Nice job! I just got the exact same vise. It was mounted to a "Free" old wood work bench.The handle was bent too and I also straightened it out on a piece of RR track. Just cleaned it up and leaving it the way it is. 👍
I've been restoring Depression-era ratcheting socket wrenches for about a month a half, and happened upon this Red Arrow. As my bench lacked a vise, I decided to unfreeze it and mount it. Four months ago, I watched a friend tape and paint a bench vise, so that was firm in my mind. I didn't have to torch mine to free it, but at the point of mechanical good-enough, I mounted it. Doubt I'll ever paint it.
Nice job. I always remove most surface rust first then soak if necessary. Were the vise jaws not removable? You mounted it incorrectly on your bench. The Static Jaw should be slightly beyond the edge of the bench so you can clamp long vertical items.
I use bore brushes to clean threads if I don't have a tap of that size. A .50 cal or 20ga stainless steel brush usually work well. (On another topic, actually baking soda is an amphoteric compound and works as a buffer. It will neutralize acids or strong bases. In water it balances the pH to a mildly alkaline solution.)
Luke, I have my grandfathers vice I am trying to fix so I can use it. The only thing wrong with it is the piece that goes on the screw that holds the jaw in free floats. There is no groove cut into the screw to trap it, don’t know how to fix it and can’t find any videos. It’s a Dunlap 5244, 3 1/2 inch vice. The vice closes as it should, but when opening it, I have to pull the jaw open. Any advice.
@4:58 Nice misuse of US Postal property. It's only a matter of time before they discontinue the free boxes due to abuse and in the meantime, they keep jacking up the postage prices to cover costs. Not good.
