[modeleng] Re: Milling machine vice

Gentlemen,

I recommend the machine vice kit from Model Engineering Services, Pipworth 
Farm, Pipworth Lane, Eckington, Sheffield, S21 4EY.  It cost me £38.50 plus 
£8.50 carriage.  Service is excellent.

This kit was highly recommended to me by a number of model engineers.  I 
learned a lot from making this vice.  When you look at the instructions and 
the lumps of metal, it seems daunting, but by following the instructions 
step by step, and asking the 'wise men' when you get stuck, a great deal of 
satisfaction is gained from completeing it.  The biggest puzzle was working 
out how to squeeze those penannular steel dowels into their respective 
holes.....No No No, put that club hammer down.....use the bench vice to push 
them in!

I was told that the machining was so easy, you could do it all in an 
evening.  It took me weeks!  OK, months.

Best wishes,

Jem Harrison
Basildon
Essex
UK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "alan Stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 3:35 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Milling machine vice


>I am surprised no-one has suggested making one.
> They are easy to make, and can be built from castings or stock material.
>
> In that way it could be the size one wants and as rigid as required.
>
> There have been many designs in ME over the years, but even without then,
> they are so basic that it shouldnt be hard to sketch something that will 
> do
> the job and use whatever is in stock / the scrap box.
> The main thing one needs is a milling machine......
>
>
> Alan Stepney
>
> http://www.alanstepney.info
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