ausfire Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Guy turned up at my forge today with a nice old leg vice he wanted to sell. I don't really need another leg vice, but I did buy it because I have never seen one with a left hand action. It seems in good shape: all complete including spring and mount, not too loose in the thread, jaws not damaged, clean and oiled. So what is the advantage of a left hand thread?? I probably won't be using this vice, but if I did, I think anti-clockwise tightening would take some getting used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Looks like the screw and screwbox was a replacement to me. Perhaps that was what they had to hand when they did it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kozzy Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Replacement would be my guess too. Probably had an ACME threaded rod and nut left from something else that was going in the scrap bin and got salvaged. The most common might be certain types of turnbuckles --does the nut bear any signs that it might have come from such a thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 Could well be a salvaged part. Works well though, if you remember to turn it the right way. Go the usual way and you're likely to have hot steel drop on your foot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Good trick vice to have others demo with... It's your Auntie vise....auntie clockwise that is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertie_bassett Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 quite possibly the shaft has come from a sluice valve or similar item. LH threads give a clockwise shut which is perhaps slightly more common then the anticlockwise shut for water mains. ( all depending on what the local authority prefered) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 I would like a left hand thread on my vice. My dyslexic self, i turn it backwards a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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