Fieryfox

Thanks Steve. I was wondering about the shims. This is the second vise I’ve gotten. The first I picked up from a guy who was clearing out his property and he’d had it sitting out there for years since he picked it up. I enjoy it too. I’ll post some more pics as I clean it up

Hi all, I just picked up this vise that needs some work. It’s about 90 lbs and 41” tall with 5” jaws. I don’t see any maker’s mark on it but it has been painted at some point (or several times). Either the bolt is frozen or the spring is shot (or both). It looks to have been used as a lawn ornament for a couple of decades but otherwise looks fine. The screw is in good shape and it has all the parts. What I wanted to ask is there any reason not to take a steel brush to it and break it apart to clean it. I plan on using it as it’s bigger than my current one. Thanks