Bench vise repair

[1stgenxxx]

Any vise gurus on here? I'd like to fix this craftsman vise that my dad gave me probably 10 years ago. It's a 5.5 and was probably made in the 80s. I searched on line and there didn't seem to be any rebuild kitsch for these. I measured the OD of the rod and its .90 inches. The rod is badly worn and the nut is stripped.
How can I fix this? I know I could just buy another vise....that being said let's get creative

 

[Jeff B]

 

[Tom@Hilltop_Machine]

You have any machining skills? If the rod is a standard acme thread size then you could just order it. Machine the end features needed. As for the nut that could be machined out of a chunk of steel also and then drilled and tapped or singled pointed on the lathe with an acme bit.

 

[1stgenxxx]

You have any machining skills? If the rod is a standard acme thread size then you could just order it. Machine the end features needed. As for the nut that could be machined out of a chunk of steel also and then drilled and tapped or singled pointed on the lathe with an acme bit.

No matching but I was thinking of getting the correct size acme rod and nut and then welding said nut to a block and bolting that in like the factory one

 

[Fabrik8]

No matching but I was thinking of getting the correct size acme rod and nut and then welding said nut to a block and bolting that in like the factory one

Get an Acme coupling nut if you do. They're usually between 2 and 3 inches long depending on the thread diameter, so maybe similar to what you're trying to replace.

 

[braxton357]

Your picture sucks. There are acme lead screws out there with thousands of miles on them and still working fine, how the hell you ruin that one? Measure the pitch, if it's 6 tpi it's prob 7/8-6. Order a nut off McMaster and weld it to the old vise nut.

Otherwise here's all the Craftsman vise parts you could need https://www.ereplacementparts.com/c...163274.html?osCsid=3249llhpc6leojveoc9j7e5sn1

 

[StretchASU]

There are acme lead screws out there with thousands of miles on them and still working fine, how the hell you ruin that one?

Because swampygofast

 

[braxton357]

Because swampygofast

Most people won't ever know when they peaked, it's easy to know when jeph did.

 

[1stgenxxx]

Haha. I've lived the dream. @braxton357 @StretchASU

 

[johnbizzle02]

Jephph will spend $100 to fix a $80 vise

 

[jeepinmatt]

Jephph will spend $100 to fix a $80 vise

That name is worth a thousand words!