I will be 74 years old in a few days, I have all of my dads tools and this was one that has hung on the wall for over 25 years because I did not know what it was or how to use it. Thanks to Mr. Pete I now have it mounted on the drill press where it should have been for many years. It works very well. It even had the clamp for mounting to the table, so I did not have to do anything but clean it up some and put it to use. I have learned a lot from watching Mr. Pete video's, Keep up the good work, Thanks Bill Jones
Thank you for bringing back many memories with this video! Back in the early 1960's l was going thru my apprenticeship in Germany. The first year was spent in the machine shop. Part of every instruction we received on using any tools and/or machinery was: "There are only two ways to use this tool and/or equipment. The right way and the wrong way. If you damage either, you used it the wrong way and you will find out what the palm of this hand feels like"! Funny that it was a Float Lock Vise that was the first victim. Although it was only scratched paint, punishment fallowed, but only in the form of the master mechanic's hand resting on my shoulder combined with a stern talk about proper tool usage. Those were the days. Coming to the U.S.A. four years later, in the company I worked, every "big table drill" press had a Float Lock Vise. Good memories!
Never seen the small model, at least that I can recall. Picked a large model out of the dumpster at work a bunch of years ago-- an entire shop section was scrapped. It is the vise that lives on my large drill press and replaced my old Skinner. I made the clamp to mount to the column rather than the table so the bar is firmly braced without taking up tale space.
I am 77 years old and I have been working in the machinist trade since I was 14 years old and this video shows that you are never to old to learn something new thank you for your great videos Grandpa told me if I did not learn at least one thing a day I have wasted my lunch money
Great video Mr Pete. I've been a shop teacher in Australia for 23 years and I'm always conerned when students have to us the drill press with metals. This is a great tool to improve safety. Thanks for the demo and talk through.
Something that useful and with the safety it would add to a press seems like it would come with a drill press upon purchase. Thanks for the video Mr. Pete, you kind of remind me of my Ag. teacher some 30 years ago, I got a lot from that class. Schools need more teachers like him.
I have never seen this design of vice before. My high school apparently did not care if I lost a hand or not while drilling brass plate (in the 1990's). It is such a simple and elegant safety feature. Thanks for the information.
Blessings Mr. Pete. I have been involved in engineering and fabrication since 1976. I have not seen one of these vices. Thank you for the explanation and demonstration. As always your videos are most informative. Thank you.
NEVER HEARD OF THE FLOATING LOCK VISE; AFTER WATCHING YOUR DEMONSTRATION I JUST HAD TO HAVE ONE AND HAVING NEVER SEEN ONE AT SALES OR AUCTIONS I AM NOW MAKING ONE. THERE ARE MORE PROCEDURES THAN I ANTICIPATED SO QUITE A CHALLENGE FOR AND EIGHTY YEAR OLD JUST LEARNING MACHINE WORK. KEEP UP OUR LATTER YEARS EDUCATION, MAKES ALL THOSE ACHES AND PAINS WORTH IT. RON
I just watched a Blondihacks episode, constructing one and magically, your video came up next with a full explanation and demonstration. Thank you! Never heard or seen one before. I need one. I've been living with that "hold my beer, watch this" attitude for too long with no mishaps.
Awesome. Great video from our Mr Pete. I liked it so well I am going to make one; using wooden clamps; that have been around forever. I will only use one of the threaded rods. The other one will be a solid steel rod that slides as shown in this video. Then I will rabbet the adjacent wooden clamps as shown. I believe it would work great. Of course, I will make the table clamp and bracket; to lock down the wooden clamps. For whatever it' s worth. Thanks again Lyle for what you have done for us. I thank Jesus for you!
I think it’s great. It baffles me every time I see a UA-camr lining a piece of work up with the drill bit spinning. This is smart, safe and precise. Great video as always sir.
You really are the internet shop teacher, I bought one of the quick acting vices at the flea market years ago, and didn't realize the way it worked. Now I know the proper way to use it
I still have the scars on my left hand (62 y/o now) from drilling sheet-metal w/o a clamp in grade-school shop class! I remember the day and never drill w/o clamping now! A lesson written in blood! Thanks for the video... BTW, These clamps are expensive on eBay. Looks like an easy shop project if you buy the Acme threaded rod.
