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Tertiaryjim, thanks for the comment, I'm not exactly sure which vise you're referring to, if it's the very last one in post #19, I thought that vise was a milling vise.
The Bridgeport vise that I rehabbed has box ways and does not have a jaw pull down action. The bed and ways have been fitted by me to a snug sliding fit. The movable jaw on my vise does not pull up more than a same sized (6") Kurt vise does (mine has .0005" lift when cranked down HARD), and a Kurt vise movable jaw does pull up, regardless of the "angle lock"... The bed on my BP vise is full width and does not have a slot in the bottom for losing stuff, filling up with chips, or for making setups more difficult, and the bed is quite a bit lower to the table than a Kurt vise bed is. It was also free...Whatever size and style vise you choose I believe it is imperative to choose a vice where the moving jaw is pulled down into the vice bed when clamping. IE: screwless, toolmakers, Kurt,... The rocking/tipping of the screw type vise jaw is intolerable for mill work. IMHO.
The lack of slot in the bottom is what I like and found a clone of Wilton that doesn't have that "feature".The bed on my BP vise is full width and does not have a slot in the bottom for losing stuff, filling up with chips, or for making setups more difficult, and the bed is quite a bit lower to the table than a Kurt vise bed is. It was also free...
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Scraping the bottom in is a good idea. You might also be able to make the bed and the tops of the jaws more parallel with the table at the same time.Bob.thanks for your comment,it's very much appreciated as always.
I am planing to remove the base, there's not much room in the Z axis to begin with. I meant to flatten the base of the vise itself if necessary, I haven't even checked the bottom yet.