Was this modification worth it? It has certainly made the vice much easier to operate with no stiff places as the screw is turned. It may be a little over the top to make such modifications, but at least it is quite easy to flush out any debris that gets onto the slideways. It also means that the main screw and nut can be lubricated without dismantling. For the time taken to carry out the actual work, it was probably only three or four times as long as it takes to remove the vice from the milling machine, dismantle it, lubricate and re-assemble, and then relocate it on the machine table. Thinking how to drill the holes probably occupied much more time, but at least the thinking could be done at a time that didn't occupy valuable workshop minutes.
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