Drill press vice positioner

I read an article sometime in the last couple of years that described a postioner/holding device for a drill press vice that allowed the vice to swing across the table. Despite several searches through indexes, google etc I cannot find this article. can anyone help, I'm sure I didn't imagine it

Was it something like this?

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Hi Vic, it was along those lines but a bit more 'comprehensive'. I'm sure it was an article in one of the ME publications

Yes recent ME had a sort of parallelogram arrangement

Frances, thank you, that's the one

I have a copy of the Float Lock vise made by an old toolmaker. They are great, but heavy.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=float+lock+vice&qpvt=float+lock+vice&qpvt=float+lock+vice&FORM=IGRE

The jaws are stepped so it like having a set of built in parallels.

My solution is two pieces of 25 x 12 x 130mm steel bar with threaded hole set in the centre of one end forming a lever nut, round of the sharp edges to protect your hands.

Half inch bolts and a washers set from underneath the table completes the vice clamps. No more looking for a clamp. For an application like this a Whitworth thread is stronger than M12. due to the coarser thread

I just loosen the clamp levers and vice and all drag the vice into position.

Much stronger than a G clamp and no spanner needed.

Only a few minutes to make. cost from the scrap bin....nil.

Regards
John

Edited By John McNamara on 01/04/2016 08:02:19