![]() I have always wondered how the regular (NON-cross-slide) drill press vises work, as you can't always just clamp your piece in the vise, and have your "punched hole" positioned directly under the drill bit, without having to unbolt the vise, and move it over a little. Not sure why some think I'm trying to mill with this thing? I don't even own a single end mill anyway. I am very well aware that a drill press is not to be used as a milling machine. I liked the idea of being able to clamp my workpiece, and then move it over on x-y axis, to position it right where I need it, for DRILLING PURPOSES ONLY. I'm just trying to decide on what to do for a drill press vise. ![]() I also wanted to hear from those who have experience with these devices. Maybe a mid priced quality vise does not exist, and that is fine. No offense meant to anyone, but when someone comes right out and mis-interprets my post, I do like to make things/intentions clear. ![]() You have only been helpful in this thread.Įgpace made a comment, which mis-interpreted my post, and I was trying to clear that up. Nope, I'd NEVER recommend a crosslide vise when there are crosslide tables to be had. Worked great, table has adequate accuracy. I've several times drilled a layout of holes just from the dial calibrations by table movements. I just used a sine table on top of mine tonight. The t-slots are a good place for the drill to run out into, if that fits with the hold-downs. I can put dang near anything I want on it, and can still clamp a vise on there, and point it in any direction I want. My crosslide table, $70 from J & L back when they had a local store, has two t-slots, and is about 6 x 12. * If you ever need to drill a hole at an angle to a surface, you are SOL, a tilting vise won't fit in them. * it has to be thick enough to clamp by the sides I have yet to see a crosslide vise I could afford that was worth a crap. ![]()
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