Following on from the previous page. The quick release handle is oriented this way, going off the drawings of these LQ Dawns in the brochures:

Spring installed:

The nut, cleaned up:




It goes in this way:



The flat bar piece goes in next. It measures 12″ long, 1″ wide and 1/32″ thick – this vice was made in Australia pre-metrication. In metric measurements it’s a little over 305mm long, 25mm wide and is ~3mm thick.

Screw in next:

Just about ready for a test fit into the other jaw:

The nut needs to go into the other side first, though:



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