Gettin serious

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it is good to start with real tools. makes learning more enjoyable.
 

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That's a nice old hunk of iron! Do the jaws on that vise only offer the polished top that I see without holes to receive work holding aids? Or does that top come off to accept different jaw tops?
Layne
 

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I have an Artisan and it's FANTASTIC ! The Lindsay customer service is equal to the tool.
 

Flashmo

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It looks like you are missing the top jaws.

No worries. I almost never use mine, as the pins mar the workpiece.

Cut some scrap wood. 1.5" x1.5", 2" x2", 3" x3", 4" x4". 3/4" thick works great. Make a 3/4" x whatever sized tongue and glue together in a "T" shape. Clamp the downward leg of the "T" in the vise.

Anything flat, just use hot melt glue to glue it to your wood blocks. Re-heat the glue over and over with a heat gun, torch, heat lamp, toaster oven for each new workpiece. Hundreds of pieces will pass over each wood block.

Buy 1 pound of thermolock from GRS. Then figure out what sized non threaded rod will fit in your threaded top holes. Use the pins as locating holes for thermolock jaws.

Let me know if you need a pic for it to make sense.
 
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