Lyle, I have never used the junior model like you show, but standard quick adjust model was a standard production vise in our shop 30 years ago. I had at least two in my home shop, but passed all but one of them onto my sons. On the large table of a gang drill machine these vises were quick set-up for high and low volume production work and allowed sliding clamped work under multiple heads for jobs like drilling, tapping and deburring. Just saw the Abom video on the same vise. It was new to him. They are a wonderful tool. I just may drag mine out and put it back into service.
I bought a pair of these at a flea market earlier this year for $10. One has the corner clamp and one doesn't. They are very well made and rugged. I'll use your model and make a slide lock out of aluminum for the 2nd vise. Great video, as usual. Very informative.
Young Harley Davidson affecianados maynot realize they owe a great appreciation for AMF. The bowling ball years for Harley kept the name financially alive. To the point the Harley/ Davidson family could regain financial stability/ control. I had a bowling ball Harley and an original HD in my much younger years. I liked both of them. They had about a 1 to 1 ride to work on ratio. You had to like to work on them as much as you liked to ride them. Great vice video Mr. Pete. My Dad had one years ago. Didnt understand how to use it then. I'm sure he traded it 15 minutes after he got possession of it. Dont have a clue where it went.
I too would like to see you make one of these. Be a nice little project. (As if you aren't busy enough!) Maybe one with some exotic Tubalcain flair ?! Brass jaws ?
Glad you presented this. What a remarkable gizmo. I'm planning to watch the entire series so thanks very much for creating a play list. I have never seen such a vice but the benefit is so obvious and I can see a lot of work-holding variations it could be used for. I've been wanting to expand my drill press work holding capability so I shall have to give this serious consideration.
Another great video. My father has one on his Clausing drill press. He used a piece of angle to mount it at the back of the table so its always installed. the angle is loose so you can clamp at almost any angle and still have the leverage. Also, the clamp because of the location on the screw, can be turned so the jaws are vertical or perpendicular to the drill bit.
I just bought two of the corner mounts at my favorite antique store for $3 - if it hadn't been for your Float Lock Vise videos, I wouldn't have known what they were. Maybe now I'll need to machine my own float lock vise to go with the mounts....
Mr. Pete, I have never seen one personally, and I have been around machinery my entire life. I have however seen one on youtube some time ago. I had thought it was you that presented that one but I may have been mistaken. Thanks for the very interesting presentation. Gary 76-Year-Old Home-Shop-Machinist in North West Arkansas.
That is a wicked cool vice and very practical too. I love watching your videos to see what the machinist tools are and how it's used. My dad was a machinist as well. I like that Grey vice you showed in your video as well. It reminds me of a Dunlop machinist vice I picked up.
My shop teacher back in the 70’s, Lou Jenkins (LJ) had a similar home made system on one of the shop drill presses. He just bolted a round rod to the side of the base of a drill press vise, and made a similar hold down as you did today. Now I know where he got the idea! It kept the “runny nosed freshmen” as he used to call them from doing whirly-birds with the drill press vise.
wow thanks for the trip down memory lane haven`t seen one since junior high ( back in the 70s ) our vices had red paint over the mechanism (where the screw is ) and green over the working end and we were told do not drill over the red only the green , you had to check it out from the teacher , he would get it out of the cabinet write your name on the list and when you returned it he would inspect it before putting it back
Much like some of the other commenters I had never seen or heard of this type of vise, and now my life will feel hollow and empty until I am able to acquire one.
Very nice. We had these in the BOCES Machine Shop in high school. Always wanted one. Last summer, a guy selling out his shop sold me one just like this one for $20, I felt very lucky. Can also be used to hold smaller parts on a Bandsaw.
You can never have enough clamps for holding down work, mock builds and temporary fix while tacking the pieces together. A nice piece of kit you have there Pete
Very interesting. I've had one offered to me for considerably more money by my local tool dealer ($80), and that was without any sort of table mount. The dealer said it was meant to be hand-held. Now I see the proper usage and configuration. Thanks for sharing.
