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Originally Posted by herr_oberst

That's a beautiful vise. I wonder how old it is? Being nitpicky, especially about other people's work and possessions I think oval head wood screws, carefully sized, fitted and clocked would be the icing on the cake.

It would be cool if they all got tight when clocked, but I assume he stopped when they were tight. I suspect you could fit some sort of thin washer-shim under the screws that would clock them.

I think flat headed slotted screws are older than oval headed slotted screws. Presumably these are the original screws.

I was also curious how old it is. If I stumble across the posting again, I'll see if I can find out.