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Fixing up an old milling vice

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vtsteam:
I was given this mill vice with the second hand mill/drill I bought a couple years ago. Scraped some of the crud off and read "Victor Boston" There was no handle, and no jaws.



Some divots, too.

vtsteam:
I read Darren's thread about electrolytic rust removal, so I figured I'd give it a shot. Bought some Arm and Hammer washing soda (sodium carbonate) and put a half cup of it in some water.

Used a piece of 1/2" rebar as a positive electrode, and wrapped a piece of steel wire around the vice to attach to the negative electrode.

vtsteam:
Connected my auto battery charger and watched the bubbles start to form. Best position for the positive electrode seemed to be parallel with the vice and directly over it. The action does seem to be somewhat directional.

vtsteam:
I checked back in a couple of hours. I couldn't see anything in the brown water, so I just pulled it out and hosed it off.

Here's what it looked like!  :ddb:

Sid_Vicious:
That came out nicely, looking forward to see the final outcome.

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