On Mar 23, 4:56*pm, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote:
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That's mostly where I'm at in my thinking, so far. *Used equipment is
seldom seen on the Norwegian market, and when it is, it tends to be big
and heavy commercial machines, with asking prices way out of my range.
I have to compare it to a milling attachment for my mini-lathe, and it
does seem to come out of that comparison pretty well.

-tih

You might consider this vise which could be notched to align with the
tee slots easily.
http://littlemachineshop.com/product...y=196325691 3
In practice a swivel base is almost never needed and you can mount the
vise at an angle with a tee slot clamp kit.

The old Wilton vise on my mill has a similar tee base for the sliding
jaw, with separate blocks underneath held by screws from above. After
clamping the jaw, tightening them pulls the work down onto the
parallels.

Can't you buy metric tooling and accessories for hobby machines in
Europe?
http://www.holz-metall.info/shop1/artikel1032.htm
For many years the prototype equipment I made has been metric but the
manual machine tools and end mills are inch. The combination is
annoying and makes extra work.

jsw