Well the old rusty Record No.36 Engineers Vice I brought has been torn apart and the main parts cleaned up.
As brought
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On closer inspection it appers to have a fair bit if wear and the moving jaw is about 3mm lower than the fixed jaw when the jaws are closed. In this vice the moving jaw casting only bears on a couple of areas of about 40mm at the front (under the "AND" in "ENGLAND" in teh photo) and 20mm at the rear of the body.
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Record Bench Vice Restoration
As brought
View attachment 131008
On closer inspection it appers to have a fair bit if wear and the moving jaw is about 3mm lower than the fixed jaw when the jaws are closed. In this vice the moving jaw casting only bears on a couple of areas of about 40mm at the front (under the "AND" in "ENGLAND" in teh photo) and 20mm at the rear of the body.
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Record Bench Vice Restoration