In this video I restored a huge vise. During this restoration of the large antique vise, I had to grind, sandblast, weld, fill and a lot more to make this old rusty tool shine again.The special thing about this huge vise is that it has a quick adjustment, which means that you do not need to turn the lever for a long time to adjust it, but simply slide it quickly back and forth.
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First, I disassembled the huge vise and roughly washed it off. Since the cover that leads the shaft with thread broke off at the screw holes, I cut new corners from sheet metal with the angle grinder and welded them with an electrode welder. Of course, these weld seams then had to be sanded well and the holes drilled again. Drilling the holes was very difficult because the welding hardened the material extremely. I made a new screw on a lathe because a screw was no longer the original and had already been replaced by my previous owner. Afterwards, I also welded and sanded any unevenness on the vise jaws. I then masked off all mechanically stressed surfaces and prepared them for the sandblasting, which took place immediately afterwards. After sandblasting, I masked the areas that should not be painted with paint. Before I applied the primer, I filled in all the surfaces with a spatula and sanded them finely to get a smoother surface. In this project I also hot burnished some parts and cold burnished individual components. Now only the remaining parts had to be preserved with paint, then all moving parts had to be coated with grease or oil and then put everything back together again. And the big old vise shone with a new shine.
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I bought this huge vise on a classifieds website. In this article it was only stated that the vise is large, but on site I knew it was huge! He is 25,6 inch (650mm) long, 11,8 inch (300mm) wide, 11 inch (280mm) high and weighs 104 lbs (47,2 kg). Two of us even had to lift it into my car. I've always wanted a bigger vise because I only have a small one. You can also see him in my videos. It regularly reaches its limits. Buying a new one is too expensive for me. That's why I decided on a used one that still needs to be worked on a "bit". Definitely a bargain for the size!
I used the following tools: cordless screwdriver, welding machine, slag hammer, welding mask, wire brush, brush (for washing), adhesive tape, film to cover, knife, rust remover, orbital sander, file, various drills, various grinding attachments, sandpaper, toothpicks, primer, topcoat, paint spray
It took me about 32 hours without the paint drying time.
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0:00 look at gigantic large vise
1:41 Take apart
4:21 look at components
4:43 Wash all parts with soap and water
5:43 Weld and grind the back Cover and vise jaws
8:20 remove coarse dirt
8:40 am Masking the functional surfaces with adhesive tape for sandblasting
9:55 remove coarse dirt and mask for sandblasting 2nd part
10:34 Remove coarse dirt and tape back cover for sandblasting
10:46 Recut screws thread and prepare optically
11:16 adjust newly made screw
11:42 Recut thread sliding carriage
11:56 Punch, drill and screw on the cover with a special trick
12:28 Weld on new support (anvil) and grind
13:18 Grind the vise jaws
13:37 Sandblast, fetch and clean parts
13:55 Fit and adjust vise jaws
14:09 Preparation for the canning
14:35 Fill and sand the rough surface
15:57 Wash components with acetone
16:11 Spray large parts with primer
16:40 Brush on large parts of the top coat
17:38 Paint the lettering with white
18:21 Spray the side of the vise jaws black
18:28 Browning small parts with a burner and linseed oil
18:52 add quick browning to other small parts
19:25 Apply grease to all functional surfaces
19:34 look at all components
20:01 Assembling the vice
21:42 Look at the gigantic large vise finished and function test
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