Toolmakers Vice Build Part 3 - Grinding and Finishing

Whilst I got good results from this set up, I strongly recommend against doing this machining process on a mill.

G'day everyone,

welcome back to part 3 of making a toolmaker vice for the milling machine. in the previous video I case hardened and tempered it to 55-60 HRC. in this video I intend to grind it down to final dimension and test it.

Without access to a surface grinder, I decided to use a grinding stone mounted in the mill to grind the part. This was not an easy, nor pleasant process which took a lot of trial and error to get right. whilst I do not recommend this method, I was able to get it to work, with hopefully minimal long term consequences to the mill.

cheers

[artisanmakes]

G'day everyone, welcome to the final chapter of the toolmakers vice build. I hope you enjoyed the series as much as I did. I also hope to make it clear that you should avoid doing what I did in this video. Whilst I got somewhat decent results, mills are not surface grinders. Cheers :)

[InheritanceMachining]

Dude! That turned out great! I’m seriously impressed with the tolerances you were able to hold across such a large part without access to an SG. That vice will serve you well!

[chemicalcorrosion]

Given the equipment you had, this was an excellent build!

[euclidallglorytotheloglady]

Congratulations!! The bottom line here is YOU did everything the best way you could and followed through no matter how tedious the operation! The best part being the results speak for themselves!

[sparrow]

Glad you didn’t send away to get surface ground. Seeing you machine complex things with a reasonably simple workshop and what you have on hand is one of the things I love your channel for.

[wyattselleck]

Project idea. Make your own bench top surface grinder? I’ve enjoyed all of your videos and keep wanting more. Thank you for sharing.

[rickpalechuk]

Looks like a win win for home shop use.
Thanks for sharing,
Cheers

[daveharriman]

This series was great, I like the way you used a boring head in the toolpost to get a radius on the part, I'd like to see more of that, cheers

[bhoiiii]

Great build. I appreciate the insight on grinding with a mill. I’ve always wondered. For stock, I’ve had luck searching for “4140 drops or off cuts”. Some of the drops are quite large, at least for my small shop. Cheers.

[piccilos]

Really impressive project, congratulations on the new vise.

[haydenc]

Definitely need screw holes for softjaws and the like for that vice!
Such an amazing build!
Keep em coming!!!!

[mptubes]

My new fav channel. Level of craftsmanship and video production is just superb! Can’t wait to see what’s next

[rootvalue]

Good work using what you have on a budget. It’s your equipment, your own risks, and your knowledge, which is all that matters.

[Hephaistos-qb]

Thank you so much for these video's! I started looking because I thought maybe this is a way for me to create a nice small milling vise for my much smaller CNC mill. I am so glad I looked at your video's for now I know this kind of project is far out of my reach!

[homemadetools]

Excellent vise. We shared this video (alongside parts 1 and 2) on our homemade tools forum 😎

[michelecrown]

I've enjoyed this series very much. I'm amazed you got the results you did. Should be proud at what you accomplished with what you had to work with.

[Engineerdd]

Man this is a big project for a home shop. Kudos to you. Beautiful work.

[Phiz]

Well done! I'm super hooked on your build videos recently.

[MattysWorkshop]

Gday, this vice turned out great and a credit to you for giving the project a go, to grind this on a mill is a massive feet in itself but you made it work, this proves you can make do with the gear you have, I’ve throughly enjoyed watching this series and appreciate you sharing the journey, cheers

[frodejrgensen]

Very cool project! Thanks for sharing and all the knowledge that's definately worth saving a few blunders.
I think it turned out great so congrats with a succsessful finish of your firs "big project" I'm impressed!