A Scratch-Built Drill Press Vise from Scrap
Never underestimate the importance of fixturing when you’re machining parts. No matter what the material, firmly locking it down is the key to good results, and may be the difference between a pleasant afternoon in the shop and a day in the Emergency Room. Flying parts and shattered tooling are no joke, but a lot of times quality commercial solutions are expensive and, well, commercial. So this scratch-built drill press vise is something the thrifty metalworker may want to consider.
To be sure, [Ollari’s] vise, made as it is almost completely from scrap angle iron, is no substitute for a …read more
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