Quote Originally Posted by thehomeengineer View Post
Hi Rick

Hope you don't mind me sharing my post on clocking up a vice on your post?

But being a lazy engineer ( or just always trying to find the quickest way to get the job done ) Clocking up a vise can be achieved in seconds using two tee nuts/bolts thick washers, mallet, parallel and a clock and base.

This is the method I use to clock up most jigs,fixtures,rotary tables, work pieces and vices. Works every time with next to no setup needed to achieve a perfect alignment to the desired axis.

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/quickest-way-i-know-how-clock-up-machine-vice-65939

Hope this will be of interest and my videos are no way as good as yours but hopefully it will got across the idea

The Home Engineer
You have the good fortune of having a bolt hole aligned with the front face of that bar. That makes all the difference. I do see that you picked up 1/2 thou of error from tightening the bolts. John Herrmann, a good friend of mine, suggested using spherical washers to prevent this.

I have used a similar arrangement and had a problem with the vise sliding around the pivot hole. I added a close-fitting bushing which helped.

Rick