How to fix Crooked Jaws on a Post Vise

[@robertsimmons3556]

Good video! My vice has needed fine tuning for a while! Always good to watch someone else work thru the "what if's" before I get out the rosebud! Your end result was spot on! Good post, keep them coming!

[@FarmsteadForge]

Ya every vise is a little different to fix - I'm glad I could be a bit of a guinea pig for yours!

[@alex66RR]

Nice video on the straightening! I believe the jaws actually are designed to have a slight gap at the bottom when closed completely. So they grip wider peaces better, being parallel when somewhat apart, as they swivel around the hinge. I know mine does work well that way .

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thanks, good to know!

[@danieltesar7771]

That's a good fix to a common problem, I got an old old english vise that has this same problem. Never fixed it just use it as is but now I'm gonna give it a shot and try it make better! Thanks Jayce, happy tuesday!

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thanks! I hope yours goes smoothly! Have a good Tuesday - I'm off to shoe horses today.

[@dannywilsher4165]

Results are outstanding! I need to find a good post vice.

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thank you - I hope you are able to find a fair priced one soon!

[@michaelmosley254]

Im glad i found your channel i have a vice like that one i had to make a spring for it.i wish i found you before i started working in it.

[@FarmsteadForge]

I hope your vise turns out well! Do you have anything left to fix on it or is it all finished?

[@chrism3839]

Thanks, these vice videos have been a wealth of knowledge, I have a pile of vises I have acquired for dirt cheap over the years, I fix one up here and there. I am sure this information will benefit me on future vise projects.

[@FarmsteadForge]

I'm glad the videos have been helpful. The post vises can become addicting to collect! Thanks for watching.

[@caotropheus]

Chris, you know the rules, if there are no videos of your vice repairs, it never happened 😈

[@paullake7125]

Thanks for the information. I like what you did. I have a Peter Wright post vice that has the same issue. I will use your ideas when i fix it . Will keep you posted. Thanks

[@FarmsteadForge]

That sounds great - I'm looking forward to hearing how it goes, I hope it goes smoothly for you!

[@MASI_forging]

Wow such a great transformation 👏👏

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thank you! I'm pleased with it!

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Nice fix came out perfect, Awesome. A couple more things and ready to go to work. Stay warm Jayce and family.

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thanks Randy, we've got some warm weather now so life is pretty good!

[@budweiser7330]

Great Video, I have a few vice's that i need to make parts for and straighten them. You have helped me out a lot with all of your vids. Thanks again

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thank you, that's great to hear! I hope your vises turn out well.

[@budweiser7330]

Thanks I Appreciate that@@FarmsteadForge

[@jeromeranft2439]

Fantastic video, Thank you, it's always a big help to see how tools should actually be put together.

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thanks, I'm glad it was helpful!

[@PeeWee33772]

Thank you for sharing with us.

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thank you for watching!

[@thomasgoodemoot]

Very nice video thank you for sharing the knowledge

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thanks, and thanks for stopping by Thomas!

[@RustyInventions-wz6ir]

Interesting very nice work

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thank you, thanks for watching!

[@armadilloforge]

Good fix. Use a spacer if you're going to put something in the vice on one side. This will help keep it aligned.

[@FarmsteadForge]

Great advice, I tend to do that with big things but not little - I usually don't take the extra time but I should!

[@bottrelbetty]

great video thanks

[@FarmsteadForge]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@waynerobinson4730]

Thanks for the video. I've just picked one up that had the front jaw higher than the back and wasn't sure how to approach it.

[@FarmsteadForge]

Each one is a little different but hopefully this gives you a place to start.

[@jeffreybexson7461]

Excellent video

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@caotropheus]

Once more, thank you for the excellent video. Very nice repair. I think you are right on all aspects of the origin of the vice, in the factory they manufactured it already mismatching the jaws and probably sold it cheapo with defect. A question, since we have access to machinery, and since hinge holes were punched crooked and in the wrong place, couldn't you plug all those holes with weld and then drill everything is the right place and perfect aligned with a drill press?

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thank you! You definitely could do all of that. I'm happy with the quirks this one has. On vises with a worn out hinge pin I have welded them up and re-drilled them. Thanks for your comment!

[@caotropheus]

@@FarmsteadForge Thank you for the comment, almost forgot, looking forward to see you forge/fabricate the thrust washer for the vice and adjust the spring.

[@FarmsteadForge]

@@caotropheus Thanks! I adjusted the spring on this one off camera but I do have another video of me adjusting a spring on a different post vise. Thrust washer video should be out next week!

[@rustyshackelford1413]

Thank you

[@FarmsteadForge]

You're welcome!

[@andynick01]

The jaw on the left (at 6:30) is bent back slightly at the point where the screw squeezes it. It's no doubt as a result of over-tightening at some point. That's what's causing the jaw to be higher. I haven't watched the rest of the video, yet but I'm sure that's what's causing the misalignment. I think it's too much to be a manufacturing fault. Interesting project though. Is that torch acetylene or propane?

[@FarmsteadForge]

The torch is acetylene.

[@juninrodrigues6582]

sou do brasil eu adoro esse tipo de video sou apaixonado por morsa parabens pelo seu trabalho gosto muito de seu videos tem muita informaçao util

[@FarmsteadForge]

I'm glad you enjoyed it and the information was helpful to you. Thanks for watching!

[@andrewfelock4771]

That’s a beautiful vice worth restoring. Something tells me there’s no way that was made so magnificently and they missed the boring by 15 degrees? No way, It may be a design feature to hold work better?

[@FarmsteadForge]

It's possible, hard to say for sure! Thanks for watching.

[@bcbloc02]

I suspect the aesthetic aspect of many of those old tools was overlooked for functionality and affordability.

[@FarmsteadForge]

Yes I agree!

[@jeremylastname873]

I think he’s seeing just how you measure up! 😂

[@FarmsteadForge]

I hope well! Thanks for watching!

[@ymarb7085]

just scored me a post vice its missing the mounting plate and screwanyone got some info or videoson how ro build them?

[@FarmsteadForge]

This video might help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoKylnxurM6Sgqc

[@MrJanaRobi]

How old are vises like that ?

[@FarmsteadForge]

Some of them are very old! This is a later one, I'd guess around 1910.

[@Keith_the_knife_freak]

👍👍

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thanks!

[@thatsthewayitgoes9]

Jaws, when together, should have gap between them at their bottom edge. If the jaws are parallel when together, they’ll always have poor clamp when work piece is in vise. You’ll never use these vises with no workpiece in the jaws , that’s the vises purpose, to hold stuff between the jaws. Jaws, ideally, should touch each other slightly along top edge. The jaws that fit parallel when closed have been heavily used / abused. These vises will only have parallel jaws in one range of opening on a certain width work piece. With jaws parallel when closed with no workpiece in them, will never be parallel with any size workpiece during use. Many of these vises have jaws that touch at their bottom edge, which is wrong and due to many years of use and abuse

[@FarmsteadForge]

Thanks for your comment.