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The final result.
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Stonfo basic vise
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Imitation Regal vise
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Different ways of clamping hooks
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Pliers
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3D animation CAD drawing of the vise.
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Drawing for the workshop
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Some of the materials used
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Carbon fibre strip for the replaceable jaws.
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My small metal lathe.
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My small milling machine.
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My small woodturning lathe.
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Starting the project
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Aluminum and carbon fibre for the vise head.
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Milling the twin parts for the tying head.
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The recess for the jaws already made.
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Making jaws from a carbon fiber strip.
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The carbon fiber
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Fitting the carbon fibre parts into the recesses.
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A secure fit into the recess with no clearance.
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Counter boring the holes
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Ready to shape the parts
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The shaped head with the rough jaws in it.
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Making one of the clamping screws.
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Finger grips
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A finished clamping screw
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Almost complete vise head
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Close up of the fully shaped jaws.
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The roughly shaped adapter
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The shaped adapter
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Making threaded holes in the adapter.
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The recess for the plastic insert
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Making the attachment part for the adapter.
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Finished head parts
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The horizontal shaft
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The horizontal shaft
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The vise head
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Starting to turn the first wooden part
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Close up of the wooden part
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Wooden part is almost finished
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First wooden part finished
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The first pair of bearing bushings
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Bushings
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Fitting the parts already made.
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Missing some parts
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The hand wheel and the crank parts.
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The crank
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The slots made for the O-ring bearing rings.
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Making the vertical shaft
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Taking shape
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The plastic ring
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Attaching the MDF
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The zebrano blank
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The recess
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Reverse chucking of the blank
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Shaping the bottom plate.
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The finished bottom plate
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Drilling holes in the counterweight plates
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The counterweight plates
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Turning the wooden handles
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The handle almost done
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The finished handle
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The bottom plate
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The hex-keys are glued
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Most of the parts together.
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Fitting and checking all the parts
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Checking the jaws
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Cleaning and polishing
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Cleaned and polished
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Protecting the wooden parts
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Assembly of all the parts
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Closeup of the vise head
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A look at the hand wheel
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The bottom plate
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Clamping screws
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The tube-fly adapter
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The tube-fly adapter in the vise
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The tube vise
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The removed tying head
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The final result
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