It occurred to me that you could convert almost any drill press vice into a float lock vice. What I did was make a collar to be a sliding fit on the drill press pillar with sufficient material to take a transverse hole providing a sliding fit for a round bar that is screw fitted to the back of a normal cheap vice. When assembled this vice can move about on the table but can also be locked by grub screws into the collar to stop rotation on the pillar and sliding of the bar in the collar. Many thanks , I greatly enjoy your videos.
Thanks Mr Pete. I have never seen anything like that. I would like to have one. I was just telling my wife that I would be hard pressed to find something at a sale that I didn't already have, but here you come with this thing. Thanks
...Really interesting presentation .... I wonder at your description: "self-destruct" . ... What you had ware a few young, evolving Bubbas in your classes ...
Looking at the catalog on Vintage Machinery website, they have a line of boring bars listed. Just so happens I have one of them that's been in the family for over 45 years. I always thought it was a home made boring bar. Cool! As always Mr. Pete, thanks for sharing and posting the video. Ken
Thanks for this video Mr. Pete. I just picked up a big Delta drill press that came with one of these Float Lock vises attached to the table. Cant wait to wire it up and use it.
Well, there you go, you've filled another hole in my spotty education. I'd never heard about these and I can sure use one or something similar. Thanks for the informative video.
Great video as usual Mr. Pete, I have seen Float Lock clamps before but not like yours. This cracked me up but very true, ConFusion 360 for sure! It was a pleasure meeting you in person and very much enjoined your company at the Bar Z Summer Bash! Best Regards, Ray
The drill press looks harmless -- no big blades,nice and quite only a little drill bit spinning. I think that's half of the danger. Wallstrom sure had some innovative products. That is a well thought out tool. They must of been expensive or you would see more of them today. Very interesting video Mr. Pete.
That’s very interesting, I’ve seen those on UA-cam channels before, but never with the table lock. I may have to make one of these. Thanks for explaining its full functionality.
Thanks, Mr. Pete. This might be a nice project for this coming winter which, can't come fast enough for me. There was an article in Home Shop Machinist or Projects In Metal magazine for building a similar device, back in the 80's I believe. I'm pretty sure, it used a regular drill press vise for the work holding portion.
I like the vice. I have never seen one before but have seen a few bloody fingers that were cut in metal shop by the some of my fellow students. I didn’t cut mine, but came close when the metal got loose and spun.
That's pretty neat and I've never heard of a float lock vise before. However, you're correct and they are fairly expensive because they sell for over a hundred bucks for a used one on eBay.
Very cool I’ve never seen one. I’m pretty sure my high school had a machine shop, but I think it was just for automotive class. Never was much of a car guy so I never got to play with metal working tools. Now I’m 42 and wish I had started sooner.
I have never seen one of those but when I went to school in the eighties we had a regular drill press vise with two long rods welded on the sides. These rods were supposed to go on each side of the drill post to keep the vice from spinning in either direction.
Those are nice vises, I have one that has a single beam with the thread inside, but without the rapid advance feature. It's made by AMF as well, really like it, use it almost every day for the past 25 years.
Very interesting video Mr. Pete, I had never heard nor seen one one of those vises. I expect at some stage you will indicate that bar to ensure it is parallel with the table to ensure the holes are drilled perpendicular to the work.
This is a perfectly engineered solution. How on Earth are these not as prevalent as traditional press vises? Can't help but wonder if an attachment could be fashioned that would allow for a "regular" press vise to have a similarly quick and secure hold down scenario.
First time I ever saw one of these vises. They didn't have any at my elementary school or my high school machine or wood shops. We are talking mid 1960's. Interesting.
Never seen one and it looks very useful. I always set the vice where it will hit the pillar instead of me when it grabs. I wouldn't even mind tapping a hole in the table.
never seen them, but will most likely build my self one , for wood working, , been using hand screw clamps but they are difficult to to seat flat thus you get a skewed hole , really like the simplicity of the construction and the out board swing clamp fixed point slide travel , would help in drilling a series of holes for slot making , tks for sharing
Very Interesting Clamp/Vise! And a Lovely Demonstration. I really would love to get one now for me and my son to use on our Drill press. Thanks for sharing Mr. Pete. Take care and God bless. P.s. you know Making one of these clamps/vise would sure make a wonderful Mini series (hint hint) lol.
