Anthony Whitesell
Contributor

Ditto. The half nut cannot move in the direction of the screw. The half nut is here

I started looking to closing the clearance around the shaft and found that it is irrelevent. The latching bar (or what ever it is called...

Don't forget to increase pressure applied, I have previously tried (at Robert's suggestion), to hold the nut in place with my hand. I could not apply...

I tried placing a straigt edge against the screw and could see any difference. I did not check with a feeler guage. I have tried clamping with jaws...

As Robert Hayward suggested, and I had previously tried, pressing on the half nut with my hand or with a clamp does not appreciably change the amount...

All clean. No change. Same problem. No surprise. If that little amount of sawdust on the threads fouls up the workings, then it will...

No difference than to the new vise from Harbor Freight. I would say a comfortable amount. It doesn't flop around. It wouldn't get triggered by...

I cannot apply enough pressure to the nut stem (point as pictured) to get any "real" amount of clamping pressure on the jaws. If you look at the...

Until I got annoyed enough to break down and purchase a new one at Harbor Freight, I had nothing to compare it to. I had no idea what the workings...

Adjustment? Where and what would be adjusted? Similar, yes.

Not sure to what that comment applies. That you should not be using a quick release vise? Are you referring to the nut that is on the back bottom...

I am aware of how the quick release mechanism works. The nut is clean. The threads on the vise are clean. The spring has tension to engage the nut....

Knowing that I was going to have to make a lot of cuts, I made a jig. The jig was made of two 1 1/2 thick plywood (ie., two layers of 3/4 plywood...