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Dawn Quick Release Bench Vice Vise 6LQ Restoration Review - Page 4


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Following on from the previous page:

I was still chasing a good colour match for the original Dawn blue for the cast steel vices, so this one was repainted in a navy colour rather than the original red:

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 quick release handle 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.

The half nut is positively glowing after a clean...

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.

Before/after for the brand:

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.

I would expect that there is a washer missing from here based on the other Dawns I have:

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 screw shows signs of wear more in some parts than others - look at the thickness/angle of the part that has no lubricant on it (i.e. the bit that ends up in contact with 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.

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.

Still clamps firmly across the whole range so it doesn't seem to be problematic wear. While assembling the vice to test how the quick release function worked there was a lot of slop when pulling the dynamic jaw back and forth using the handle; I'm not sure what was originally down the other end of the screw but for the purposes of testing I was able to take out the slop with 8mm of washers before the cotter pin:

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.

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