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    Default Home made vice project

    Some of you metal heads may be interested in this home made vice that I made for my home made Hercus Milling attachment.


    It is by no means a precision holding tool but it is good enough for what I need it for.

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    Hi,

    That's a great example of home ingenuity.
    I will probably try do something similar or get a casting from MLA.

    Ben

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    This is the first time I have made something like this in metal. I mainly woodwork although I do like metal work and have made quite a few bits and pieces for chain saw timber milling gear and woodworking tools.

    Anyway, I am gradually learning about metal work and I know enough to realize that precise metal work is a couple of levels from where I am working.

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    Looks great Bob, your better at metal than I am at wood, the angle bracket could also be made to pivot giving you more holding angles, the adjustment being on the hypotenuse instead of a gusset.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shedhappens View Post
    Looks great Bob, your better at metal than I am at wood, the angle bracket could also be made to pivot giving you more holding angles, the adjustment being on the hypotenuse instead of a gusset.
    Thanks, I don't understand what you mean by "pivot" with the angle bracket.
    Any chance of a sketch or further detail?

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    Similar to this Bob, 3-1/2" (85MM) Angle Tilting Vise (Free Postage) | eBay

    cheers, john

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    Hi Bob,
    Good to see some work finished all my small projects like this tend to get swept under the rug once they are half way there....

    One query though, how do you tighten the vise, i can't see flats on the thread for a spanner? Also, how big is the thread you used?

    Like you i was a woodworker first, and was blown away when i started my apprenticeship by the digital readout on the Altendorf, it worked in .1mm grads. When i started working in steel though, i realized just how big .1mm is.

    Ewan

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    Quote Originally Posted by shedhappens View Post
    Thanks John - that makes sense and looks like it would be a useful way to go but I think I will just gusset the angle for now and then build that mod into the mark II version.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ueee View Post
    Hi Bob,
    Good to see some work finished all my small projects like this tend to get swept under the rug once they are half way there....
    Thanks, I too I have a heap of projects like that in the shed.

    Given it was
    - all done without a mill
    - largely designed on the run
    - and several visits from the FUF (F'up fairy)
    I was quite pleased with the speed with which it all went together. One thing I learned is why it's called "fitting and turning", I don't know how many times I took the thing apart and put it back together to get it to slide and work properly.


    One query though, how do you tighten the vise, i can't see flats on the thread for a spanner? Also, how big is the thread you used?
    I finished the screw handle about an hour ago.

    It's a 5/8" thread.

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    Nice work, nothing like a good solid handle I thought i was just missing something in your pic.....

    Ewan

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post



    hour ago.
    Can you re-take that foto & post again so I dont have to lay on my side...it takes me an hour to get down and back up......

    Great work BobL

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    Quote Originally Posted by eskimo View Post
    Can you re-take that foto & post again so I dont have to lay on my side...it takes me an hour to get down and back up......

    Great work BobL
    Cheers eskimo - Sorry about the pic - here it is again, I just rotated it.


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