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  0 Thread: My droopy leg vise
Post: RE: My droopy leg vise
I haven't had much time to work on it the last few days, but I did find one surprising result.  I tried a shim under the steel wear plate at the bottom of the track for the Crisscross arm, on the leg ...
 ok_in_iowa Woodworking Hand Tools 18 12,203 10-20-2016, 12:22 PM
  0 Thread: My droopy leg vise
Post: RE: My droopy leg vise
As OldFart says, there is a metal plate at the bottom of the groove where the leg rides.  If you look closely at the pics above, you can just barely see it at the bottom of the groove.  I didn't let t...
 ok_in_iowa Woodworking Hand Tools 18 12,203 10-18-2016, 11:29 AM
  0 Thread: My droopy leg vise
Post: RE: My droopy leg vise
Thanks for the replies.  The pins that hold the Crisscross bars are still fairly snug.  I can just barely push them by hand.  I haven't checked to see if one of them is bent.  The chop is still parall...
 ok_in_iowa Woodworking Hand Tools 18 12,203 10-18-2016, 08:58 AM
  Sad Thread: My droopy leg vise
Post: My droopy leg vise
This past winter I finally built a real woodworking bench, with a killer leg vise.  I got the screw and nut from Lake Erie Toolworks, and the Crisscross mechanism from BenchCrafted.  It worked perfect...
 ok_in_iowa Woodworking Hand Tools 18 12,203 10-17-2016, 08:41 PM

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