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So my brother (racer57) told me about this idea he called a floating drill press vice. I found a Tubal Cain video about it and watched enough to get the basic idea. I made mine smaller because my drill press has a small table. ( It started out as one of those cheap chinese bench top drill presses which i have modified to make it more versatile) I decided to use 1/2 13 threads since I had a long bolt which would work once I extended the threads to the whole length. I had another scrap I turned to 1/2 ". The jaws are made out of some cast iron I purchased from Alro metals remnant area. Once I completed the vice, I bolted a piece of aluminum to the side of the table. I drilled and tapped a hole in this piece to bolt the locking clamp to.
It seems to work pretty well except I noticed if I clamp a larger piece (say 2 1/2") , it tends to want to pinch the piece upward on the floating jaw.
It seems to work pretty well except I noticed if I clamp a larger piece (say 2 1/2") , it tends to want to pinch the piece upward on the floating jaw.