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I kinda like to hear the motor purring along. I have the same tape in the tape deck from when I bought the bike....Molly Hatchet. LOVE "Dreams I'll Never See".

Thinking about what Lisa and I have going on this Summer and haven't seen any planned get-togethers mentioned close enough to the homestead (Central OH) to go to. I remember the good 'ol days when we could pick 'n choose. WNY rally, Vogel, Maintenance day...and so on. Anybody puttin' anything together?

I remember 33. Had a lot of fun way back then.

Thanks, Don. I'll be here as long as it exists....or I do..... Thanks for all you do. !!!

So looking through Mcmasters, they offer carbon steel and alloy steel rods. The alloy is about twice the strength of the carbon, the alloy is more expensive, which is not a problem, but the next question is will I be able to weld the alloy with a simple 6011 rod, ....final pass with a 7018? I don't know if alloy means a different type of weld than the farmer / junkyard welding I typically do for structural fab.

So, I talked to a fella with a small shop who will repair it for $600. Not gonna do that. I'll try to talk to another fella tomorrow and if his price is similar I think I'll take Dawsons' advice and drop down from 1 1/8" to 7/8" and replace the rod and the nut. We'll see how it goes.

I was thinking the same thing, but the cost of the rod / nut may cost as much as to have a threaded sleeve made up. Better yet would be to have the original part bored and a new threaded sleeve inserted and welded in place. There's a little machine shop nearby. I'll keep the assembly in my work van and stop by and see what they say. I'm guessing a couple hundred $$$...Still worth it for such a beast of a vise.

Yup, It's a big-un. That's why I grabbed it but the repair's looking like it may be a problem. I could take it to a machine shop that's capable of cutting an Acme thread, but the expected cost may be worth more than the vise. I'm still exploring options. Thanks for thinkin' of me. 🙂

Weird one. I've a very heavy, very large old Columbia vise that I've come across. At OSU, one of their shops was throwing out this old Columbia vise because the threads on the ?nut? were stripped. I've found that they're ACME threads and as I measure the diameter of the rod I get 1 1/8" diameter and count 4 threads per inch. I can repair this by finding a coupling nut that will thread onto the rod, cut off the part that's stripped and weld a coupling nut in it's place. The problem is that I only find 1 1/4" or 1" nuts offered with the 4 threads per inch. 1 1/8" nuts are available in 5 threads per inch only. I wonder if this is actually a 1 1/4 rod that I'm looking at. I haven't taken a micrometer to it, but as it sits it clearly measures 1 1/8" and it sure looks like 4 TPI. I'm measuring at the end and the threads don't appear worn at this point on the rod. Should I expect this rod that measures 1 1/8" is sized small to accommodate the loose fit desired for a vise?

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY VENTURIDER FAMILY !!! Enjoy the gifts the food and family, but let's all remember the reason for the season.

I guess folks just don't put up trees anymore......sigh.....

Ours got pretty busy this year, with all the bling on it, but I promise there is a tree under there.

Up until my 30s we used to butcher them ourselves. I remember one year we had 12 of them hanging in a canopy my dad built for a motorhome. Motorhome was gone but the canopy came in handy. Dad would freeze much of the meat then take it to the machine shop at the mill and slice it with the bandsaw...lol....I'm pretty sure he took sanitary precautions.....Maybe not...lol