Scandinavian Vise

[Brian Holcombe]

Lol, entertainment + content.

you're welcome to take the idea and run with it for the brass peice. I had the immediate same feeling in regard to the vise handles, you could probably rip the thing off the bench with that much leverage, so I may cut them down just so that anyone who lends me a hand doesn't overdo it.

I bored the hole for this on a milling machine, even still the spade bit deflected slightly on the exit. I used a 3/4 shank 6 flute cutter to make the 1-3/4" seat for the brass and on the opposite side for the hardware, that bit did not deflect, lol. And I found the hardware to be out of 90, so I ended up having to shim the backs of the hardware after all that.

The machine shop experience for me outweighs my ability to let things be slightly 'out' so I understand your flattening to .010 or so. In fact I'm looking forward to picking up an 8' straight edge for the same purpose.