360 Vice

[kevshell]

I could see this vice coming in quite handy for general use but also working on firearms.

workiqtools.com/products/iq-vise

[contender]

I have a similar one mounted on my bench. Yes,, it's a handy tool. I'll have to check the model of mine. It wasn't too expensive.

[gnappi]

Mine is a Panavise. I used one where I worked and liked it so much it was one of the first things I bought after retiring.

PS, they're a lot less expensive.

[kevshell]

Good to know. Probably will need a traditional one as well but this certainly would have its applications.

[hunter01]

Mar 29, 2024 9:41:15 GMT -5 gnappi said:

Mine is a Panavise. I used one where I worked and liked it so much it was one of the first things I bought after retiring.

PS, they're a lot less expensive.

Thanks for the heads up. How is the quality? Definitely looks like something everyone could use on the bench!

[aciera]

Panavise has been around for ages. Used with clamp and vise gripping
There is also the ball type used by engravers that just uses the weight
And there are stronger ones that don’t have the total range of that one. Used for machining
And also double swivel type used in grinding

Position is everything in life. Machinists have a vise vice.
Different jaws of different materials
Different heights
With cutouts for a particular job
A vise in a vise in a vice. Like lathe chucks
And for holding round things. A bench Chuck

For the ultimate indexing. And holding in the machining world. The Newbould indexer. It has a unique patent. No comparison in it because it was a new machine.

As in there are 27 types of machines since the dawn of man…….lever,inclined plane. You know some. And his was the 27th. A 9 foot display at the Smithsonian ……..pretty kool.

Passed away a couple of years ago. But a man with a problem…….and thought of a way out.
Interesting guy. You could call him and ask questions and ya talk like 2 friends over lunch at the shop figuring out a problem.

[aciera]

Let’s do an end point analysis
Gripping it in your hand to fractal vise on a swivel. The total range. Better for my world than a Matrix vise!!!!

I will have one soon ………just solves so many problems
(And I would love a Matrix also)
There is no end.
Oh. And a Newbould indexer.
Machinists are such children when it comes to shiny useful toys.

Those 3………wow.

[aciera]

Back to the real world ……you have to excuse me. No meds today.
Wilton makes a nice one with a ball clamp lever
Swing it into position and throw one lever

[bigbore5]

I've got a Wilton that is just great. I also have a Newbould. Really awesome indexing vise, but wasn't cheap. I'm one of those machinist kids!

[aciera]

Mar 29, 2024 12:31:48 GMT -5 bigbore5 said:

I've got a Wilton that is just great. I also have a Newbould. Really awesome indexing vise, but wasn't cheap. I'm one of those machinist kids!

Ditto. Newbould was a HOOT!
Incredible stories.
Which Newbould? Grinding or milling. I’m envious
Manual or CNC? I only ran one cnc for a short while.
15 years aerospace R&D. All manual. I’m old.
First purchase after the move is a HVLH M&E

[bigbore5]

I write cnc but trying to avoid running one. That's not a machinist, it's a production worker. Mostly everything I do is manual.

[aciera]

So you understand the HLVH. You get spoiled
I want a better mill also.
Maybe an Aciera.
A small footprint CnC mill would be nice. No auto tool changer. With a simple language
I used Mazatrol

[gnappi]

Mar 29, 2024 10:30:51 GMT -5 hunter01 said:

Mar 29, 2024 9:41:15 GMT -5 gnappi said:

Mine is a Panavise. I used one where I worked and liked it so much it was one of the first things I bought after retiring.

PS, they're a lot less expensive.

Thanks for the heads up. How is the quality? Definitely looks like something everyone could use on the bench!

Mine is 15 +/- years old its used a lot and still is like new. 

Where I worked there were many hundreds in service that never failed.

Quick suggestion, installing some bolts with  wing nuts on a piece of 2x6 makes a handy mobile tool out of it.

[aciera]

Mar 29, 2024 14:26:44 GMT -5 gnappi said:

Mar 29, 2024 10:30:51 GMT -5 hunter01 said:

Thanks for the heads up. How is the quality? Definitely looks like something everyone could use on the bench!

Mine is 15 +/- years old its used a lot and still is like new. 

Where I worked there were many hundreds in service that never failed.

Quick suggestion, installing some bolts with  wing nuts on a piece of 2x6 makes a handy mobile tool out of it.

I remember them 40 years ago but have never seen a new one. They last
They are the Cresent wrench of positional vises

[squawberryman]

A while back someone posted a link to a thread (many pages) from the guy that invented the Newbould indexer. I read it for an hour and still had no idea what I was looking at.