be time to update the worktop, is that laminated MDF? (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/shame.gif) Should've have a solid 3/4" thick but of wood there!
Scaff boards make good benches.
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Look at all those borrowed Makita Powertools hiding under the bench... (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/rofls.gif)
Broken (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/sad.gif)
Although, that is Roadkill's old stereo (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/tongue.gif)