Vee Blocks for a Vise
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Playing around with an idea for some V blocks to grip bolts and round shanks in a bench vise. Is this useful, or a cure for which there is no disease ?
Plan and .stl for 3D print available on request: homeworkshop17@gmail.com
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I've often worked on the ends of cut down bolts and screws to file the ends nice and clean and give them a filed chamfer. So despite your friend's quip I think you'll find that it's quite a handy thing to have. I've also thought a lot about making up some sort of V slot jaw helpers. But the shipment of "Round Tuits" never quite seemed to come in. I really like your idea of using the end screws and springs. That's a new one for me and I think I'm going to "borrow" it for my own when I finally get a Round Tuit :D As you found though there can be a lot of overlap in the V's. So we don't really need as many sizes. There's less overlap in the smaller sizes. And For those I would/will counter bore for the scew heads from the lower side. The small screws I want to grip are often under 1cm long. And often a LOT shorter. So it would be nice if the smallest size or two were able to grip as short as 4 to 5mm. Anyhow cheers from a new Subscriber. Not only was it a nice project but your video was well made and kept the attention with witty comments and useful details as they occurred.
Good feed back thanks Bruce, and I like your idea of relieving the underside to allow for screw heads.
Cheers, Alan.
All these little custom tools make shop a lot easier. Good idea!
Thank you.
handy little tool, esp when cleaning up ends of threads👍
Thanks Paul. As it happens I have already used it for just that :)
Cheers.
I've stopped this at 3.01 where your saw was struggling with the 12 mm plate. You said that it had no trouble with five and six mm. So why not take two bites at it? Raise the table so it will just pierce 6mm, then run it through, then drop the table to get it right through the rest of the plate. It will probably take less time than even if the saw didn't struggle, and a big plus will be that it doesn't stress both battery and the motor, thus hopefully giving it a longer life. Right I'm going to watch the rest, as it's a great idea and a fun project. Back again and one minute later you do as I suggested!! Oh well great minds think alike lol
Thanks for watching Sam.
Cheers.
Nice bit of tooling Alan, and well made too. Cheers
Thank you for the kind words.
The larger vees can have a radius in the bottom and will still clear. So if you have a smaller piece of metal to start with, you can still hold larger pieces.
It is the same idea as the ones that have a row of standard size holes instead of vees. Others have a row of tapped holes for holding screws.
Thanks for watching and tolerating my mistakes without criticism Marley. As a young bloke, I was a perfectionist and was never happy with my projects. But after working in manufacturing for 20 years, my attitude changed. I came to believe that more quality than is required for a good result represents waste because the excess resources consumed can be profitably used for something else. These days I can be happy with my output even when mistakes are made - which is just as well :)
Cheers.
@@alanshomeworkshop I recently saw a chap making a huge pair of vee blocks that had the vee all the way to a sharp corner. This meant that he had to use two huge blocks of steel. The smallest diameter he needed to hold was 2" so he could have left a flat where the vee intersection was. His vee blocks could then have been half the height! This is why I thought it may help your viewers to see that it is not always the case for a sharp vee.
This is such a great idea for work holding. You should come up with a similar idea for the lathe for holding small square stock or rectangle stock. I am constantly struggling with work holding. It’s certainly no fun to have a work piece fly past your face, definitely would be less fun if it made contact. Even though there was a minor hiccup, let’s call it a feature, the project looked great in the end, it works as intended and the video was an overall success! Great job!
I'll have a think about your suggestion. Thanks for watching.
What would be some typical dimensions for your workpieces ?
@@alanshomeworkshop 25mmx75mm and oftentimes smaller depending on what I am working on. I don’t have a 4-jaw or a faceplate so I often have to be creative. I am also working with a cheap 7”x16” Chinese lathe
@@taranson3057 That's 25mm square by 75 long ?
@ yes and also 25mm square, and so on and so forth. It varies from one project to the next. Like if I am making a carburetor from 10mm square stock I have no way to hold it in the lathe to turn a feature.
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Thanks for watching
will work great on your model engine stuff too
Yes, I think it will be helpful with fettling some of the small parts.
Thanks for watching.
I think you’re on a money maker this time ,I’d get a pattern on that one , or how ever that works thanks
Thanks for your support Pat. cheers.
I think the way you were holding the plate you were pinching the blade when you were cutting.....
Thanks for your observation LLoyd - are you thinking that the plate was too tightly wedged between the clamping blocks on each side ?
Alan, I can't seem to find the "Buy It Now" link for this on your website 🙂
I'll send you the .stl and all you'll need to make a pair is a 3D metal printer.