Toolmaker’s clamp modification, filing accessory

[Philip Davies]

Yesterday, I was filing a square hole in a washer, held in my vice. I could just about manage this. But this morning I remembered an unsatisfactory clamp I have (one of the threads was damaged). So, why not use it so it could hold a small item in the vice?

[mklotz]

Yesterday, I was filing a square hole in a washer, held in my vice. I could just about manage this. But this morning I remembered an unsatisfactory clamp I have (one of the threads was damaged). So, why not use it so it could hold a small item in the vice?

All my homemade clamps have one jaw extended to provide a gripping area so they can be used in the bench vise.



It's an extremely handy feature to keep in mind when making clamps.

[TheElderBrother]

Yo, dawg, I heard you like a vise in your vise, so we made you a vise with a vise with a vise in it...

[DIYer]

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

Small Parts Vise by Philip Davies

tags: vise, clamp, modification

[JoeH]

There's always a way. Love vices, er I mean vises.

[wizard69]

Another example of why I tune in weekly, often several times a week, the idea and the comments expressed are golden.

[Toolmaker51]

Another example of why I tune in weekly, often several times a week, the idea and the comments expressed are golden.

Twas not truer words ever said.