Drill press vise

8/8/17, 9:20 PM #1

Doug Ridley
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Drill press vise

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I seldom use my drill press vise but today when I tried to hold an odd piece with it the worm gear won't connect with the drive screw. Seems like the little push button that lets you slide it freely is stuck in the free sliding position. I assume there is a spring on the push button rod that is supposed to shove it back so the drive screw will work the vise but it is either broken or frozen up. Anybody know how to get the worm gear back into position? I have already used extremely hot water and penetrating oil and neither did any good. There is no way to open the housing. Any ideas?

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8/8/17, 10:41 PM #2

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Never mind folks, I got it. Put it in a vise and hit it about 10 times with a rawhide hammer and it just popped open.

Had already tried that once but I guess I didn't do it long enough.

Doug

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8/9/17, 1:16 AM #3

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If you have a shop dog, be careful

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With that rawhide hammer. Miss Sassafras thought mine was a popsicle, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

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8/9/17, 11:05 AM #4

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Re: Drill press viseFind a lube for it

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I use a penetrating oil that leaves a silicone lubricant behind when it dries.

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I’m a fairly spry 82-year-old who had been a reader/participant at WoodCentral since the demise of Badger Pond. I started visiting BP to learn something about finish for a project I’d completed and became hooked on internet forums as a way of increasing my knowledge about all sorts of topics. I have been a moderator for a couple other forums on subjects I enjoy. My interest in woodworking began in the early 1970’s when my wife and I had contractors add to our house near Traverse City, MI, and I ended up doing the trim work to reduce mounting costs. I had no tools. I bought a P-C skilsaw, hammer, screwdrivers and one of those wooden miter boxes with a backsaw. I made trim for windows and doors from one-by lumber and started my woodworking career. At the same time, I started a 50-year career as a ski instructor. I got onto the night shift at a mental hospital so I could ski days, and spent my 30s and 40s with that schedule. I eventually replaced the PC-upside-down-in-a-board with a real table saw and began the purchase of enough equipment to fill a jam-packed 40-foot shipping container we used after we sold our property in Michigan. The ski instructing had taken us to Colorado and we were spending too much on maintaining utilities for two homes. A couple years ago, the dozen years spent at 10,000 feet of elevation was making my body produce too many red blood cells, so we had to leave my “forever” home in the mountains and we moved back to Michigan. Now I have to find myself a shop space for all those tools in the container.

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8/9/17, 12:01 PM #5

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Anyhow I got it out. Wont be using the quick slide anymore. I'll just run the drive screw in and out.

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8/10/17, 12:52 PM #6

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Re: Drill press viseFind a lube for it

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I used to have an European trailer hitch where the ballmount would release from the receiver with a turn of a key and push on a button where the button would stick once depressed. Similar issue. Needed a lube. Easy fix.

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I’m a fairly spry 82-year-old who had been a reader/participant at WoodCentral since the demise of Badger Pond. I started visiting BP to learn something about finish for a project I’d completed and became hooked on internet forums as a way of increasing my knowledge about all sorts of topics. I have been a moderator for a couple other forums on subjects I enjoy. My interest in woodworking began in the early 1970’s when my wife and I had contractors add to our house near Traverse City, MI, and I ended up doing the trim work to reduce mounting costs. I had no tools. I bought a P-C skilsaw, hammer, screwdrivers and one of those wooden miter boxes with a backsaw. I made trim for windows and doors from one-by lumber and started my woodworking career. At the same time, I started a 50-year career as a ski instructor. I got onto the night shift at a mental hospital so I could ski days, and spent my 30s and 40s with that schedule. I eventually replaced the PC-upside-down-in-a-board with a real table saw and began the purchase of enough equipment to fill a jam-packed 40-foot shipping container we used after we sold our property in Michigan. The ski instructing had taken us to Colorado and we were spending too much on maintaining utilities for two homes. A couple years ago, the dozen years spent at 10,000 feet of elevation was making my body produce too many red blood cells, so we had to leave my “forever” home in the mountains and we moved back to Michigan. Now I have to find myself a shop space for all those tools in the container.

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