2manyhobbies
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All this talk of model Wilton vises got me interested in them, but rather than build a model I decided to pick one up a used one and clean it up a bit. I purchased this 3" model 9300 Wilton vise on ebay. I disassembled and bead blasted all the components prior to priming and painting. It was missing the back "plug" so I made a new one, machined off the cast surface behind the fixed jaw, and replaced the nuts with "quick swivel" levers. Not as involved as making a new vise from castings, but I really needed a small sized bench vise.
Brad
Brad