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  • jkopel
    Member
    • Jun 2010
    • 61

    I love long weekends.
    Finally finished some things that have been on my todo list for too long.
    A basic speed handle for my mill vise, and an adapter for putting a drill motor on the knee:


    New base for my little Dumore drill press:

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    • sasquatch
      Senior Member
      • May 2006
      • 4957

      Sweet Handle,, and Nice work.

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      • RichR
        Senior Member
        • Jan 2014
        • 2756

        Hi jkopel
        A basic speed handle for my mill vise ...
        That's an interesting looking vise, though I can't visualize which jaw moves and how. Did you make it? Maybe you could post a couple more pictures?
        Location: Long Island, N.Y.

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        • Sun God
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2012
          • 398

          Originally posted by RichR View Post
          Hi jkopel

          That's an interesting looking vise, though I can't visualize which jaw moves and how. Did you make it? Maybe you could post a couple more pictures?
          It's the Quad-I vise (I'd link but they don't seem to be online any longer). The fixed jaw is the one closest to the camera with the handle, the movable jaw is pulled towards the user.

          Useful for CNC, and just generally. Makes it a bit easier to index a part off the fixed jaw when it's right in front of you, rather than buried under the spindle and ram. Useful for CNC as if you home off the fixed jaw, all the Y moves on a part held in the vise are in the Y+ quadrant, so every move commanded is just the positive displacement off the fixed jaw. Makes life just a little easier if you're doing things conversationally or hand-coding.

          I love that Dumore high speed drill. Super art-deco and very cool.

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          • jkopel
            Member
            • Jun 2010
            • 61

            Thanks guys.
            As for the vise, what Sun God said.
            It was made by a company called Hurco (I think) that is not making them anymore.
            The guy who made them is a member over on PM as it turns out, I did not know what it was when I bought it from a friend (who did not know either).
            The stationary jaw in the front took a little getting used to, but now I love it.
            It is massive and smooth to use, and it also has slots in the bottom so you can stand it on its side (which I did to hold the knee adapter while cutting the teeth).


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            • RichR
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2014
              • 2756

              Thanks for the info and extra pictures. That's one fine looking vise. I Googled the Quad-I and it looked like an efficient design.
              Location: Long Island, N.Y.

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              • stefang
                Member
                • Sep 2014
                • 95

                Shop made tools? Strange thing, I started out with model building and ended with making tools and gadgets for the shop.

                A few to be shown here:

                G.H.Thomas Versatile dividing head made from the Hemingways Kit:



                Ball turner for my 9x20 lathe, using DC** inserts:



                Stefan
                Personal website

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                • chucketn
                  Senior Member
                  • Jan 2010
                  • 444

                  Nice work Stefan.

                  Chuck

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                  • Toolguy
                    Senior Member
                    • Jan 2010
                    • 6666

                    Great work and photos Stefang! Welcome to the Forums! That's a pretty good first post.
                    Kansas City area

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                    • stefang
                      Member
                      • Sep 2014
                      • 95

                      Great work and photos Stefang! Welcome to the Forums!
                      Thank you!

                      I have another small batch of photos..

                      Saw arbors:


                      Low profile clamps:



                      Set of screw jacks:


                      Stefan
                      Personal website

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                      • mars-red
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2012
                        • 1059

                        Beautiful work, Stefan!! I especially love those low profile clamps, I will be making myself some of those! They would have been perfect for a few past projects of mine.
                        Max
                        http://joyofprecision.com/

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                        • sasquatch
                          Senior Member
                          • May 2006
                          • 4957

                          Great work, real nice!!

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                          • _Paul_
                            Senior Member
                            • Jun 2011
                            • 652

                            Originally posted by mars-red View Post
                            Beautiful work, Stefan!! I especially love those low profile clamps, I will be making myself some of those!
                            +1

                            thats a really neat design one i've not seen before.

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                            • PixMan
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2009
                              • 2077

                              The low-profile clamps would be useful to me for thin plates too big to fit in my Kurt D675 vise. Otherwise, I'll use the vise and save cranking the knee up by several inches.

                              I feel that kind of clamp on thinner parts also tends to bend them up in the middle, something a vise doesn't do with the longer clamping surfaces involved. Less pressure on the low-profile clamps would be required if they had knurled or serrated surfaces at the clamping points. Do they have that?

                              The saw arbors are what have MY attention. Very nice!
                              Last edited by PixMan; 09-02-2014, 08:26 PM.

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                              • thaiguzzi
                                Senior Member
                                • Apr 2012
                                • 1601

                                Originally posted by _Paul_ View Post
                                +1

                                thats a really neat design one i've not seen before.
                                +2.
                                Regards,
                                Mike.

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