Bench Vise project

[hdskip]

This is another project that my students make in the high school Precision Machining Class that I teach.
Gary

 

[AR1911]

Looks like a fun project. I tried to save those drawings, but it only comes through as thumbnails, too small to use.

 

[hdskip]

This is a nice little vise and works well. I've made several sets of jaws for different purposes. The one's in the pic are Delrin.
I'll see if I can get my tech savvy wife to change them. Give me a day or so.
Gary

 

[hdskip]

Here are better copies of the prints for this project. Sorry for the delay.

 

[Andre]

Very pretty vise! I noticed on the bottom bolt circle, you used coordinates. Do your school mills have DRO's or just dials? (In theory, it is possible to do coordinates with dials and backlash)

 

[melsdad]

Very nice vise! Another thing to add to the project list!

 

[magu]

Thanks for sharing the plans Gary, This would really come in useful with model building, I may have to take a shot at making one of these.

 

[hdskip]

We have DRO but I teach students to use both dials and DRO's. There are a lot of different techniques in this project. Some time we use flat plate to make the base and sometime we use round stock.Thank you for all the nice comments. I have this vise on my desk at school and use it daily. I'm pretty much a vise freak as well as several other types of freak I guess. It's not just theory about dials and coordinates. I can remember when DRO's were a rarity in most shops. Travel dials come to mind ...... by the way they are still sold by Southwest Industries I think.

 

[machinistmarty]

When we got our first digital readout, The old machinist scoffed at it. I was just an apprentice. But I was doing accurate bolt circles in 1/3 the time, They started to notice what an advantage it was. I wasnt the only one doing that, but I was the greenest one in the shop.

 

[Torbo]

Nice Vise! My be I shall try to do the same?