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My old post vise snapped clean through at the jaw pivot yesterday.
Was twisting a stubborn piece of rebar and heard a loud crack. The cast iron just gave out after maybe 15 years of use. Anyone know a good place to find a solid replacement vise that can take a real beating?
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jake7477mo ago
Honestly, that vise lasted a good long run... fifteen years is pretty solid for a cast iron tool. Maybe it was just its time to go, a weak spot in the casting finally giving up. Sometimes you just get a lemon batch of metal, nothing you can really do. Could be that a modern replacement, even if it's also cast, might hold up just fine for the same kind of work. They don't all fail like that.
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jordan_hill7mo ago
Know that feeling, watching a trusty tool finally give out after all those years. Fifteen years of service is a good run, but it still stings when it goes. Makes you wonder about the hidden flaws in even the toughest looking castings. Hope the next one you get holds up just as long without the surprise break.
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emmamason6mo ago
My old blender motor burned out last month after ten years. It's weird how stuff just hits a wall, like my neighbor's lawnmower blade snapped clean in half. Makes you look at everything differently, like that coffee maker you use every morning. You start wondering what's next, what's got a tiny crack you can't even see yet.
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