Renzetti Vise - advice needed please
I have just recently (yesterday - Saturday 19th dec) won a bidding war on TradeMe for a traveller Renzetti ,and I picked it up and have used it with loving care.
does anyone know much about these vises? I need to know how to take care of it, to keep it working properly and smoothly for a long long time as it wasn't cheap.
Does it need oiling? etc any help would be gratefully recieved.
Thanks in advance
Jeanne
I have had my Renzetti for over 10 years now!
I bought the "Tube Fly-Vise Head" that came with three mandrels, about five years ago. I also had to replace the little black ring (at the rear of the vise head from the local hardware store.
The only other thing I did, was remove the stubby handle, and replace it with a actual handle that I made from parts from the Hardware Store, a piece of wood that I drill holes in, one for fitting onto the vise, and the other hole for the drawer handle, so I can crank the vise head without the flopping motion, as the heads weight makes it no balanced when using the rotary features of the vise.
Below are three "Tying Tip" articles I wrote on some of the possibilities. I did these for some who have limited dexterity!
Customizing a Rotary Vise, Balance
Customizing a Rotary Vise Handle (Part 1)
Customizing a Rotary Vise Handle (Part 2)
WARNING:
As for the Cam Levered for the Vise Head, you have to leave some space at the tip of the jaws (with the hook placed between the jaws) before turning the cam gear lever, if the jaws are too tight before you turn the lever on the Cam, you can permanently damage the jaws. Too much pressure and the jaws will be over-stressed, then they will either bend outward, or crack. Either way, you will have to be replaced the jaws, because they are made of hardened annealed metal, and the over-stressing has ruined them. The jaws when the hook is placed between the jaws, and the lever has been turned to tighten and hold the hook, should be parallel to each other (the same as on the two-screw models).
~Parnelli :D
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