Any thoughts on this post vise with a broken post?  Worth $30? Can it be fixed or used this way?

Main thing about a vise is the screws and screw box. If that's good all else can more easily be fixed. 

 

Yes it tightens and loosens.  No spring on this one. I’m thinking of bolting it onto my stump

Tightens and loosens doesn't necessarily mean the screen is good but it's a start. the screen should have decently square threads. 

Anyway it it functions $30. Isn't a bad price. A spring and mount are not hard to make. 

If you want a bit of fun forging challenging forging you could forge a new handle for it. 

3 hours ago, Daswulf said:

you could forge a new handle for it. 

Yep, a good lesson in upsetting the ends, another thing would be to cut off that angle iron mount and forge a proper one along with the spring.

Give it a miss, it looks as worn out and beaten up as it can be. Surely you can find a better one. 

If the screw and screwbox are in good condition---threads square, no cracks---BUY IT; I'd bet you would find folks here that would give you $30 just for a replacement screw/screwbox!  Cheap for your area and there are a lot of ways to add a leg to it ranging from Fancy---forge welding a new one to the stub, arc welding a new one to the stub, brazing, down to slipping a piece of pipe on the stub...

As for the mounting bracket, grind it off and build a traditional one and forge a spring for it too.  (A Q&D mounting plate can be made from a piece of uneven leg angle iron and an UNPLATED U bolt forged to fit the leg.  A lot of Columbian postvises used that set up direct from the factory!) Hmm I see that the angle iron extends at least on the side shown.  If on both sides you can drill 2 holes and Ubolt a spring on...

Well, there she is.  All cleaned up.  Finished her off with some boiled linseed oil.  Next is going to my step-fathers to get a stump.  

Looks great Twofer. Now get her mounted on a stand and get using her.