Oxtool gave me a pristine Float-Loc vise and I immediately made a replica removable jaw and then in an April Fools video, I drilled into the replica jaw.....LOL..trying to prank Tom. This vise is also very useful on the bandsaw....very good informational video.....
Never seen one before, either close-up or in a catalog ! Whether your a student or journeyman, that's a real handy item for use on a drill-press !! I think that I'm going to make a couple of them for my presses. It beats having to keep-up with the Palmgren too ! If the Chinese folks are watching this from oversea's, you'll probably see one in the Horror Fright catalog soon !
We had one for our DoAll band saw at work . And yes it had saw marks on the shaft i loved that vice. Had plastic grips on each end turn them and the jaws moved in and out. Nice video Watching in Alabama!
I've never heard of such a thing (but I am certainly not a machinist), but it appears that all the parts should be able to be made in a home shop. That would probably be an interesting serial project. As useful as it appears to be, I am surprised that I haven't seen (or at least heard of) one of these vises before.
I took four years of machine shop in high school and worked forty six years in the mechanical/machining filed and have never seen one. Look like they would be handy and save a few skinned hands.
Thanks for sharing this Mr Pete, being in a shop for almost 30yrs i never seen one. Our cutting edge technology was usually a chuck of 4 x 4 cribbing to keep the vise or work from spinning. I might take this on as a project, thanks again Mr Pete. Mike - Plus8Precision
great video! we want to hear MORE stories..... "... the kids did this...they did that!..." (I was one of those kids! always get a good chuckle out of the "fools'" back in the day!
I have never seen these vises. But they are a well thought out design. It would be a good design to copy. I once seen a bandsaw vise that was similar, but not quite the same. It was a very bulky unit, but worked okay.
I will be 74 years old in a few days, I have all of my dads tools and this was one that has hung on the wall for over 25 years because I did not know what it was or how to use it. Thanks to Mr. Pete I now have it mounted on the drill press where it should have been for many years. It works very well. It even had the clamp for mounting to the table, so I did not have to do anything but clean it up some and put it to use. I have learned a lot from watching Mr. Pete video's, Keep up the good work, Thanks Bill Jones
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Of the 20+ years in machining can't say I've ever used one of these? Really interesting and much more rigid than vise grips👍
I am 50yo and still enjoy learning.. Thanks Mr Pete for teaching COMMON SENSE! It is appropriated...
Thank you for bringing back many memories with this video! Back in the early 1960's l was going thru my apprenticeship in Germany. The first year was spent in the machine shop. Part of every instruction we received on using any tools and/or machinery was: "There are only two ways to use this tool and/or equipment. The right way and the wrong way. If you damage either, you used it the wrong way and you will find out what the palm of this hand feels like"! Funny that it was a Float Lock Vise that was the first victim. Although it was only scratched paint, punishment fallowed, but only in the form of the master mechanic's hand resting on my shoulder combined with a stern talk about proper tool usage. Those were the days.
Coming to the U.S.A. four years later, in the company I worked, every "big table drill" press had a Float Lock Vise. Good memories!
Thanks. You had good instruction
Never seen the small model, at least that I can recall. Picked a large model out of the dumpster at work a bunch of years ago-- an entire shop section was scrapped. It is the vise that lives on my large drill press and replaced my old Skinner. I made the clamp to mount to the column rather than the table so the bar is firmly braced without taking up tale space.
I am 77 years old and I have been working in the machinist trade since I was 14 years old and this video shows that you are never to old to learn something new thank you for your great videos Grandpa told me if I did not learn at least one thing a day I have wasted my lunch money
Totally agree
Great video Mr Pete. I've been a shop teacher in Australia for 23 years and I'm always conerned when students have to us the drill press with metals. This is a great tool to improve safety. Thanks for the demo and talk through.
Something that useful and with the safety it would add to a press seems like it would come with a drill press upon purchase. Thanks for the video Mr. Pete, you kind of remind me of my Ag. teacher some 30 years ago, I got a lot from that class. Schools need more teachers like him.
Yes they do
I have never seen this design of vice before. My high school apparently did not care if I lost a hand or not while drilling brass plate (in the 1990's). It is such a simple and elegant safety feature. Thanks for the information.
