Milling vice inserts for round material.

[Mook]

Holding round parts in a milling vice can be difficult if the part is larger than the available vee blocks. This simple pair of low profile identical jaws can hold from over 160mm diameter down to below 30mm diameter with reducing pins. Smaller diameters can be held using larger rollers.


If the part sits below the jaws the use of an indicator on the part perimeter is not possible. As the jaws are identical & exactly 100 mm wide an edgefinder is easily used to find the X dimension @ 50mm from one edge. The Y dimension is mid point between the vice jaws. These two dimensions will give the centre of the disc without having to edgefind on curved surfaces.

[DIYer]

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

Mill Vise Inserts by Mook

tags: vise

[mr mikey]

Very nice setup. Thanks. Mike.

[Canyonman44]

Blueprints?

[thadrodgers]

Sell them?

[Mook]

Thanks for the comments.
Here is a link to the drawings in PDF format. - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SUj...ew?usp=sharing

My original challenge was to have rotating rollers with a self aligning flat on them to help prevent marking of the component. It became a bit too complicated and with more parts progressive errors can creep in. So I decided on this simple design to prove the concept. However after a rethink, I have a simpler solution to incorporate rotating flatted rollers.

[Jon]

Congratulations Mook - your Mill Vise Inserts are the Homemade Tool of the Week!

Nice solution, and thank you for adding the drawings, and we look forward to your next iteration for incorporating flatted rollers.

Some more good builds from this week:

Universal Handle by My MiniCrafts
Graduating Tool by PaulsGarageProjects
Knife Bevel Jig by Mazay
Tapered Gauge Pins by Workshopfriend
Round Stock Support by orioncons36
Tool Grinder Bed Stop by thehomeengineer


Mook - you'll be receiving a $100 prize, in your choice of Amazon, PayPal, or bitcoin. Please PM me your current email address and prize choice and I'll get it sent over right away.

This is your 2nd Homemade Tool of the Week. Here are both of your Homemade Tool of the Week winning tools. Congrats again

Forming Die by Mook

tags: punch, die

Mill Vise Inserts by Mook

tags: vise

[Mook]

Thanks for the award.

As promised here is a sneek peek at the self aligning rotating roller design.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B_t...ew?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19ik...ew?usp=sharing