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Figured I’d start a thread here of tools that I have made to make my job easier. I work in a hydraulic repair shop as a machinist, and made several items to make jobs go easier. I think I have come up with these ideas myself, or I just modified someone else’s idea for my situation.
I will post pictures as I come across the items in use. Maybe someone else can get an inspiration to make something for themselves.
First up is bandsaw vice accessories. First improvement was adding a taller and wider plate to the fixed jaw. I made the edge only about 1/4” away from the blade. Makes for clamping very narrow pieces much easier.
Shown is my sliding jaw extension too. A piece of plate with two pieces of round stock welded as seen. I have several round blocks made with a flat milled on one side to sit against the main vice back. The sliding jaw can then clamp work pieces easier, and with three round points on the vice extension plate, allows more flexible sizes to be clamped, and uneven parts too.
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I will post pictures as I come across the items in use. Maybe someone else can get an inspiration to make something for themselves.
First up is bandsaw vice accessories. First improvement was adding a taller and wider plate to the fixed jaw. I made the edge only about 1/4” away from the blade. Makes for clamping very narrow pieces much easier.
Shown is my sliding jaw extension too. A piece of plate with two pieces of round stock welded as seen. I have several round blocks made with a flat milled on one side to sit against the main vice back. The sliding jaw can then clamp work pieces easier, and with three round points on the vice extension plate, allows more flexible sizes to be clamped, and uneven parts too.
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