Blessings Mr. Pete. I have been involved in engineering and fabrication since 1976. I have not seen one of these vices. Thank you for the explanation and demonstration. As always your videos are most informative. Thank you.
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NEVER HEARD OF THE FLOATING LOCK VISE; AFTER WATCHING YOUR DEMONSTRATION I JUST HAD TO HAVE ONE AND HAVING NEVER SEEN ONE AT SALES OR AUCTIONS I AM NOW MAKING ONE. THERE ARE MORE PROCEDURES THAN I ANTICIPATED SO QUITE A CHALLENGE FOR AND EIGHTY YEAR OLD JUST LEARNING MACHINE WORK. KEEP UP OUR LATTER YEARS EDUCATION, MAKES ALL THOSE ACHES AND PAINS WORTH IT.
RON
Good luck with that. I have a 10 part video coming out soon on building that vise.
Nice clamp! Never saw one before...now I will keep my eye out for one! Nice video, thanks!
60 years of machine shop experience and I have never seen one! Thanks Mr Pete
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I just watched a Blondihacks episode, constructing one and magically, your video came up next with a full explanation and demonstration.
Thank you!
Never heard or seen one before. I need one. I've been living with that "hold my beer, watch this" attitude for too long with no mishaps.
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Awesome. Great video from our Mr Pete.
I liked it so well I am going to make one; using wooden clamps; that have been around forever. I will only use one of the threaded rods. The other one will be a solid steel rod that slides as shown in this video. Then I will rabbet the adjacent wooden clamps as shown. I believe it would work great. Of course, I will make the table clamp and bracket; to lock down the wooden clamps.
For whatever it' s worth.
Thanks again Lyle for what you have done for us. I thank Jesus for you!
Thank you very much from a fellow believer
I think it’s great. It baffles me every time I see a UA-camr lining a piece of work up with the drill bit spinning. This is smart, safe and precise. Great video as always sir.
Have seen these in catalogs, but didn't know that they were safer than ordinary vises. Very informative video!
You really are the internet shop teacher, I bought one of the quick acting vices at the flea market years ago, and didn't realize the way it worked. Now I know the proper way to use it
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I still have the scars on my left hand (62 y/o now) from drilling sheet-metal w/o a clamp in grade-school shop class! I remember the day and never drill w/o clamping now! A lesson written in blood! Thanks for the video... BTW, These clamps are expensive on eBay. Looks like an easy shop project if you buy the Acme threaded rod.
I will be making a video soon on our build one
Lyle,
I have never used the junior model like you show, but standard quick adjust model was a standard production vise in our shop 30 years ago. I had at least two in my home shop, but passed all but one of them onto my sons. On the large table of a gang drill machine these vises were quick set-up for high and low volume production work and allowed sliding clamped work under multiple heads for jobs like drilling, tapping and deburring. Just saw the Abom video on the same vise. It was new to him. They are a wonderful tool. I just may drag mine out and put it back into service.
Yes thanks
I bought a pair of these at a flea market earlier this year for $10. One has the corner clamp and one doesn't. They are very well made and rugged. I'll use your model and make a slide lock out of aluminum for the 2nd vise. Great video, as usual. Very informative.
Thanks
Thank you for another interesting video. Would you consider making on of these as a project? Be interesting.
Roy Lucas I agree, I would like to see Mr. Pete make one.
yes, please
As a high school shop teacher this would work well for my students, but I would have to make one, I would love to see it as a project as well!!
What if he added a shaft to one of his conventional vises, that also mated with the corner bracket ?
Young Harley Davidson affecianados maynot realize they owe a great appreciation for AMF. The bowling ball years for Harley kept the name financially alive. To the point the Harley/ Davidson family could regain financial stability/ control. I had a bowling ball Harley and an original HD in my much younger years. I liked both of them. They had about a 1 to 1 ride to work on ratio. You had to like to work on them as much as you liked to ride them. Great vice video Mr. Pete. My Dad had one years ago. Didnt understand how to use it then. I'm sure he traded it 15 minutes after he got possession of it. Dont have a clue where it went.
I too would like to see you make one of these. Be a nice little project. (As if you aren't busy enough!)
Maybe one with some exotic Tubalcain flair ?! Brass jaws ?
