What about threading a piece of bar stock with a die a short distance down each end and putting a cap nut over the end with a rubber 'O' ring behind it so the bar doesn't clang wen it drops through.
A similar solution but maybe a little cleaner. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] antique vise > Yes it is an old 6" wood vise. > That idea will work. I have been using a philips screw driver to use it. > Lenny > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mickey Fixsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 8:19 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] antique vise > > > This must be a pretty small vise, right? > > 17/64" is just 1/64" larger than 1/4". Therefore, you can go to any good > hardware store and buy a long grade 5 bolt for the handle. You could buy > a > 5" long bolt, for instance. The bolt will only have about 1" of threads > on > it and the rest of the shank will be smooth. Buy a nut that fits the bolt > and slip the bolt in the vise handle hole, tighten on the nut, hacksaw off > the extra threads and file off any sharpies, and you're done. Just make > sure you buy a grade 5 bolt. Standard grade 2 bolts are much softer and > will bend too easily. > > You can, of course, choose whatever length bolt works best. > > Good Luck. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lenny McHugh > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 9:13 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] antique vise > > > Good idea but it can not exceed 17/64 1/4 iron would be perfect. I really > do not want to use all thread. > Lenny > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Fowle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 9:56 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] antique vise > > A chunk of 3/4Ths inch hard maple dowell with larger chunks > screwed to its ends might do well. > > Get it at any hardware store and sand it up a bit give it few > coats of oil finish and it'll out last you, maybe! > > Tom > > Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list > just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! 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