Mini Clamp Vice

Although I have designed and 3D Printed many vices I still found myself wanting another vise and this time it was a small vice/Vise which I could clamp to my workbench when I had a use for it, this is what I have come up with.

The actual Vice is more of a traditional style vice where the sliding jaw runs along the thread rather than the thread pushing the jaw, the design works well, I'm using the same grub screw arrangement to stop the thread from unscrewing itself, the 5mm x 8mm Grub screw is in the end piece of the vice.

To assemble the vice, screw in the clamp screw thread and fit the grooved grip adapter which goes on the end, insert a 12mm long 5mm low profile Allen bolt into the adapter recess thread on the clamp screw until the adapter is still movable, this is to assist in gripping what ever the vice is clamped to, now slide the sliding Jaw along the main body and then glue in the end cap, let the glue dry and then screw the main screw thread through the hole in the main body and screw it into the sliding jaw, even though I off-set the threads I still had to work the thread back and forth, it soon eased off and with the threaded screw in place, now screw the grub screw underneath the end cap and tighten until its just touching the screw recess then back it off, the T bars can now be fitted, the T bar end caps are a tight push on fit but could also be glued in place.

The T-bar is a useful addition and makes it a lot easier to screw the threads in and out, I shall have to incorporate this into future vices.

There you have it, A mini clamp vice which can all be printed on one plate with no support or print the threads separately at 100% infill for more strength, I didn't on this occasion.

The clamping thickness is around 25mm.

Another useful addition for the workshop.

Thanks for Looking.