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    Default Another Vice Handle.

    Back in 2015 when Michael G located, purchased and forwarded me the Schaublin No.36 universal vice it was accompanied by a neat handle that Michael had very generously made for me. The handle, with a swing of 120mm, very conveniently cleared the mill's table.

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    I had seen photos of the original handle supplied with the vice and it, inconveniently, would not clear the table necessitating laborious removal and replacement. But the original would enable additional tightening torque so I would snug the jaws up that bit tighter with a short shifter after a close call with disaster when a workpiece slipped.

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    So, when I saw Gary Sneesby's No.36 vice with its handle while visiting Eccentric Engineering with Piers I took the opportunity to photograph, measure and "draw" the handle with a plan to make a pretend version. I knew Gary possessed the vice because Piers had spied it there during a visit a couple of years ago. Gary provided me with measured photos of the vice's articulated stop which I subsequently knocked together.

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    The original is cast iron with a screw in handle. I had a slice of 4E cast bar which I cut roughly to a suitable cross section size but overlength using a parting off tool in the shaper. I cut from both sides and snapped through the resulting web. The 12 mm square hole was cut using a file mounted in my home made slotting head. The remainder of the machine work was done mainly with the bitty Hercus rotary table then it was onto the files.

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    Lacking a proper radius gauge meant making do with a cut in half washer. Got there in the end. The screw in handle is 4140. The inner curve was finished with carborundum paper wrapped around a 500 mil paint tin, the closest thing to what looked like the right radius. A lathe file took care of the rest.

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    BT

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    That's more like it!

    Michael

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael G View Post
    That's more like it!

    Michael
    But nowhere as convenient in use as yours Michael !

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    Nice work BT,

    No BT project is complet without your trade mark photo shot on the Waldown table. Very nice photos.

    I bet out of shot there is a massive array of Swiss studio lighting, that or you photo shop your photos......

    Cheers

    Piers

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    Nothing that flash PV.

    Bare fluoros, a smear of oil on the Motorola's lens for the essential and forgiving soft focus and of course the Waldown table.

    BT

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    Wow. Ponders never showing anything he works on again in shame.
    …..Live a Quiet Life & Work with your Hands

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anorak Bob View Post
    I had seen photos of the original handle supplied with the vice and it, inconveniently, would not clear the table necessitating laborious removal and replacement. But the original would enable additional tightening torque so I would snug the jaws up that bit tighter with a short shifter after a close call with disaster when a workpiece slipped.
    BT
    Hi Bob, now an extension bar could come in handy to run the vice in and out.

    Nice work Bob, shed

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    Bob,
    That is truly a work of art.
    its unusual that the original didn't have the part you grip rotating.
    The one on my schaffner vice rotates

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    Quote Originally Posted by TomW View Post
    Bob,
    That is truly a work of art.
    its unusual that the original didn't have the part you grip rotating.
    The one on my schaffner vice rotates
    Long time no hear Tom!

    I imagine Schaublin expected the user's hand to be lubricated. Schaffner obviously allowed for all contingencies.

    Thank you and all the other blokes for their kind comments and likes.

    Bob.

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