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this is a link to the original post that has the tutorial
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1061125-modifying-a-bench-vice-for-plate-quenching
their wear a few questions that I was not able to respond to I have reposted those hear
Capbyrd
Registered User
So my understanding is that the goal is to get the metal from the furnace/kiln between the plates as quickly as possible. Aren't you wasting time by spinning on the vice. What if you used something more like a bar clamp that could just be slid closed but had to have the trigger pulled to release? Just curious here.
Dogwood Dan
I set the jaws slightly larger then the width of the steel I am using then pull the blank out of the kiln and set it in that gap (the plate at the bottom will keep it from falling threw). I then turn the handle turn the handle with my free hand. Once I have pressure on the black I set the tongs down and use both hands to tighten the hell out of handle.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1061125-modifying-a-bench-vice-for-plate-quenching
their wear a few questions that I was not able to respond to I have reposted those hear
Capbyrd
Registered User
So my understanding is that the goal is to get the metal from the furnace/kiln between the plates as quickly as possible. Aren't you wasting time by spinning on the vice. What if you used something more like a bar clamp that could just be slid closed but had to have the trigger pulled to release? Just curious here.
Dogwood Dan
I set the jaws slightly larger then the width of the steel I am using then pull the blank out of the kiln and set it in that gap (the plate at the bottom will keep it from falling threw). I then turn the handle turn the handle with my free hand. Once I have pressure on the black I set the tongs down and use both hands to tighten the hell out of handle.