Saturday, April 15, 2023

Short Video Repost

 A video repost to show why I'm going to the trouble to change vise on the bench. I love wood screws, they hold well, tell you with a squawk when they are tight enough, and are pretty but they will not do this:


 ken

2 comments:

  1. That Bench Crafted stuff is very very nice...

    Bob, drooling 😁

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  2. Bob,

    I'm not sure what happened today but I pulled the chop to trim the top and clean it up a little. Pulling the chop just involves pulling the top backer board pin and unscrewing the vise screw. What ever when I re-installed the screw and pin the whole vise was binding. Ended up pulling the whole vise module and doing a new install. Not a clue what happened or changed.
    ken

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