Float Lock Vise

[olderdan]

Thanks for that link Bruce, Tubal Cain has long been one of my favorites from my teens as a major contributor to the Model Engineer magazine but did not know he was Mr Pete, I recognized his distinctive voice immediately.

[Rusty Knuckles]

Very cool. I have a large one here for my drill press but never thought of making a smaller one. Could be very useful.

[Jon]

Congratulations Dbj58 - your Float Lock Vise is the Homemade Tool of the Week!

Good job on a big week around here, with many high-quality tool builds. This is a useful vise design that I suspect we'll see more of around here.

Some more nice builds from this week:

Small Rotary Table by threesixesinarow
Sand Muller by Mark Presling
Knifemaker's Vise by JKeetonKnives
Parts Tumbler by Catfish
Parkerizing Heater by Mark Presling
Bar Stock Bender by Kwandotechnic
Drill Press Table Counterweight by Catfish
Door Knocker by Philip Davies
Revolving Two-Tire Lift by steven Sauer
Portable Miter Saw Table by Keith William Knull
QCTP Tool Holders by Catfish
Wall Hook Racks by Philip Davies
Lathe Dog by celsoari
Roll Pin Punches by Catfish
Bearing Puller by Eloy Workshop
Nail Knot Tool by Catfish


Dbj58 - we've added your tool entry to our All Homemade Tool of the Week winners post. And, you'll now notice the wrench-on-pedestal award in the awards showcase in your postbit, visible beneath your username:



You'll be receiving a $25 online gift card, in your choice of Amazon, PayPal, or bitcoin. Please PM me your current email address and award choice and I'll get it sent over right away.

Nice work!

[Dbj58]

Thank you very much for the award

[Dbj58]

Mr Pete is Tubalcain written in one word whereas Tubal Cain is an author of many different machining and model engeneering books. These are 2 different people.

[bruce.desertrat]

Thank you very much for the award

It is well-deserved.Yours is an inspirational tool, versus an aspirational one....

Threesixesinarow had a great tool this week with his rotary table build, but it's way beyond my skill level. Someday I aspire to be skilled enough to make things like that.

Yours is inspirational; it has me looking over the bits and pieces in my shop to make one for myself.

[Toolmaker51]

I use the commercial version. Fine on a full size machine to drill, also good for vertical bandsaw, but needs real estate. Your float-lock [Dbj58] captured every facet in a well proportioned vise. I shouldn't think mild steel an issue, could always drill and tap for hard jaw plates.

[olderdan]

Mr Pete is Tubalcain written in one word whereas Tubal Cain is an author of many different machining and model engeneering books. These are 2 different people.

Thanks for the correction, always best to get it right.

[Jon]

To add to the confusion, there is the hyphenated original "Tubal-cain": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubal-cain

[Dbj58]

I use the commercial version. Fine on a full size machine to drill, also good for vertical bandsaw, but needs real estate. Your float-lock [Dbj58] captured every facet in a well proportioned vise. I shouldn't think mild steel an issue, could always drill and tap for hard jaw plates.

Thank you, I agree 4140 would have been better and I wish I had the tooling to cut Acme thread as the screw needs to be that.