Re: Need to Make A Vise

["Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oops.  Wrong group.  Sorry.

"Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have been bouncing around an idea for a specialty screwless vise.  I've
> got the shape and design figured out, and I think I have the machine
> processes to make it figured out.  I'm still struggling with the exact
> best way to drill the pin holes, but that's not my hold up.  I'm trying to
> decided what material to make it out of.  The cheap steel that the Harbor
> freight vises are cast from machines nicely, but I don't know what it is,
> and I'm not sure it would be rigid enough.  I could do it with aluminum
> easily enough, but I really don't think that would work very well.  If the
> design works I can see myself using this vise for many many years, and
> even custom designing it for other machines.  It doesn't have to withstand
> tons of holding force, but it should be able to handle upto 100 lbs of
> holding force with minimal distortion.  I know, make it heavy, but the
> idea is really geared towards mini machines, so heavy really is not an
> option.  I suspect a 75 lb vise would cause or contribute to motor
> stalling on some of these machines.
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