Betty
Do you have a source for the granite? Because I have a source for the vise holders....me! Maybe we can cook up a deal?
Brad
Betty
Do you have a source for the granite? Because I have a source for the vise holders....me! Maybe we can cook up a deal?
Brad
"A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her."
-W.C. Fields
Brad, there's a granite counter place not too far from here, but, I certainly haven't a clue as to what to use. And, the cost of shipping would be crazy. Should give it a visit sometime. You should give klinkhamer a note! He's got the granite and only needs the collet.
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
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I typically visit Solid surface counter top businesses and ask if I can go dumpster diving for scraps. Sometimes they are willing to give me sample pieces, or if really exotic granite, I can buy precut samples.
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I found brass set screw rod collars with 1/2" ID and brass flanges with 3/8" ID and drilled\tapped out a hole in flange and a 1/2" hole into the granite and quartz bases I have and epoxied the unit in there.
Here's a sample.
Total cost ~$6 for parts for each set, plus $12 for a new 1/2" granite\masonry drill bit.
Last edited by klinkhamer; 03-07-2017 at 06:31 PM.
Very, very cool!! So to set the screw, you need a small screwdriver or a coin (to fit the slot and turn)?
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
Years ago,we make some vise bases from a masonry product. For the stems we used aluminum tubes that we drilled and threaded for thumb screws... They were epoxied into the base and worked very well.
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I have set screws that use either hex key or a small screwdriver. Not enough space for a regular knob, but you probably won't be taking vise stem in\out that much anyway.
No to repeat myself, but .... that's really cool!
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
The rod collars are already pre-drilled with a set screw. Just had to drill and thread into the brass tube and make sure it's lined up.