Vintage Vise Restoration ( Much nicer than my last attempt! ) 

Every one has had a go at doing a vice or axe restoration video these days so i though id be slightly different and restore a vintage ( or so im led to believe ) Woden Pipe Vise. Its not in terrible shape but it could certainly do with receiving a bit of love from the Really Random Channel.
As usual before starting the job of tearing it to bits i gave it a good assessment and got an initial game plan in my head of what i was going to do with it.
When it come to tearing it apart i will be honest i couldn't figure out how the jaw was held on at first then it dawned on me so out came the wire wheel to reveal the only logical fastening system a steel pin punched through to create a wedge.
After that was removed the jaw simply slid off and i could unscrew the handle from the main casting. Im pleased to say at this point everything looked good and perfectly reusable. Then i got to break out my new toy for smoothing out the jaw a new belt sander :) An 80 grit belt made light work of cutting through the rust and getting me back to bare steel ready for the next step.
The next step was to clean up and reshape the teeth on the jaws this took considerable time as they where in pretty poor condition. I first attacked them with the wire wheel to remove loose debris and then set about sharpening and shaping with multiple files before giving them the final edge and polish with a couple of oil stones. This left a lovely finish with a good hard edge for gripping even the slipperiest of pipes :)
The main body was next and the sand blaster go one hell of a work out removing all of the years of scale and muck but it managed just fine. Once back in bare steel i could see how rough the casting was there was horrible casting marks all over it which had been hidden with rust and paint but this is a Really Random Restoration and painting over ugly cast marks just isn't acceptable on this channel so out came the files and grinder for a second time. The results where beautiful the machined faces turned out perfectly flat and level with the markings from the filing just adding to its beauty :)
Next job on the list is just a standard paint job, etch,high build, wet flat then hit it with some awesome MAGMA RED topcoat seriously shiny and durable! Yes Woden vises should be blue but i wanted to be different so red it is!
The handle was bare steel with the screw and tip being done in hard chrome but as i dont have chrome plating facilities i done them in bright zinc electroplate which was hardened with blue passivate. for all the use this vise will get the galvanized coating will be more than tough enough. Oh is should mention the welder had to come out as there was a hole in the top of the handle for some reason so a blob of weld from the mig sorted that right out.
After all that the paint was baked and the electroplating was left to harden and then the vise was rebuilt and i got all the finishing shots as per usual before it get all beat up again making helping to make awesome projects for the channel in the future ;)
A new addition to my videos from now on will be a water mark and my channel name popping up in random places throughout the video as im getting rather tired of people re-uploading my content as their own i hope you guys understand.
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Vintage Vise Restoration ( Much nicer than my last attempt! )