#PhotoOfTheDay is a before-and-after of my current post vise. I bought it when it was “farm fresh” and then restored it to good working condition, including fabricating a new spring for it. This is my 2nd post vise and 2nd restoration.
As with my first post vise, this one is likely a hundred or more years old. They are really wonderful, important tools for blacksmithing.
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@scott @Geojoek In this specific case, a (one inch?) bar of mild steel cut to the right dimensions, bent and then with some small 'ears" beaten into it works just fine. I could have use spring steel but it’s not necessary in this case, and then would have probably involved an extra step of some heat treating at the end.
Coil springs are fascinating. I’ve forged corkscrews but not coil springs… Although I’ve forged a nice table knife out of a broken & rusted piece of coil spring that I found.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Here’s a photo of what the final spring (foreground) looked like and a photo with it in the center of the vise.
@[email protected] @[email protected] It really is a great looking vise.
@[email protected] @[email protected] For blacksmithing, I rely on it second only to my forge and anvil.