Originally Posted by jed102 Yes, though it seems a bit of a shame. With drill press vises I can understand having to do that.
I'll be interested to see if Kurt ever answers my email, and what they will say. I hope maybe they will listen to feedback, and improve the design further.
Frank |
The level of precision in a high quality work horse vise verses a super precision toolmakers vise is quite different. Matching ones level of expectations with first hand knowledge, limits these kind of disappointments and surprises.
As a simple fix to the moving jaw slop. For my mill vises and even horizontal saw vises. I have made offset extented jaws that have a swivel foot screw(robbed from a De-Sta-Co clamp) into the face of the moving jaw on the extended end, for just this purpose. I can mount them to the right or left by swapping the front/rear jaws . They can be .5-1" wider on one end to facilitate room for the screw and a lock nut on the exposed rear face. Adjust it to suit the part being machined on the other end. Basically I did this because the dummy part would fall out, or just be plain inconvenient PITA.
A bit off topic.........Using the same principle as above. Most horizontal saws always seem to have the jaws so far away from the blade. Making small chunks impossible to trim. I made up some slightly larger false jaws from 3/8 CRS plate that extend out past both ends of the original jaws. The blade end, was cut to after final install with CS cap screws. The opposite end has the swivel foot screw to keep the jaws parallel when gripping short stock. With care, this makes it possible to trim off some parts with less than a 1/4" grip.
Give it a try. It'll make you happy CLAMPER too!
DC