Wilton Bullet Vise

[682bear]

@682bear

Your ball turner seems to work well. Is there a build thread?
I would like to know whether or not you used bearings (what type/size) to support the arbor or does the arbor simply turn in the bore of the holder.

I did mention it in this thread...

Radius ball turner

I've been wanting to make a ball turner for quite some time. Well, this past week I finally got a "round 2 it"! My first tool holder attempt caused me to say some things, that I'm glad my son didn't hear... ...but I managed to get it right the second attempt! I first tried mounting the base to...

www.hobby-machinist.com

(I hope I did the link correctly)...

I did not use any type of bearing in my turner... it is just a 'snug slip fit' in the boring bar holder... I used a chinesium holder and bored it just enough to get a good, clean, straight hole, (as manufactured, the offshore holder was neither round or straight) then machined the arbor to fit. It does work pretty well.

-Bear

 

[682bear]

This morning I cut the material for the handle to length and turned both ends to be a tap fit in the handle ends. I tapped one end on, welded it to the handle, then slipped the handle into the end of the vise screw. I then tapped the other end onto the handle and welded it. Finally, I hand blended the excess weld off and polished the ends...







I think it came out pretty good... now I need to machine a set of jaw plates and this vise will be finished... for now.

-Bear

 

[wachuko]

Handle came out great!

 

[wachuko]

Hummmm double post… weird…

Anyway… I really need to redo the one in mine. Was great to see one method of making one

 

[Dabbler]

A very fine vise you have there.

 

[BGHansen]

Bear,

I was just giving you a hard time... that was just joking. It came out great.

You know what they say about poking the bear!

Bruce

 

[Manual Mac]

This is my buddy’s 4” bullet vise.
He says his son broke it, doesn’t think he was using a cheater bar on it, and the handles not bent.
A mystery.
Kids…….

 

[wachuko]

This is my buddy’s 4” bullet vise.
He says his son broke it, doesn’t think he was using a cheater bar on it, and the handles not bent.
A mystery.
Kids…….

A moment of silence....

 

[extropic]

I wonder if that would be a type of failure that Wilton sees often?
Love to see a video of what happened to it.

 

[NCjeeper]

Looks like it was cracked for awhile looking at the old rust areas.