Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In this video, I continue the restoration and conversion of this old milling vice, attempting to mill the warped dovetail, plus finish machining the bearing housing and make a micrometer wheel.

Chapters:
0:00 Milling Vice Restoration Continues
0:37 Attempt at recutting the dovetails
3:32 The result
4:14 Finish machining the bearing housing
7:28 cut my first keyway
9:37 Mill a keyway in the lead screw
13:20 Machine up the Micrometer ring
21.13 The finished Micrometer ring

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