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    The Maker's Vise

    Hi Everyone! I wanted to show off our "Maker's Vise" here for our kickstarter launch. My boss and I set out to design a greaseless vise for our own use. We do a lot of prototype work which often requires designing our own tools. And, grease is a contamination for the silicone encapsulation work that we were doing. After we began building our first vise prototype, it became apparent that this is a tool that could replace most of the vises in our shop.

    The main ideas:
    We redesigned the toolmaker style of vise to be a general purpose vise.

    The maker's vise concept drawing [holding conduit]:
    The Maker's Vise-conduit_silver_handle.png

    The slide surfaces are made from Delrin. I would describe Delrin as a plastic similar to Teflon, but more durable and better under compression.

    Unlike the toolmaker style vises, the maker's vise counter-brace (the part that makes it a vise) is self-aligning. So, you can just slide the head into position and apply torque to the knob handle. Use a hex key for up to 1500 lbs of compression strength.

    We are also advocating for the use of 3d printed custom jaws. People have been making custom jaws for a while. Generally by cutting a makeshift piece out of wood. But, that's the old way of doing things. Modern multi-material makers benefit from the miracle of plastics. Custom jaws can be printed exact to fit, reducing the overall clamp force needed and risk of damage to your project.

    We are crowdfunding for tooling and to do our first production run! Here is a picture of our current prototype:
    The Maker's Vise-7718895d2ecd8c243798a4771572fede_original.jpg

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    Thanks Solextract! We've added your Makers Vise to our Vises category,
    as well as to your builder page: Solextract's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:




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    Awesome, Thank you.

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    Nice Kickstarter launch. Looks like you guys are more than 1/4 of the way to funding:



    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...pose-hobby-vis

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    I just backed this project on behalf of HomemadeTools.net.

    This vise is obviously a bit on the lighter side, but for what it is, and how it's presented, I think I'm going to get a very good deal for my money.

    I also simply couldn't resist backing one of our member's Kickstarter projects!

    Proof:


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    !! Wow. Thank you Jon. This just made my day. A pledge from the HomeMadeTools.net founder ranks among the coolest things that have happened during our campaign.
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    Funded!!!

    Congrats! Gotta admit I was a little worried for you guys a week ago, but you pulled through with 5 days to spare. Well done.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
    Funded!!!

    Congrats! Gotta admit I was a little worried for you guys a week ago, but you pulled through with 5 days to spare. Well done.

    Thank you Jon. !! We never had a doubt that we would fund.. Haha.. okay, maybe we were sweating profusely for just a few days towards the middle of the campaign. We got our act together on the social media front though, and received an endorsement from the local Hobby Town USA hobby shop. But, mainly, I believe a lot of the momentum came from backers who really wanted their Maker's Vise and put our campaign out in front of similar minded individuals.

    We're looking forward to getting to work on making these. If anything interesting comes up in the process, i'll come back here and make a post about it.

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    Jon, have you received the vise as yet?
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    I donated into the initial Kickstarter launch just to help them out. I received one of the vises and it works very well. I use it mainly on the drill presses.

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