Re: Nothing Special For You Guys, but it is metalworking

On 5/25/2025 3:43 PM, Snag wrote:

On 5/25/2025 5:24 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:

On 5/25/2025 2:40 PM, Snag wrote:

On 5/25/2025 3:30 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:

Quick Easy Vise Hold Down Clamps (video)
https://rumble.com/v6tv2qr-quick-easy-vise-hold-down-clamp.html? mref=1sqt4y&mc=42lue
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Now I want to make a set for my screwless vise . It's not as big as yours ... I considered thinning the noses of a couple of my clamp bars but this is much more elegant .
   Gotta finish the gas check punch set first . Started one of mild steel but decided to use O1 instead . Because I remembered I have some .

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I have a bunch of those imports screwless vises.  I kind of think of them as consumables, but they do cost a lot more than they used to.
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    Mine's a shop made 2 1/2" made from mystery steel . Realized when I was about 75% complete the plans called for aluminum .

Here is that weird aluminum vise I was talking about.
There is a lot in that picture.
The DeWalt radio is bluetooth linked to the cell phone in the vise. Yeah, I use the vise as a "camera" mount sometimes when I am working on that bench.
To the left are the old vise hold downs for that screwless vise.  I used them for a number of years.  Still have a couple more screwless vises using those old pin bridge mounts I want to eliminate.
Oh, that reminds me.  I knocked off that blue tap and die case.  I need to go pick them all up and put them back in the case.  Low grade Lowes/Kobalt stuff, but its the set I toss in the truck when I go to somebody else's place to help them out.
Right now I am testing out the radio to see how long it will play on a 3AH 20V tool battery.  Almost 4 hours so far.  Last time I checked the charge indicator it still indicated full charge.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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