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Havi

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  1. I don't have much for metal cutting tools yet, an angle grinder with grinding and cutting wheels, a hacksaw, and just picked up a flux core welder.

  2. Then it's probably 4" because I can carry it around with one hand haha, although I'm not a weak guy. Either way it should be fine for the sort of small stuff I know how to do.

  3. Unfortunately my "shop" right now is just a harbor freight portable garage in the back yard, I am very new to blacksmithing and am just glad to have a place to work out of the rain, so bolting it to a wall isn't an option right now. I will probably just bolt it to the table and put a block in the ground under the leg for now and hopefully that works. I didn't measure the jaws but I would guess 5 or 6 inches, probably 5. I actually got a great deal from one of the guys that taught me blacksmithing at a local historical society, sold it to me for what he paid years ago at $65. He knew he could get way more and I am very grateful.

  4. I have a table next to my anvil I was probably going to mount it to for now until I made it a stand that can be moved around easier.

  5. Picked up my first leg vise last Sunday. Got around to taking it apart and cleaning it up today. I don't know much about these but the threads looked ok and the handle was only slightly bent. I wire wheeled as much of the rust off as I could, greased the screw box and threads and its working great. Rubbed it down in some WD40 so it doesn't rust up on me right away. I can kind of see what looks like a manufacturer name but most of its worn off, had an EN in it. 2 dates from what I can see. July 1866 and I think June 1867.

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