Vice rebuild
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Don't worry about the threads in bronze/brass/brazing, in that application you're "golden" Greg.

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Seems the consensus is brazing it so we'll give it a go. Now just need to find the time.
Anthony, you mentioned building a dam around it, what material would I use.
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I believe reinforced concrete is the most widely used material in damn building Greg Big Grin

I'd get the vice nice and warm first. I stuck mine in the bbq and closed the lid. I left it there whist I brazed it and then close the lid once finished so it could cool slowly.
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Graphite plate stock is used to build the dam.. not cheap but can be continually used if treated with care. it can be machined as well. 

I believe if you smoke steel the braze will not adhere to it either, smoking is running an acetylene flame with no oxygen turned on over steel leaving a thick black carbon layer deposited.

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Greg,

Are you near Ottawa? I have a pound or three of Ni99 rod you can have. PM me if interested.
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