cross vise specs, etc needed for GI mortiser
 

Folks -

Okay, any of you that were going to post a response regarding your guts
rather than a General In'tl mortiser.....fuggetit!

Now - I am going to build a table to include my mortiser (and several other
machines) and I would like to know more about that modification some of you
have done - installing a cross vise (grizzly??) in the base and using a
riser on the mortise head to regain the depth capacity. I'd like to do
this, but need to know how tall the vise is so I can use a common table and
fence for several machines along one wall.

I seem to recall something about having to reverse one of the axis screws as
well... Does any of this ring a bell?

John Moorhead

I had to drill and tap ( 1/4-20) two holes to reverse the screw used for
in-out movement in my Grizzly vise. Simple to do with a drill press (cast
iron drills and taps easily). My vise is 3 7/8" from the mounting surface
to the "floor" of the vise jaws (where the wood rest when clamped in the
vise). You can see a small picture at:

http://home.comcast.net/~cabierbaum/wc_csv.jpg

I just removed the supplied base and fence, rotated the head on the base 180
degrees, and built up the mortiser by 1 1/4" for my Jet mortiser.
--
Alan Bierbaum

Web Page: www.calanb.com

"John Moorhead" wrote in message
...
Folks -

Okay, any of you that were going to post a response regarding your guts
rather than a General In'tl mortiser.....fuggetit!

Now - I am going to build a table to include my mortiser (and several
other machines) and I would like to know more about that modification
some of you have done - installing a cross vise (grizzly??) in the base
and using a riser on the mortise head to regain the depth capacity. I'd
like to do this, but need to know how tall the vise is so I can use a
common table and fence for several machines along one wall.

I seem to recall something about having to reverse one of the axis screws
as well... Does any of this ring a bell?

John Moorhead

My vise is 5.5" from the floor to the top of the vise. We did the drill and tap
thing too to reverse the screw. I'll try to post a picture on ABPW. Cheers, JG

Alan Bierbaum wrote:

I had to drill and tap ( 1/4-20) two holes to reverse the screw used for
in-out movement in my Grizzly vise. Simple to do with a drill press (cast
iron drills and taps easily). My vise is 3 7/8" from the mounting surface
to the "floor" of the vise jaws (where the wood rest when clamped in the
vise). You can see a small picture at:

http://home.comcast.net/~cabierbaum/wc_csv.jpg

I just removed the supplied base and fence, rotated the head on the base 180
degrees, and built up the mortiser by 1 1/4" for my Jet mortiser.
--
Alan Bierbaum

Web Page: www.calanb.com

"John Moorhead" wrote in message
...
Folks -

Okay, any of you that were going to post a response regarding your guts
rather than a General In'tl mortiser.....fuggetit!

Now - I am going to build a table to include my mortiser (and several
other machines) and I would like to know more about that modification
some of you have done - installing a cross vise (grizzly??) in the base
and using a riser on the mortise head to regain the depth capacity. I'd
like to do this, but need to know how tall the vise is so I can use a
common table and fence for several machines along one wall.

I seem to recall something about having to reverse one of the axis screws
as well... Does any of this ring a bell?

John Moorhead