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Thanks for the response, yeah it is quite a nice bench typical Austrian/German style though its a bit larger than those I’ve seen so far, beign solid oak makes it pretty damn heavy aswell.
I really would rather not cut off the Shoulder Vise anyways but clamping wider boards might become a problem thats the only reason why i would want a bigger Vise.
Spent quite a bit of time this afternoon cleaning the wooden threads on both Vises, about 2mm glue “hide” on both of them i dont know how they even turned at all, they work both perfectly well now except for 2 chips in the threads of the shoulder vise but they dont hinder it working at all.
Well then I’ll take your advise and pull it apart as much as i can and look at all parts, one leg and a stretcher will definetly need replacement from what i can tell, will try to keep the process updated.
Regards Philipp
PS: here a few more Pictures