vises

[2ferrous]

What in everyone using for vises on their Dyna Mechtronic mills?

I'm using a single import 6" CNC vise right now. I used to have two of them but there wasn't enough room to have material outside the vise jaws so I removed one. I'm thinking of switching to a double 6" Kurt vise mounted sideways to fit more stuff into the work envelope. Anyone use one like that before? Is it a pain to have to tighten the vise on the side vs in front of you?



Timothy

[maddog1927]

now that photo is straight up sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. I am remotivated to get mine going!

[2ferrous]

Like this....



Timothy

[Fastest1]

Timothy, can you show this from another angle? I can not figure out what I am seeing? It looks like the 2 import vises from the upper picture are now below the table? Somehow it looks like you have 2 vises holding a double jaw vise on the table. It looks like it is coming up behind the table and would interfere with full Y travel. It must be an illusion.

[2ferrous]

Yea, I know. Bad photoshop. Paint actually, I don't have Photoshop...
The handles are leftover that I didn't edit out.

The vise I'm looking at buying is the Glacern 6" double vise.



Timothy

[2ferrous]

Or the Kurt 6" double vise. I'm not sure which one yet.



Timothy

[Fastest1]

So do you really have a Dyna Mill? Sure that is not "created with paint"? Good looking parts on that mill being edited? Cant trust anything anymore. LOL Glad to know it was a fake image. I was having some kind of problem trying to figure out those vises were clamping the table. Are the chips "paint" also?

Originally Posted by 2ferrous Yea, I know. Bad photoshop. Paint actually, I don't have Photoshop... The handles are leftover that I didn't edit out. The vise I'm looking at buying is the Glacern 6" double vise. Timothy

[Fastest1]

Maybe I should just build my fantasy machine on Photoshop/Paint. If I could make a virtual mill or lathe maybe I would be satisfied and think how much I would save! So much more room in the garage, no chips to clean up, no broken end mills. Too funny.

[mcphill]

Can you comment on how best to lock these vises down to the table? I have 2 6" vises I got with my machine, and am using a generic clamping set to hold it in place, and I don't like it!!! Are there vise-specific clamps that use less table space or something? I hate that they are clamp down and don't have the bolt tab holes...

[2ferrous]

I took both of my 6" vises apart and drilled some holes in the base to match the slot spacing on my table. I then fastened them down with flat head bolts and t-slot nuts. A custom made alignment keys hold everything square.

I'll take some pictures tomorrow and post them up.

Timothy

[mcphill]

Would love to see those pix. I don't get why they make vises like this... With the clamps they just take up too much space!

[Fastest1]

Dont trust Tim, he is probably using "paint" to create the vise picture you want to see! JK