Bench vise repair

1stgenxxx

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Any vise gurus on here? I'd like to fix this craftsman vise that my dad gave me probably 10 years ago. It's a 5.5 and was probably made in the 80s. I searched on line and there didn't seem to be any rebuild kitsch for these. I measured the OD of the rod and its .90 inches. The rod is badly worn and the nut is stripped.
How can I fix this? I know I could just buy another vise....that being said let's get creative
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You have any machining skills? If the rod is a standard acme thread size then you could just order it. Machine the end features needed. As for the nut that could be machined out of a chunk of steel also and then drilled and tapped or singled pointed on the lathe with an acme bit.
 
You have any machining skills? If the rod is a standard acme thread size then you could just order it. Machine the end features needed. As for the nut that could be machined out of a chunk of steel also and then drilled and tapped or singled pointed on the lathe with an acme bit.

No matching but I was thinking of getting the correct size acme rod and nut and then welding said nut to a block and bolting that in like the factory one
 
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