Dawn Quick Release Bench Vice Vise 6LQ Restoration Review – Page 2

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Following on from the previous page, here’s some more disassembly of the Dawn 6LQ vice. One screw removed and the flat bar comes out:

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

Leaving this in the slide:

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

The spring unhooks and rotates away easily:

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

Now we can see that the other end of the spring sits in a slot in the nut:

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

The nut and spring slide off:

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

The handle then slides out in the opposite direction:

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

Someone has made a repair to this one in the past:

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

The handle end of the slide:

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

The opposite end has a casting with a hole for the screw to sit into:

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

The inside of the slide has more roughness than in the other Dawns I have cleaned up:

Here's a restoration review of a Dawn 6LQ vice - product number 9027 - which is a 6-inch or 150mm quick action vintage Australian made bench vice.

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