Recent content by pandapike

So, here is the Power Arm clamp, finished. I made this one for myself. It was designed for the Baby Bullet and Power Arm Junior. This version is beefy and more than an adequate stopgap, given the lack of originals available on the market. For those curious about the construction, the clamp is...

Parker Vise bears: I’ve never been able to justify spending $400 on a tool advertisement piece, so I decided to make my own. Each piece is hand-painted and made from a modern material that’s 60% iron and 40% plastic, so—as you can see in one of the photos—they’re magnetic. They aren’t...

That’s just a smaller version of the Wilton version. I wanted to just put my take on it. I always thought a Wilton bullet would be cooler than the tradesman that’s why I did it.

Yeah I got one also

Thanks.

Just made this little guy for fun. It’s functional but I am only going to use it for display 2” jaws using iron/plastic composite materials. That’s a 5” SnapOn branded Wilton for size comparison.

I’ve been designing and building these vises for the past eight months, using a combination of machining and 3D printing. Through this process, I’ve identified several weak points that cannot be 3D printed and must instead be made from solid metal. Since I do not have the equipment to produce...

A couple jeweler vises I have made

So I’m looking to make jaws for small jeweler vices. I’d like to incorporate these dimensions and have each jaw 2 inches. I’m having a hard time trying to find the stock. It’s the same dimension that a real original baby Wilton bullet vise jaws are made in. Can someone give me some advice here...

Just to be clear, this is a jeweler vise it’s size is Paramount, which is why it’s useful for specific uses if I can allow it to open 40 mm instead of 22 it makes it more useful and obviously if someone stupid enough to put something on that is too heavy or too overpowered. That is just a lack...

To put it simply, the current design uses a 44 mm nut. I 3D print a part that allows the nut sit on as reduce the overall length in half to 22 mm. Unfortunately, this creates two issues: first, it shortens the usable length of the slide because the cavity is now partially taken up by the nut...

I’m currently working on a slight redesign of my small jeweler’s vise. I’m trying to extend the jaw opening, and to do that, I’m switching from a standard nut to an internally threaded pipe. However, I feel like there might be a better solution out there. Ideally, I’d like to attach the threaded...

Thanks I appreciate it. I have been constantly improving the design probably made about 50 so for each one seems to be slight better than the last.

What I’ve built here is a 2-inch, baby bullet-style vise inspired by classic designs like the Wilton, York, and Buffalo, with a nod to similar Soviet-era styles. This is my personal take on a timeless tool that’s been reimagined countless times over the past 80 years. The body is crafted...

I’ve decided to start reproducing some Wilton parts that are no longer available. Since I’m not casting these pieces, I’m using high-performance 3D printing filaments instead. The originals were made from aluminum, but given the materials I’m using, the durability may actually end up being...