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I was asked to cross post my ultimate vise project for you all to see. You can read more about it here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/my-ultimate-bench-vise-a-long-journey.504985/ --- In my shop, I’ve found that my most used tool is my bench vise. I’d long wanted a larger, more...

If I had access to appropriate mills and lathes for doing this somewhat efficiently I might consider it, but this one I did on an anemic, under powered, somewhat unhealthy CNC mill. As such it took far, far too much time and effort to get the results I wanted to make it practical to make more...

Sure! It's not too bad now, just a bit dusty with some drill chips strewn around from some aluminum parts I was making the other day:

A bit of both. I definitely dabble as a hobby machinist, but I also have a side business machining 2x72 belt grinders: MCMachineWorks.com

I haven't found that. The vise sits near my drill press so it often gets chips on it, but they just wipe off. This vise gets used constantly, so it's always somewhat dirty; I don't clean it very often.

Thank you. I consider my painting skills mediocre at best, so I'm glad it came across reasonably well! I just used a can of spray primer designed for clean bare metal and a can of Rustoleum Hammered Black spray paint. I really like the depth and texture that the hammered paint gives.

Unfortunately I don't have any photos of the internals. I have no idea why I never took any, but I'm not taking the vise apart any time soon so some CAD renderings will have to suffice. In the above drawing, the tube on the right is the nut tube. The lead screw nut was welded and pinned into...

I don't remember exactly but it was somewhere between 70 and 80 pounds. One of my design criteria was that I wanted to be able to pick it up and move it by myself! The jaw towers were made from annealed 4140 that I chose not to harden because I didn't see much point in doing so and I didn't...

I felt like that before I used it for the first time. That was about six months ago and it's been used heavily ever since! I'm a firm believer that nice things should be used and appreciated for what they are rather than sit untouched.

Yeah, that's a ball detent to help retain the handle. And yes, I used a CNC mill to machine the mating hex. I believe I did it with a 3/16" end mill, drilling out the corners prior to milling to relieve the areas the end mill wouldn't be able to cut.

Here you go. Lets try to keep talk about my project from cluttering up F-22's thread. I'm curious to see where he goes with his ideas! My ultimate bench vise - a long journey

Final photos after paint and assembly:

In my shop, I’ve found that my most used tool is my bench vise. I’d long wanted a larger, more precise vise that I could use for everything from holding machined parts right out of the mill for tertiary operations to pressing components together to holding parts for general fabrication. Because...

I do but I don't want to take over this thread. I was just trying to provide some inspiration. Maybe I'll start a thread about my vise at some point soon.

I pursued a project similar to this recently. I wanted to make an extremely high precision bench vise that addressed all the quibbles I have with other designs. I ended up milling and turning it out of 1018 mild steel (cylindrical body parts and base), 4140 (jaw towers, annealed), 1045 (anvil...

I had the same experience.

While I agree that the Snap-on is a great screwdriver, I almost immediately got rid of mine because I couldn't stand the bit storage. I vastly prefer a captive organization system that doesn't allow the bits to rattle around in the handle and makes switching between bits fast and easy. My...

IN YOUR OPINION. I personally prefer to use a ratcheting screwdriver for small electronics and such because I can choke up on the handle and use the tips of my fingers to spin the ratcheting shaft. Combine that with enough bit storage to cover most all of my needs and it's a fantastic tool...

I use boiled linseed oil to lubricate the ******* of the wheels I build too. I find it makes coming up to tension far easier with less spoke wind up and after a few days sets up enough to prevent the spokes from loosening. I have had to disassemble a few wheels I've built due to damaged rims and...

Just to correct one piece of information, LTT is licensing the mega pro ratchet and bit holder intellectual property and modifying it for their own design, for example the direction selector works the opposite way to virtually all existing screwdrivers except for the Snap-on one. Megapro is...