JSavon

Hello all, thanks for all the info. I have been pretty busy these last few weeks so i havent been able to do much of the fun stuff. Between work and the everyday rain/downpour here in Ohio i havent been able to do much forging. Although i did forge a knife and i have been working on that. I will send some pics when i am finished. Again thank you for all the replies! 

I took it back apart to give some more pictures.

What seems to be the problem is that the screw box is too long, i guess it could be caused by it being bent and twisted every which way to Sunday. When i removed the screw box it seems to match up pretty well, but as soon as i put back into position it pushes it back out 1/2" or so. Any way here are the pics. Thanks again everyone!

John

Sorry i forgot to take pictures yesterday when i was working on it. So i took it back apart and with a little persuasion i was able to remove the screw box. So i cleaned that up and put it back together, with the same issue with the jaws not closing. Now that i can get the screw box off maybe i can make some shims? I hope that the pictures help.  

Again, thank you for your help!

John

Hello all, i am new to this site and i have a question. So i picked up an anvil and the guy threw in a leg vise that he said needed some TLC.  The problem that i see is that the jaws do not touch, they are about 1/2" apart and i cant screw them in any more. I took it apart and cleaned everything but i couldnt remove the screw box for some reason. I greased and reassembled everything hoping to fix the problem but it is still not touching. The only thing that i think maybe stopping the jaws from touching is the screw box. I was wondering if i removed about a 1/2" of the screw box would that fix the problem or cause bigger problems? Or should i just weld some jaw pads on?  Any advise would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you, John