My birthday vise

[Shawn]

I can tell from the pictures you posted that your vise is put together better than the one I bought. The key between the fixed jaw and main casting on mine was a horrible fit. One of the key ways on the casting was about .125 to wide and the key itself was horrible. The only thing holding my fixed jaw was two cheap socket head cap screws. I got the vise fixed and it does a reasonable job on my shaper now.

Curious to see your pics to compare.

Shawn