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Like many others here, I was tired of scrounging up pieces of scrap steel to space out the unsupported end of my vise when cutting short pieces.
Today, I pirated an old valve spring compressor I have had sitting around for 30 years to get its screw adjustment mechanism. I cut off the threaded end of the compressor along with the screw and rotating head. After machining a slot and a hole in a piece of 3" x 4" x 3/8" angle iron, I welded the end of the valve spring compressor to the angle iron as shown in the photos.
I milled a recess in the face of the new vise to allow the rotating head of the screw to sit flush with the surface. I double nutted the other end of the screw to permit the use of an impact wrench to quickly move the screw in and out as needed. Needless to say, I stop sort of running the screw all the way in or out. The use of the nuts also will allow me to remove the screw if necessary.
Today, I pirated an old valve spring compressor I have had sitting around for 30 years to get its screw adjustment mechanism. I cut off the threaded end of the compressor along with the screw and rotating head. After machining a slot and a hole in a piece of 3" x 4" x 3/8" angle iron, I welded the end of the valve spring compressor to the angle iron as shown in the photos.
I milled a recess in the face of the new vise to allow the rotating head of the screw to sit flush with the surface. I double nutted the other end of the screw to permit the use of an impact wrench to quickly move the screw in and out as needed. Needless to say, I stop sort of running the screw all the way in or out. The use of the nuts also will allow me to remove the screw if necessary.
