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   BruceS | Dec 02, 2008 05:17pm | #1

   Beware,  $200 is a good bid price.  But there are pieces missing for the tilt mechanism by the looks of the pictures.  And FYI it is mounted incorrectly.

   Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

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   Napie | Dec 02, 2008 06:13pm | #2

   How is it mounted wrong?

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   RickL | Dec 02, 2008 06:59pm | #3

   It's normally set back into the bench. Also there is a broken part with a bolt welded on it.  Here is a site with an installed Emmert...

   http://www.mprime.com/Emmert/how_to.htm#How%20to%20Install

   Great vise though...I have three of the newer style Emmerts complete.

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   Napie | Dec 02, 2008 07:15pm | #4

   I have my old turtle back Yost mounted like this.  It is pretty common to see them not set back into the bench.  A friend who was a patternmaker for 50 years said his was not set flush either.  I happen to like it further out but that is just personal preference.  Like you said, great vice and a real asset to the shop. <!----><!----><!---->

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   BruceS | Dec 02, 2008 07:49pm | #5

   I guess there is no etched in stone method of mounting the beast.  I have a type II turtle back and have it set back.  Personal preference ;-)

   The King of vices.(mechanical that is) pun intended.Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

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   flairwoodworks | Dec 03, 2008 08:02am | #6

   Rick,

   Thanks for the link.  In the near future, I'll have to install my Tucker in my bench.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com

    - Success is not the key to happines.  Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

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   Y1RET | Dec 03, 2008 07:04pm | #9

   Chris,
   Just curious how that bench is coming. Haven't seen any bench updates for a while and you web page seems to be down. Bob T.

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   flairwoodworks | Dec 04, 2008 05:22am | #11

   Bob,

   Thanks for the interest in my work.  I have been working a little on the bench recently - most notably re-flattening the bench.  I had initially flattened the bench prematurely, before it had a chance to fully acclimatise itself to my shop.  Yup - learned my lesson!  I have not done anything substantial enough to the bench to warrant an update on the site.  However, it seems to be working fine for me.

   Much of my time right now is being focused on cleaning up the shop.  I've put in new cabinets and gone through all my "miscellaneous goods" boxes and sorted it out.  I've just recently registered my business (Flair Woodworks) and am spending more time working here at the computer than in the shop.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com(soon to be http://www.flairwoodworks.com)

    - Success is not the key to happines.  Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

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   WillGeorge | Dec 03, 2008 06:05pm | #8

   How to Repair Cast Iron

   Repairing cracked or broken cast iron is difficult. Normal welding works for steel but not cast iron.

    

   OK just an old tank mechanic here.. Cast Iron is 'Hard to weld' but NOT impossible with common OLD times welding.. tools...

    

   Maybe I just had something in my brain that told me all that heated metal would soon drop onto the floor...

    

   Hell, I have used Carbon Arc to fix old Cast Iron. That was 50 years ago though...

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   RickL | Dec 03, 2008 09:54pm | #10

   I have a background as a Metalsmith as well as doing casting. I would be the first to tell you cast iron is weldable. There's lots of ways to do it from brazing to using stainless steel rod with a stick wleder and other alloys to use with TIG. Also almost invisible repairs can be done on small cast parts such as planes with silver brazing. You can also gas weld aluminum.

   Old school cast welding says it must be heated in a furnace.  I've seen plenty of other ways to weld cast.

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   WillGeorge | Dec 03, 2008 05:56pm | #7

   Bruce.. HI!

   And FYI it is mounted incorrectly.. Maybe, but mine is NOT A TRUE Emmert'' It is mounted like that. BUT at the other end of my old bench. Just the way I 'wanted' to mount it.

   I think mine is an India ripoff of a true Emmert. However, I LOVE my pattern Makes Vise! Even as I mounted it.

   I for one will listen to the 'proper way' to mount it.