Re: Making a Screwless Vise

"Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:10180uf$3f1t7$1@dont-email.me...
"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:1017hpe$3bs4n$1@dont-email.me...
My first mill vise was a piece of aluminum bolted across the table of my
Taig, a flat strip of aluminum, and a piece of aluminum angle.  I'd run
bolts through the angle, slide the strip under the flat leg, push the
vertical leg up against the stock and tighten it down forming a lever
clamp on the edge of the stock.  This allowed me to machine the entire
face.  I'm sure you get it, but if not I could pencil up a sketch pretty
quick.  I think the only reason I didn't send stock flying is because of
the very low cutting loads.
Bob La Londe
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As I imagine it the strip under the horizontal leg's outer edge tilted the vertical leg of the angle against the stock when you tightened the hold downs.