Yes indeed. I already ordered the material to make one
Outstanding, sir! Looking forward to it! Thanks Mr. Pete
Looking forward to the build video, l'm sure I'll make one. Thanks Mr. Pete!
Glad you presented this. What a remarkable gizmo. I'm planning to watch the entire series so thanks very much for creating a play list. I have never seen such a vice but the benefit is so obvious and I can see a lot of work-holding variations it could be used for. I've been wanting to expand my drill press work holding capability so I shall have to give this serious consideration.
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Another great video. My father has one on his Clausing drill press. He used a piece of angle to mount it at the back of the table so its always installed. the angle is loose so you can clamp at almost any angle and still have the leverage. Also, the clamp because of the location on the screw, can be turned so the jaws are vertical or perpendicular to the drill bit.
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Very cool. Even at my tender age of 75 years I still enjoy learning about neat gadgets. ...Art
I just bought two of the corner mounts at my favorite antique store for $3 - if it hadn't been for your Float Lock Vise videos, I wouldn't have known what they were. Maybe now I'll need to machine my own float lock vise to go with the mounts....
Mr. Pete, I have never seen one personally, and I have been around machinery my entire life. I have however seen one on youtube some time ago. I had thought it was you that presented that one but I may have been mistaken. Thanks for the very interesting presentation.
Gary 76-Year-Old Home-Shop-Machinist in North West Arkansas.
That is a wicked cool vice and very practical too. I love watching your videos to see what the machinist tools are and how it's used. My dad was a machinist as well. I like that Grey vice you showed in your video as well. It reminds me of a Dunlop machinist vice I picked up.
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My shop teacher back in the 70’s, Lou Jenkins (LJ) had a similar home made system on one of the shop drill presses. He just bolted a round rod to the side of the base of a drill press vise, and made a similar hold down as you did today. Now I know where he got the idea! It kept the “runny nosed freshmen” as he used to call them from doing whirly-birds with the drill press vise.
I think I will model one up and make one so it fits my Delta drill press. Always wanted one, they work so easy and convenient. Thank you Mr. Pete.
Hi Randy. I am done to make a video, and make one. I ordered the material yesterday
@@mrpete222 Almost done with the model.
wow thanks for the trip down memory lane haven`t seen one since junior high ( back in the 70s ) our vices had red paint over the mechanism (where the screw is ) and green over the working end and we were told do not drill over the red only the green , you had to check it out from the teacher , he would get it out of the cabinet write your name on the list and when you returned it he would inspect it before putting it back
First time I have seen one like this.. I can surely see how it would be a valuable addition to the shop. Mike in Louisiana
Much like some of the other commenters I had never seen or heard of this type of vise, and now my life will feel hollow and empty until I am able to acquire one.
Very nice. We had these in the BOCES Machine Shop in high school. Always wanted one. Last summer, a guy selling out his shop sold me one just like this one for $20, I felt very lucky. Can also be used to hold smaller parts on a Bandsaw.
That was a good deal
You can never have enough clamps for holding down work, mock builds and temporary fix while tacking the pieces together. A nice piece of kit you have there Pete
Thanks
Very interesting. I've had one offered to me for considerably more money by my local tool dealer ($80), and that was without any sort of table mount. The dealer said it was meant to be hand-held. Now I see the proper usage and configuration. Thanks for sharing.
It occurred to me that you could convert almost any drill press vice into a float lock vice. What I did was make a collar to be a sliding fit on the drill press pillar with sufficient material to take a transverse hole providing a sliding fit for a round bar that is screw fitted to the back of a normal cheap vice. When assembled this vice can move about on the table but can also be locked by grub screws into the collar to stop rotation on the pillar and sliding of the bar in the collar. Many thanks , I greatly enjoy your videos.
Thank you, that is a good idea
Thanks Mr Pete.
I have never seen anything like that. I would like to have one. I was just telling my wife that I would be hard pressed to find something at a sale that I didn't already have, but here you come with this thing. Thanks
...Really interesting presentation .... I wonder at your description: "self-destruct" . ... What you had ware a few young, evolving Bubbas in your classes ...
I've never seen a Float Lock vise in over 30yrs in the trade. Interesting and great concept.
