Drill Press Vise Modification

[the penguin]

A while back I had to drill some round disks (about 100), and the drill press vise really wasn't up to the task. Then I remembered a trick showed to me, by my grandfather (who ran a machine shop). I ended up drilling the vise jaws to accept tapered pins that hold the irregular shaped objects. I had some more of the disk to drill over last weekend and again the modification was very useful. As the disks are gone, I used a grinding disk as prop.

[EdK]

Nice mod. I need to get a decent drill press vise. All I have is a cheapo cross vise.

Ed

[Micktoon]

Good idea Jack , cant get much more simple either ....another one on the 'to do list'

Cheers Mick

[DaveH]

Jack,
Great idea

DaveH

[doubleboost]

The simplest solutions are the best
John

[Arbalest]

Great idea, thanks! Sadly the jaws on my vice are far too hard to drill ...

[stevec]

Arbalest, are they removable? Maybe make a "soft" set?

[ETC57]

Great idea Jack!!

Jerry.

[krv3000]

thats a good tip

[pamrick]

That is a really neat idea. One of those "why didn't I think of that" ideas! Not only great for the drill press, but mill too. I know what I'll be doing tomorrow after work. Thanks for sharing.