As the top of the moving jaw is machined flat, you could drill and tap some extra holes for the Mite-E-Bites further back to hold larger plates. You would have to remember to avoid drilling the vice by mistake.

Good idea – both in itself and in designing it to borrow existing clamps from another machine.

The basic principle is somewhat similar to the very simple plate-vice on a small engraving-machine I once had, but the Mite-E-Bites are new to me and I like their compact nature.

Sorry – this should have been on the post above but I accidentally closed the page.

Anyway….

"…. the Mite-E-Bites are new to me …"

Thank you for drawing our attention to them. I looked up their manufacturer's web-site, assuming we are looking at the same items by the same manufacturer, whose name is actually "Mitee-Bite".:

Mitee-Bite LLC – an American or Canadian company – calls them "Fixture Clamps" within a range of various patterns of work-holding clamps, and explains their principle, with an eccentric rather than standard screw, and an arrangement to prevent the hexagonal body revolving. They look expensive, but I would expect that as the entire range seems intended for jig-work for high-precision, high-volume production. So I would not be surprised they came with your CNC mill as O.E. attachments, but might not otherwise be readily available.

Or… "Mite-E-Bite"? Who has closely copied whom?

The screw is fixed in the eccentric, though I can't remember how – possibly a press fit utilising the knurl on the cap head. Obviously, two flats are optional. Very easy to make. Not hardened in my case, but not needed by me. A very powerful, low profile clamp.

Edited By john halfpenny on 28/06/2020 09:53:50

(not the HH design) Is it anymore than turning a say 10 thou eccentricity on a cap head bolt, perhaps with a conical form to hold down the hex washer ?

edit: now I look at MG's link I see no cone, the T-slot version drawing is more detailed than the plan one. They also have a wdge clamp that is a variation on a printer's quoin which could have a few uses. Few more ideas on that link too.

Edited By Bazyle on 28/06/2020 11:14:27