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Looking at the catalog on Vintage Machinery website, they have a line of boring bars listed. Just so happens I have one of them that's been in the family for over 45 years. I always thought it was a home made boring bar. Cool! As always Mr. Pete, thanks for sharing and posting the video. Ken
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That is a fantastic device. I like it a lot more than a 2 axis adjustable vise! Thanks for showing us this Mr Pete!
Thanks for this video Mr. Pete. I just picked up a big Delta drill press that came with one of these Float Lock vises attached to the table. Cant wait to wire it up and use it.
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Well, there you go, you've filled another hole in my spotty education. I'd never heard about these and I can sure use one or something similar. Thanks for the informative video.
A video for us coming on how to make one
I was in high school shop class 4 years and never seen one. Would enjoy seeing a build video as this would be vert useful.....
That would make a great shop project. It's practical and relatively simple to make.
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Great video as usual Mr. Pete, I have seen Float Lock clamps before but not like yours. This cracked me up but very true, ConFusion 360 for sure! It was a pleasure meeting you in person and very much enjoined your company at the Bar Z Summer Bash! Best Regards, Ray
I am glad I Got to spend some time with you at the bash. You are a very lovable fellow
The drill press looks harmless -- no big blades,nice and quite only a little drill bit spinning. I think that's half of the danger. Wallstrom sure had some innovative products. That is a well thought out tool. They must of been expensive or you would see more of them today. Very interesting video Mr. Pete.
Thank you, I have not seen one. Looks like a good DIY project to make!
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That is a really neat vise. I haven't seen one like it but quickly saw its usefulness. Thank you for sharing.
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Never seen one. Really handy design. Thanks for the video Lyle
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I have never seen one of these before and now you have shown us this I shall certainly keep an eye out for one!
That’s very interesting, I’ve seen those on UA-cam channels before, but never with the table lock. I may have to make one of these. Thanks for explaining its full functionality.
Thanks, Mr. Pete. This might be a nice project for this coming winter which, can't come fast enough for me. There was an article in Home Shop Machinist or Projects In Metal magazine for building a similar device, back in the 80's I believe. I'm pretty sure, it used a regular drill press vise for the work holding portion.
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I like the vice. I have never seen one before but have seen a few bloody fingers that were cut in metal shop by the some of my fellow students. I didn’t cut mine, but came close when the metal got loose and spun.
That's pretty neat and I've never heard of a float lock vise before. However, you're correct and they are fairly expensive because they sell for over a hundred bucks for a used one on eBay.
Very cool I’ve never seen one. I’m pretty sure my high school had a machine shop, but I think it was just for automotive class. Never was much of a car guy so I never got to play with metal working tools. Now I’m 42 and wish I had started sooner.
Yes. It’s never too late
I have never seen one of those but when I went to school in the eighties we had a regular drill press vise with two long rods welded on the sides. These rods were supposed to go on each side of the drill post to keep the vice from spinning in either direction.
Yes, I remember a teacher doing a similar set up with Wood
Those are nice vises, I have one that has a single beam with the thread inside, but without the rapid advance feature.
It's made by AMF as well, really like it, use it almost every day for the past 25 years.
Thank you, I’m not sure I have seen that model
Never heard of or seen a 'float lock vice' so that was fascinating. Thank you for sharing.
Very interesting. I've never heard of this type of vice. We didn't have them in shop class back in the 1980's.
Very interesting video Mr. Pete, I had never heard nor seen one one of those vises. I expect at some stage you will indicate that bar to ensure it is parallel with the table to ensure the holes are drilled perpendicular to the work.
This is a perfectly engineered solution. How on Earth are these not as prevalent as traditional press vises? Can't help but wonder if an attachment could be fashioned that would allow for a "regular" press vise to have a similarly quick and secure hold down scenario.
First time I ever saw one of these vises. They didn't have any at my elementary school or my high school machine or wood shops. We are talking mid 1960's. Interesting.
WONDERFUL demonstration!!! Thank you!!! :)
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After running mechanical repair shops for 40 years I have never heard or seen one, very interesting clamp
Never seen one , btw I really enjoy your presentations Mr. Pete. Hi from down-under.
