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Hold spring down-insert C-Clip Tool?

Mr Boochie said:
That spring looks no bigger than 5/8-inch in diameter.

Do what tourmax said. Compress the spring. Then, wrap a thin baling wire to hold the compressed spring. Place on the shaft. Put on the C-clip. Cut the baling wire.
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i think these jaws are precious gems. listings i've seen list them as sapphire even tho they are not blue. i dunno but i wouldn't want to chip them when i have 25 other ways to compress a spring ;)
 
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Man! You could wind some pretty big coils with that rig.

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Mr Boochie said:
You can mount the Panavise on a portable 3/4-inch, 12 x 12-inch platform and clamp it down where needed.
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That`s what I purchased, and my Panvise is permanently mounted to.
Perfect for using around my house and back yard as my left hand.
A small sheet of felt, or rubber mat is a good idea to have to protect furniture finishes if clamping to something you don`t wish to mar.
 
Bill Ferris said:
That`s what I purchased, and my Panvise is permanently mounted to.
Perfect for using around my house and back yard as my left hand.
A small sheet of felt, or rubber mat is a good idea to have to protect furniture finishes if clamping to something you don`t wish to mar.
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Really, that setup is the most handy thing. I've used it for a lot of fixes.

You can remove the vise jaw plates and replace them with wood or metal.

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My other vise. Nothing beats these things when you need one.
 
Mr Boochie said:
Really, that setup is the most handy thing. I've used it for a lot of fixes.

You can remove the vise jaw plates and replace them with wood or metal.

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My other vise. Nothing beats these things when you need one.
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Cool thing about the Panvise, you can pivot/rotate it so that it`s jaws are vertical or any crazy angle in between horizontal and vertical.
Has come in handy more than a few times since the early nineties purchase.

I also have a big HD work table mounted version like your picture above for serious "Jed Clampett" work.
Even have a wimpy light duty vacuum base eighties RS purchased one, that rarely is needed/used !
 
even cheap bench vices are pricey it seems. i dont even have mine bolted to a bench, i move it where i need it.
Bill Ferris said:
I also have a big HD work table mounted version like your picture above for serious "Jed Clampett" work.
Even have a wimpy light duty vacuum base eighties RS purchased one, that rarely is needed/used !
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Bill Ferris said:
Cool thing about the Panvise, you can pivot/rotate it so that it`s jaws are vertical or any crazy angle in between horizontal and vertical.
Has come in handy more than a few times since the early nineties purchase.

I also have a big HD work table mounted version like your picture above for serious "Jed Clampett" work.
Even have a wimpy light duty vacuum base eighties RS purchased one, that rarely is needed/used !
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When I redid my plumbing (from galvanized steel to copper), I used the vise to hold small copper sections, while soldering. These would go under the house and replace the original steel ones. I put valves on each section so we could still have water in some parts of the house while I worked on it.

I just cut out the old stuff and soldered in the new stuff. I left the old stuff under the house.
 
painttoad said:
even cheap bench vices are pricey it seems. i dont even have mine bolted to a bench, i move it where i need it.
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Yes, and their crappy quality poor Chinese castings, to boot, as my poor B-I-L has learned after cracking 2 different big machinist ones, at two different times, and finally acquired a used 50ties era USA made one some yrs. back, so no more vise failures since, granted he does on occasion push the vises design limits quite hard !
Less often after he bought a 20 ton press a few yrs. back.
 
Bill Ferris said:
Yes, and their crappy quality poor Chinese castings, to boot, as my poor B-I-L has learned after cracking 2 different big machinist ones, at two different times, and finally acquired a used 50ties era USA made one some yrs. back, so no more vise failures since, granted he does on occasion push the vises design limits quite hard !
Less often after he bought a 20 ton press a few yrs. back.
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I've seen some with such poor fit tolerances that you always have to be tightening them, like whatever it's holding starts rotating in the vise.

Of course, you then clamp down harder on the object and warp the bejeebers out of it.

:(
 
jsmiddleton4 said:
Is there some kind of tool to hold the spring down? The compress the spring-put in clip could not at the factory hold the spring down while shanghaiing ones family members to insert the clip.

Not talking about the pliers that spread clips to remove and reinstall.
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Did you finally get the clip onto the shaft?

(waiting with bated breath for the reply :))

Thanks!
 
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