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13th May 2012, 10:19 AM #1Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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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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13th May 2012, 10:33 AM #2Diamond Member
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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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13th May 2012, 11:51 AM #3Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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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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cheers, john
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13th May 2012, 11:50 PM #7
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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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.
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?
It's a 5/8" thread.
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14th May 2012, 12:23 AM #9
Nice work, nothing like a good solid handle I thought i was just missing something in your pic.....
Ewan
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