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Going to make a vise for my (9") shaper, with the likelihood that it will get used on my mill as well.
I have a few odd pieces of mild steel plate that look just the bits I need. But before I start cutting I thought I would see what the rest of the group thinks about my plans and design.
I am going to put the screw thread the full length of the vise and have it supported by bearings at each end, and a removeable bearing cap to facillitate assembly. The fixed jaw will be keyed to the base and secured by cap bolts from underneath. The moving jaw will sit in a slot and travel along the fixed threaded spindle, and have a plate secured to the bottom, running in a recess in the base, to assist in helping to stop the jaw from rising during tightening.
I am thinking about making the base as large as my shaper table, (7" x 11") so that will give me a jaw width of about 5" and a clamping range of about 4-5" depending on the jaws' final size.
I will put mounting holes in the flange base to suit the machine T slots.
Not sure if I will make replaceable jaws or not?
Not shown are the threaded spindle and the anti rise plate. My mill table is 8" x 30", with a scope of 20" x 6" x 16" (X,Y,Z) travel
So, give me some feedback
Cheers Phil
I have a few odd pieces of mild steel plate that look just the bits I need. But before I start cutting I thought I would see what the rest of the group thinks about my plans and design.
I am going to put the screw thread the full length of the vise and have it supported by bearings at each end, and a removeable bearing cap to facillitate assembly. The fixed jaw will be keyed to the base and secured by cap bolts from underneath. The moving jaw will sit in a slot and travel along the fixed threaded spindle, and have a plate secured to the bottom, running in a recess in the base, to assist in helping to stop the jaw from rising during tightening.
I am thinking about making the base as large as my shaper table, (7" x 11") so that will give me a jaw width of about 5" and a clamping range of about 4-5" depending on the jaws' final size.
I will put mounting holes in the flange base to suit the machine T slots.
Not sure if I will make replaceable jaws or not?
Not shown are the threaded spindle and the anti rise plate. My mill table is 8" x 30", with a scope of 20" x 6" x 16" (X,Y,Z) travel
So, give me some feedback
Cheers Phil