Never seen one and it looks very useful. I always set the vice where it will hit the pillar instead of me when it grabs. I wouldn't even mind tapping a hole in the table.
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Educational video. We didn't have one of those in our HS Shop.
never seen them, but will most likely build my self one , for wood working, , been using hand screw clamps but they are difficult to to seat flat thus you get a skewed hole , really like the simplicity of the construction and the out board swing clamp fixed point slide travel , would help in drilling a series of holes for slot making , tks for sharing
I have never seen one but now I will recognise one at the auctions I attend if one is present
Never seen one . Looks like a nice tool too own. Good video.
Very Interesting Clamp/Vise! And a Lovely Demonstration. I really would love to get one now for me and my son to use on our Drill press. Thanks for sharing Mr. Pete. Take care and God bless. P.s. you know Making one of these clamps/vise would sure make a wonderful Mini series (hint hint) lol.
Never seen one before. I would love to have one. Looks like it would be better than the regular drillpress vice.
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Have never seen one but could get a good use out of one thanks for the knowledge mrpete
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Very enlightening, Mr. Pete. That would be a good project for a home machinist to make.
There will be an upcoming video on making one
@@mrpete222 Cool! : )
Oxtool gave me a pristine Float-Loc vise and I immediately made a replica removable jaw and then in an April Fools video, I drilled into the replica jaw.....LOL..trying to prank Tom. This vise is also very useful on the bandsaw....very good informational video.....
Sorry you were not at the bash. I will be building one of these in a future video
Amazing never had seen one before thanks .always a pleasure watching
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I have never seen one either. I really like it and took picktures so I can make one for myself. Thanks for this video !
Never seen one before, either close-up or in a catalog ! Whether your a student or journeyman, that's a real handy item for use on a drill-press !! I think that I'm going to make a couple of them for my presses. It beats having to keep-up with the Palmgren too !
If the Chinese folks are watching this from oversea's, you'll probably see one in the Horror Fright catalog soon !
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Never seen one before. But it looks so simple, it looks like it would have been a good project for the kids to make one.
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Good morning Mr Pete and thank you for my Saturday morning edutainment. Have a great weekend.
Never seen one before, good explanation. Thank-you Mr Pete, From Australia
We had one for our DoAll band saw at work . And yes it had saw marks on the shaft i loved that vice.
Had plastic grips on each end turn them and the jaws moved in and out.
Nice video
Watching in Alabama!
I've never heard of such a thing (but I am certainly not a machinist), but it appears that all the parts should be able to be made in a home shop. That would probably be an interesting serial project. As useful as it appears to be, I am surprised that I haven't seen (or at least heard of) one of these vises before.
Videos coming soon
I've never owned one, but I did see/use them at various schools I attended and employers i worked for.
As always, educational and very entertaining. Thank you again.
My high school shop never had this type of vise but it would be really handy in garage.
I never heard of this either, seems like a very safe way to hold parts on the drill press.
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I took four years of machine shop in high school and worked forty six years in the mechanical/machining filed and have never seen one. Look like they would be handy and save a few skinned hands.
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I LIKE the idea. Please modify a standard drill press vice to connect to the table like this one does, then teach us how to build it :)
This would be a great tool to for someone to re- make for a project video
I have a video coming on how to make one. I already ordered the material
Thanks great video. I use my float lock all the time.
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Thanks for sharing this Mr Pete, being in a shop for almost 30yrs i never seen one. Our cutting edge technology was usually a chuck of 4 x 4 cribbing to keep the vise or work from spinning. I might take this on as a project, thanks again Mr Pete.
Mike - Plus8Precision
I have a video coming up on making one. I already ordered the material
@@mrpete222 I want one to use in my shop though, unless you want to gift me the one you make of course lol...I look forward to the video.
Never used one! Never seen one! I really like it and want one !!!!!!
I have one and never knew what it was. Thanks. I use mine on my bench as to support parts to be Tig welded.
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great video! we want to hear MORE stories..... "... the kids did this...they did that!..." (I was one of those kids! always get a good chuckle out of the "fools'" back in the day!
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I have never seen these vises. But they are a well thought out design. It would be a good design to copy. I once seen a bandsaw vise that was similar, but not quite the same. It was a very bulky unit, but worked okay.
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