FILENAMES: T-slot_vise_plans-2.jpg T-slot_vise_plans-1.jpg DESCRIPTION: These are scans of plans for a two piece vise that goes into the T-slots of a machine table. Posted by Mike M Fendley . The following description was provided: ================================================================= T-slot vise The plans "vise1plan.gif" and "vise2plan.gif" came from the "Virtual Machinist" that at one time had them on line (but they are virtually unreadable!) Therefore check out the new and improved set of plans and . The plans actually came from a high school set of projects that students could make . . . many moons ago. (Sadly, few HSs have machine shops today.) 16 years ago as a volunteer teaching a machine shop course in a local HS I made the T-slot vise and took my first shot at surface grinding. The vise has survived 2 separate mills and is still in use today. I post these files for those who have asked for the plans and pix. (By the way, I still volunteer teach at another HSs machine shop . . . and I'm strictly a hobbyist. It's just fun teaching kids and encouraging them to dream.) Chips and prayers, Mike Fendley, LeClaire, Iowa Past posting of pictures of the vise in use can be found at: Vise1.jpg - Vise is clamped to the table of the mill and is holding a chunk of aluminum to be flycut. The chrome 5/8" wrench I found in a junk box. It fit the square adjusting screw for the movable jaw perfectly. (Added some class too!) Vise2.jpg - Another view of the above setup from the fixed jaw side. Vise3.jpg - Shows the underside of the vise. Notice: I penned the guide rods and put the adjusting screw's set screw on the bottom as opposed to the top (as per plans) for aesthetic reasons. Vise4.jpg - Using the T-slot vise to hold a toolmakers vise (that my son made for me) to hold a wheel at an angle in order to drill a set screw hole. Vise5.jpg - Same setup as above from the fixed jaw side. (Notice I chucked the drill in crooked for the picture . . . gotta get them trifocals adjusted!)