The alternative to the "precision" vise you refer to is to spend the bucks
for a standard mill vise, which come with slots
in the bottom in which you can place keys to match the slots in your milling
machine table, and also have the standard
slotted bolt flanges to clamp to the table.

Good luck!


"Dave Lyon" wrote in message
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Thanks for the reply. "Troll", not sure what you mean by that,
anyway thanks for pointing out how to use a vise. Gees - would have
never known. Allow me to be a little clearer. My question was, "What
is everybody doing to clamp and align these little vices?" Thus far
I have found no good answer. Strap clamps (toe clamp if you prefer)
would work yes but there sloppy and don't lend them themselves to
aligning, "squaring" the head very easily. I did find some
drawings to make your own clamps at,
"http://www.littlemachineshop.com/Projects/ViseClamps.php" but
they seem, just by looking at them, not rigged enough, and wouldn't
make alignment much easier then the strap clamps. I'm figuring now I
will have to make my own clamps for each end. I'm thinking with some
kind of eccentrics and set bolt for easy alignment, and perhaps a stop
block for one side. I'm still hoping that someone out there has some
really slick better idea on what they did and would be willing to share
it.


Actually, you got very good answers to your question. When mounting a vice
to a machine, it is almost always necessary to indicate the vice in
straight
if you want accuracy.