Thank Fred and Mark.
I have ordered some steel rods,some heavy duty joint ends, and a bag of replacement screws for the jaw vice from McMaster Carr.
I found this very interesting video on the 3m tape.
I ordered some of the tape from ebay. I will let everyone know how it ends up.
I will have plenty of the vice screws left over. Let me know if anybody would like a couple of them (just pay postage)
Bill