speaking of vices, i took a welding class recently at our local state university. the teacher has been around for a long time, and has a ton of old tools and equipment, including machine shop tools, anvils, vices, etc. he advised us to never buy a vice (or an anvil, but that's beyond the scope of this discussion) new, since good quality ones can last over 100 years. as evidenced by the two 100+ year old vices and anvil we had and used in the welding/machine shop.

he suggested going to artisan welders more than production type welders, as they tend to have leads on older, more robust, used equipment.





On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Mark Rehder <mark@re-cycles.ca> wrote:
On 6-Aug-08, at 10:37 AM, Bob Giordano wrote:

a vise is good for stuck seat posts.  flip over the bike, insert seat post
into vise, tighten -but not too much to crush post-, move bike frame back
and forth gently and smoothly while pulling up.  be very careful to use
smooth motions and 2 or 3 people as to not tweak frame.


Yeah, we have a 4" vise and it has come in very handy for things like this.  It of course also needs to be bolted to a strong, sturdy table.


any other 'stuck seat post' tips?

-Bob Giordano,
Free Cycles Missoula


Sheldon has the answer(s):

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/stuck-seatposts.html

Cheers,

Mark Rehder
http://re-cycles.ca

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