Moxon Vise – The Screws, continued
2013.07.06
To cut the acme threaded rod down for two screws, I clamped it in my bench vise. I decided to thread on the two nuts, with a small gap between them, to act as a guide. Hopefully that would keep me sawing relatively straight. I started with the jigsaw, but progress was slow, and even with stopping to drip oil into the cut, smoke was curling up and the steel was quite warm. There was a point at which it just didn’t want to cut any further. So I switched to the hacksaw, which was even slower, but finished the job.
For the second operation, I decided to try my cheap angle grinder. This was faster, but I found it difficult to control. I still finished with the hacksaw. Then I scrubbed each screw and nut with a wire brush and Simple Green to get rid of the filings, oil, and grime.
2013.07.07
I mixed up some epoxy and applied it liberally to the screws where they would fit into the handles. I brushed and wiped off the excess that oozed out as best I could, and let them sit up overnight. After a little fussing getting the blue tape off, they were ready to go.
The Handles