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Restoration of US Made Vises

April 5, 2017 By miviseguy 1 Comment

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  1. Mario Frappier says

    December 30, 2018 at 10:25 pm

    Just had a question. Recently picked up a woden 8A with the 6inch jaw an quick release. The issue is that there’s play where the slide rests. Looks like all the slides have some degree of wear. CanThese be built up so there’s no slop an the jaws line up better?

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