My trusty Harbor Freight vise (Item #5655) finally broke due to a poor design and use of cast iron instead of steel. The achilles heel is the cast iron end cap.
In this video, I attempt a weld repair on the broken cast iron part using stainless filler rod. Partly to avoid throwing it in the landfill, but mostly to see if I could actually pull off a repair.
Worst case, I have one more part to weld to my “wall of fail.”
Harbor Freight now has a new item (#67415) which replaced the model I had, 5655. If you’ve got the new one, take the end cap off and let me know if they fixed the design!
Sorry for the poor audio quality and mumbling. I really should work on speaking louder when I’m not near the camera.
Welder: Miller Syncrowave 250
Post time: Jun-12-2017