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Awhile back I bought a substantial Stanley drill press vise as a replacement for the piece of junk HF vise I have.
It is a pain to use because I have to mickey mouse clamp it to the table. About the only thing I like about the HF vise are the slots along each side of the vise to mount the vise to the table. Otherwise it is junk. I would like to create the same feature on the Stanley. I have some angle iron that I could mill a slot in. But how do I attach it to the vise. I keep going back and forth between trying to weld it to the vise or to drill and tap the vise to mount the angle iron. There may be other options that I have not thought.
Suggestions please.
It is a pain to use because I have to mickey mouse clamp it to the table. About the only thing I like about the HF vise are the slots along each side of the vise to mount the vise to the table. Otherwise it is junk. I would like to create the same feature on the Stanley. I have some angle iron that I could mill a slot in. But how do I attach it to the vise. I keep going back and forth between trying to weld it to the vise or to drill and tap the vise to mount the angle iron. There may be other options that I have not thought.
Suggestions please.