RobWilson
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Morning Lads ,
I made these wee vices a few years back and they have been a godsend in the shop for working on small parts ,so I thought I would share .
Ok lets go , more photos than words , I DO PHOTOS ! ,feel free to ask questions if something is not clear :thumbup:
The stock , old forklift forks grab a set if you can ,good tough material for making home shop tooling .
That was cut up and machined to make the vices jaws .
Jaw blanks .
After a we bit more milling to give them some shape and relief .
I used my small toolmakers fixture plate to hold the wide jaw vices for machining off of the sharp corners .
Next the bottom of the moving jaws was rounded ,I used a tool makers vice in the mill vice for this operation .
A few lengths of Drill rod / Silver steel where hardened up for the jaw guilds .
After a polish these were pressed into the fixed jaw , small washers under the jaw were used to set the push through distance .
I had also turned up threaded and plane Bronze bushes and pressed those in.
The screw was a straight forward turning job , I screw cut the threads ,material ,stainless steel .
The T bar also in Stainless .
And there we go , job done nearly .
I decided they needed a stand .
The End !
Rob Wilson
I made these wee vices a few years back and they have been a godsend in the shop for working on small parts ,so I thought I would share .
Ok lets go , more photos than words , I DO PHOTOS ! ,feel free to ask questions if something is not clear :thumbup:
The stock , old forklift forks grab a set if you can ,good tough material for making home shop tooling .
That was cut up and machined to make the vices jaws .
Jaw blanks .
After a we bit more milling to give them some shape and relief .
I used my small toolmakers fixture plate to hold the wide jaw vices for machining off of the sharp corners .
Next the bottom of the moving jaws was rounded ,I used a tool makers vice in the mill vice for this operation .
A few lengths of Drill rod / Silver steel where hardened up for the jaw guilds .
After a polish these were pressed into the fixed jaw , small washers under the jaw were used to set the push through distance .
I had also turned up threaded and plane Bronze bushes and pressed those in.
The screw was a straight forward turning job , I screw cut the threads ,material ,stainless steel .
The T bar also in Stainless .
And there we go , job done nearly .
I decided they needed a stand .
The End !
Rob Wilson