Tool Makers Vise

**rossbotics** · May 30, 2015, 01:59 PM

I made this little tool makers vise for surface grinding and machining small things I make on occasion, I probably want use it that much but I'll have it whenever the time arrives.
I have a 3" Brown and Sharp tool makers vise and for the most it's just fine, but it gets a little awkward , I'll probably use this vise a lot more now that I have it.

The vise and other parts were made from O-1 tool steel hardened, tempered and ground all over to the dimensions on the prints, It took a little time to design this little creature but it came out really nice. Two hardware items that need to be purchased are One- 10-24 SHCS 1 1/4" long and One 3/16" dowel pin 1 1/4" long

Once I had everything drawn up I started the machining process, as I went along I found a change or two that needed correcting in the drawings, Sometimes you can't really see some little detail until you make it, But there were only two things I had to change, But I want get into detail about those things, they were basically something I forgot to add to the drawing.
I left .010" over there specified dimensions for finish grinding, The parts were then oil hardened, tempered and ground in a 3" B&S tool makers vise

Below are some photos

As always thanks for looking and happy machining

Doug

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