Drill press vice positioner

Drill press vice positioner

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31 March 2016 at 12:00 #232653
Gray62
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I read an article sometime in the last couple of years that described a postioner/holding device for a drill press vice that allowed the vice to swing across the table. Despite several searches through indexes, google etc I cannot find this article. can anyone help, I'm sure I didn't imagine it
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31 March 2016 at 12:00 #12665
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31 March 2016 at 12:22 #232658
Vic
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Was it something like this?

**LINK**
31 March 2016 at 12:25 #232659
Gray62
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Hi Vic, it was along those lines but a bit more 'comprehensive'. I'm sure it was an article in one of the ME publications
31 March 2016 at 12:29 #232660
JasonB
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Yes recent ME had a sort of parallelogram arrangement
31 March 2016 at 12:29 #232661
Frances IoM
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ME #4517 + 4518 taming the drilling machine vice by j maurel

I do wish the login process on this site was tamed – a right pain since Neil ‘fixed’ it
31 March 2016 at 12:36 #232662
Gray62
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Frances, thank you, that's the one
1 April 2016 at 06:25 #232757
John Reese
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I have a copy of the Float Lock vise made by an old toolmaker. They are great, but heavy.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=float+lock+vice&qpvt=float+lock+vice&qpvt=float+lock+vice&FORM=IGRE

The jaws are stepped so it like having a set of built in parallels.
1 April 2016 at 08:00 #232759
John McNamara
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My solution is two pieces of 25 x 12 x 130mm steel bar with threaded hole set in the centre of one end forming a lever nut, round of the sharp edges to protect your hands.

Half inch bolts and a washers set from underneath the table completes the vice clamps. No more looking for a clamp. For an application like this a Whitworth thread is stronger than M12. due to the coarser thread

I just loosen the clamp levers and vice and all drag the vice into position.

Much stronger than a G clamp and no spanner needed.

Only a few minutes to make. cost from the scrap bin….nil.

Regards
John

Edited By John McNamara on 01/04/2016 08:02:19
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