Vises
A vise is the
quickest & easiest way to securely hold a rectangular or round part.
It seems you can't have too many
vises.
6-inch Parlec
mill vise mounted on the RF-25; 75 lbs.
Massive, precise, durable with very high clamping forces.
4-inch Kurt-style milling vise; 37 lbs.
Swivel base for the 4-inch mill vise.
4-inch, low-profile
Delta drill press vise.
Eron 3-inch drill press vise.
3-inch screwless vise mounted on the
Taig mill.
2-inch screwless vise.
2-inch vise being used in the hand tapper.
Palmgren 1½ inch, variable angle drill
press vise.
1-inch screwless vise
with built-in parallels.
Very small pieces can be held in the miniature vise, then held in other vises or set-ups. The small vise can be transferred from machine to machine while still retaining a part's orientation. Parallels (steps) are built into its jaws. The movable jaw is not as wide as the solid jaw allowing it to be adjusted while still clamped in a larger vise. Tolerances are ± 0.0002"
One-inch screwless vise mount on a 4-inch
Sherline rotary table.
2-inch &
3-inch wide sine vises that are both 4-inchs between rolls.
See
sine vise/bar angle calculation.
The ubiquitous, obligatory bench vise.
Upgraded to
a 5", rotating-head,
Palmgren bench vise.
The mount uses a
thick, ½"
sub-plate & hex bolts.
Three, ⅜-16, six-inch long mounting bolts (with washers)
pass all the way through the bench's edge.
High-grade steel & three types of replaceable, hardened steel jaws.
The movable jaw & slide bar are one piece.
Full 360° rotation with 12-positions (every 30°) with a spring-loaded
detent that holds head position during setups.
I would not buy this type of vise if it did not have the
detent mechanism to hold a given position.
56 lbs of precision machined vise made in Taiwan.
Attach the bench to the wall for extra stability.
Pipe & V-jaws.
| Stock Number | 29503 |
| Model | MJ50 |
| Jaw Width | 5⅛" |
| Throat Depth | 3½" |
| Height | 10⅝" |
| Length | 16½" |
| Base Width | 9½" |
| Max Jaw Opening | 4" |
| Max Pipe Capacity |
3½" |
| Max V-Jaw Opening | 4½" |
| Weight | 56 lbs (25.4 kg) |
The vise base has 3 mounting lugs but the sub-plate
allowed a 4th (6") bolt to be utilized.
Spring-loaded detent shown. There are two, base swivel locking lugs.
Soft jaws made out of aluminum L-bracket.
Columbian 4½ inch (USA).
Milled, smooth-finish, soft aluminum replacement jaws.
To remove sideways play in the slide bar, I drilled &
tapped (¼-20) the vise body for a set screw (other
side).
I put a small (3mm) length of Teflon rod in between the
screw & slide bar to reduce friction.
Anvils
Round, hardened anvil for parts assembly &
disassembly.