Making a Bench Vise/Clamp Thingy with This Old Tony
Machine shop wiz, This Old Tony, fashions a beautiful little hand vise/bench clamp out of steel stock.
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Use your drill press in reverse to make perfectly centered holes
Vik Olliver put up a great tutorial about how you can successfully drill down the middle of a shaft using a standard drill press and cheap vise.
Mutant vise/clamp tool
ToolMonger writes: Riddle time: What do you get when you cross a set of vise-grips with a clamp? Answer: A clamp that strips the hell out of your workpiece — well, maybe if you don’t use the optional protective pads. But no, you get a kick-ass fast-action clamp with a throat depth of 2-1/2″ that […]
Vise quieting mod
From the MAKE Flickr pool Member Cmorris shares a quick tip for making your vise a little quieter – just add a couple rubber o-rings. – Link Related: Make a survival hand-vise – Link
