A Couple of Nice Tools

[EdK]

Here are a couple of nice tools worth considering.

Speed Hammer
Smart Stop

http://www.piersonworkholding.com/

I especially like the Speed Hammer after viewing Tom's video on dialing in the vise jaws on a mill.

Ed

[TomG]

I like the Smart Stop. It seems I'm always fiddling with the threaded stop I use now. It would be much easier to just loosen a couple of set screws to set the stop. It also looks like a great project idea.

Tom

[Highpower]

I like the speed hammer idea - cool.

But that reminds me of a question I have been meaning to ask for some time now....

I have one of these double "quickie handle's" for my 6" vice and I love it.



My problem has been finding somebody that makes one for a 4" vice.
I would love to have one for my smaller vice (9/16" hex) as well, but I only ever see them in the larger 3/4" hex size.

I don't suppose anyone knows if such a thing exists? And no....... I can't afford to purchase a $$$ hex broach to make one.

[RobWilson]

I was thinking the Vacuum chuck looks an interesting project


Rob

[November X-ray]

(06-20-2012, 11:18 AM)Highpower Wrote: I like the speed hammer idea - cool.

But that reminds me of a question I have been meaning to ask for some time now....

I have one of these double "quickie handle's" for my 6" vice and I love it.



My problem has been finding somebody that makes one for a 4" vice.
I would love to have one for my smaller vice (9/16" hex) as well, but I only ever see them in the larger 3/4" hex size.

I don't suppose anyone knows if such a thing exists? And no....... I can't afford to purchase a $$$ hex broach to make one.

I made one long ago using two deep well 6 point sockets welded to a piece of flat bar at each end on opposite sides. It works but it ain't nothing fancy like those in the pictures! The un-used socket is the handle, but now that I see these fancy ones, I may need to hit a pawn shop and buy some more sockets to weld in the middle making it more "speed" wrench capable.

[Highpower]

(06-20-2012, 11:29 AM)November X-ray Wrote: I made one long ago using two deep well 6 point sockets welded to a piece of flat bar at each end on opposite sides. It works but it ain't nothing fancy like those in the pictures! The un-used socket is the handle, but now that I see these fancy ones, I may need to hit a pawn shop and buy some more sockets to weld in the middle making it more "speed" wrench capable.

You sir, are my savior!

You just gave me an idea. I could just pick up another one of those handles ($20 at Enco), bore out the 3/4" hex's and slip in a couple of 9/16" sockets.
Now why didn't I think of that???

THANKS!

Willie

[November X-ray]

The handles in the pictures are aluminum, not sure what the ones are made of from Enco, but how would you fasten them to transfer the torque,,,,roll pins perhaps?

[rleete]

JB Weld. It will hold quite well.

[stevec]

I justused an interference press fit.
       
No JB weld needed, with enough of a press even the aluminum will hold the socket tighter than one could apply enough torque to move it. (Unless one applied a cheater bar long enough, but then you'd be in danger of tipping over the mill)
Oh, btw, I did turn the OD of the socket to a non-tapered OD.

[doubleboost]

The use of a hex socket
John