drill press vise mount

[ross93]

how would you mount this type of drill press vise? I was thinking a block bolted down that would slide in the center groove.

 

[woody 73]

I wish I could show you some pictures but the lighting in my garage is not working. What I did was to pay someone (a crook) don't ask, to take a heavy sheet of steel and mill 5 table slots then I mounted it to my drill table.

Something like the following picture on not made out of wood.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?...4d50ea77d7b9aa9f686a3f9295ee2a97H0&ajaxhist=0

Only it was the same size as my small drill press table, then any time I needed to mount something it was very easy to do.

PS: In the future you might want to ask this in the general tool section because this section is reserved for vintage tools.

 

[CalsXS2]

I'm considering a vise like that also. Or maybe one with mounting ears.

I am going to do my own version of what the guy in the video below did. It lets you move your vise in the "Z" axis. Front to back. Then you can use some parallels in your vise to hold the work piece. Then you could move your work piece the "X" direction. Side to side.

I was then going to use a hold down clamp that I have that goes on the column and reaches over and clamps down.

I was thinking of using white nylon, like what a cutting board is made of, so it would slide better. But that may not be necessary.

This is just all thinking out loud right now. Hell. I don't even have a drill press that works,,,lol.

I guess I could just skip the fancy vise mount and use my clamp to hold stuff down. But then I wouldn't have a cool thingamajig that I made now would I.

 

[ross93]

sorry about the wrong section, i posted in here because i thought that this was an old style vise (it is a old vise from what i can tell) but the more i look at them you can buy this style today.

that table seems like a good idea but a little more extensive than what i need.

i watched that video before i got a china vise just like that. i would not recommend it for metal. for wood might be ok. parallels would not work on the one that i had. one side had a fat weld, one side didnt, right where the parallels would rest. you would have to fill in the weld and grind flush. i bent the threaded rod with my bare hands (no cheater bar)

 

[PugetDude]

I'd bolt it to a piece of steel plate that's a couple of inches larger all the way around- then use that to clamp it down.

 

[lilredex]

Here is how mine are mounted, you could also make a fence for the vise to rest against to keep it under control.

 

[zkling]

I wouldn't, those types of vises don't usually need to be bolted down. If so your work is probably too larger for that vise. If you must a reaction arm rod that rests on the column would be nice.

 

[LumpyMusic]

I wouldn't...

I wouldn't either. I never fix the work to the drill press table. Old time machinists always say "Let the drill find the work". I've always looked at it the other way around - "Let the work find the bit". Allow the work to shift slightly to meet the bit. Otherwise you're just about guaranteed to be trying to drive a drill bit at an angle.

Straight drill bit, centerpunched target = round hole, unbroken drill.


Sgt Lumpy

 

[Mark in Indiana]

I saw a guy get injured by loosing hold of an unclamped piece of steel at a drill press. So unless it's a soft material that's safe to hold while drilling, it gets secured on the table.
Normally I use a BF c-clamp to hold down the vise.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

^^^What he said^^^ I've seen too many "held" work pieces take off on operators, including myself..

These little vises are also excellent to hold round stock for drilling, and often have a vee block arrangement in them just for that purpose..