Picked up a vintage Milwaukee 3 3/4 inch swivil anvil vice that was beat to heck. The person I bought it from gave me the impression it was in a bit better shape than it was but that's ok. I was fine with it. More fun restoring. No removable jaws but I could tap for a pair if I need. Right now it's ok.
Used self etching primer that I wasn't crazy about. I would suggest a coat of the self etching, sand, bake at 150 for an hour then another coat, sand and bake for an hour. You can then do the same with the top coats without the sanding. Like I said, it said the acid etching in the primer would do, but not so sure. I'll have to beat the hell out of it a few times then I'll know.
I had never restored a vice before but since I'm building a work bench (12 foot wide 28" wide) in my work building I thought this would look good. Need two small vices and I'll put the a couple of feet off each end.
Anyway, never did a vice restoration and watched a bunch of YT vids on how to do it and then just did it the way I wanted to. Ha. Ground down to bare metal and smoothed out the milling marks. I stuck in the house with some crap attached so I have to be near my internet for 7 days. This is a great way to cook away some time.
Used self etching primer that I wasn't crazy about. I would suggest a coat of the self etching, sand, bake at 150 for an hour then another coat, sand and bake for an hour. You can then do the same with the top coats without the sanding. Like I said, it said the acid etching in the primer would do, but not so sure. I'll have to beat the hell out of it a few times then I'll know.
I had never restored a vice before but since I'm building a work bench (12 foot wide 28" wide) in my work building I thought this would look good. Need two small vices and I'll put the a couple of feet off each end.
Anyway, never did a vice restoration and watched a bunch of YT vids on how to do it and then just did it the way I wanted to. Ha. Ground down to bare metal and smoothed out the milling marks. I stuck in the house with some crap attached so I have to be near my internet for 7 days. This is a great way to cook away some time.
