Verti-Vise 5" Vertical Machine Vise - $400 (los altos, CA)

I can afford it, but do I need it? That is the question.....
 
Hell, I went to the trouble of building one. They are very useful for squaring and things like drilling & tapping and milling slots in the end of a part. I usually leave mine on one end of the table with the horizontal vise at the other. Suggest using the missing blocks as negotiating leverage.

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I'm trying to look up what those blocks are/look like..
 
What happens if I take a regular drill press vise (or mill vise, or toolmaker's vise) and lay it down on the surface grinder for a few passes? Would the resulting tool be as good? What if I ground a Palmgren, could I sell it for $400?
 
Still needs a lock down surface, unless I'm missing something. I also already have an 8" vert/hor rotary table that would take one of my 4 vises, like this NOS Polish one
 
Aukai said:
I'm trying to look up what those blocks are/look like..
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They are 1 in. square in lengths from about 1 in. up to the capacity of the vise with two dowels in each end. The dowels engage in holes in the vise jaws so the block acts as a stock support. I've forgotten the length increment, but there would have been about 6 of them.
 
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Thank you I did see some of those online.
 
That looks like a fun project- I think I'll build one too

On a side note- I can really smell the smoke here from the fires. Yikes. Again.
I knew we were in for it with all the lightning the other nite
 
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