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Wedge Style Hand Vise - Part 3

🕑 Added 2016-05-29 08:22:46 +0000 UTC

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Clickspring

I don't own a pair of nippers with sufficiently narrow tips that can reach in and cut at the base of the coil, they are all rather convex at the end - Cheers :)

Makin'Things

why cut the spring guide instead of making the spring 1 turn longer and cutting the spring off the guide? Seems like an inefficient use of stock.

Graeme Brumfitt

GDay Chris, TFS. Seriously mate so much work for a spring and screw BUT SOooo worth it :-)

Clickspring

I use a light compressor oil for quenching - Terrific to have your support, thank you :)

What kind of Oil do you use for quenching? Also you have such amazing videos, I am in awe!

Clickspring

Awesome!! so pleased you're enjoying the videos Willy :)

Willy Demis

Your attention to detail- and perhaps even more so- your ability to execute on that detail is why I'm here! Who spends so much time polishing the screws on a tool like this?? You do. And I love it. And it makes me want to produce that same kind of detail. Amazing, as usual!

Clickspring

Hey Mark that is a SIEG SC4, more details on selecting lathe here: <a href="http://www.clickspringprojects.com/blog/which-lathe-should-i-buy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.clickspringprojects.com/blog/which-lathe-should-i-buy</a>

Mark Foster

The red colored lathe make?? Thinking bout getting a sherline but don't want it to limit my size capacity. What u recommend for medium capacity bench lathe??? Thanks

Clickspring

Hey Colin, I'm working on part 4 now so should be out in about a week

Colin Dick

Thanks for posting these videos Chris. When will the next parts of these be coming out?

Clickspring

Hey Paul, yes a shop tour and a tool bit grinding video are both on the to-do list. In the meantime there is a bit of info on my shop here: <a href="http://www.clickspringprojects.com/blog/from-little-things" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.clickspringprojects.com/blog/from-little-things</a> - Cheers mate :)

Paul Busby

Great stuff Chris. Would love to see a shop tour and maybe a spare parts video on how you sharpen your tools.

Clickspring

Terrific to hear that Alberto!

Alberto Ferrero

I just finished the installation of my new/old/first lathe and being inspired by your tidiness in turning metal. Now begins the phase of making tools and your tools related video are gold to me. Keep on the wonderful work and... see you latah! 😁

Arturo Gutierrez

Awesome :D I'm glad I gave you an interesting idea to ponder in the future :)

Clickspring

That's an awesome suggestion Arturo, thank you! I would definitely follow that up if a tool manufacturer was ever interested. I have a number of designs lined up for the Patron series that would be good candidates. Some are horological, and some are general workshop hand tools. Cheers mate :)

Arturo Gutierrez

("many people" as in, machining and lathe geeks and alike xD)

Arturo Gutierrez

I've been thinking that you have a very particular and cool aesthetic for your custom-purpose tools :D have you thought about registering your designs? Perhaps collaborating with some tool manufacturer to make them in masse? I would think that many people would be interested in having ClickSpring-designed tools ;)

Clickspring

Cheers Kevin :)

Clickspring

Cheers Matthew :)

Clickspring

I'm going for the classic horological cheesehead screws on this one. Cheers Frank :)

Matthew Sykes

Didn't see it Sunday but great video to watch Monday night......superb as always Chris and a wealth of great ideas and techniques

Frank Donahue

Hi Chris with your love of using the hand graver and or forming tooling I thought that the top of the screws might have gotten a nice rounded look or at least a nice beveled edge just to finish them off but maybe the polishing would have been a bit too much, ha,ha thanks for all the hard work you put into your videos for us all

kevin todd

I got my fix.......great job as always

Clickspring

Cheers Mike :)

Clickspring

Hey John, yes that's a piece of pegwood, a dense soft wood being used to remove the blue temper oxide. It has the nice property that it deforms to the shape you're pushing it into, and holds the shape so you can polish it (eg threads, slots). The abrasive is diamantine powder (a fine grade of aluminium oxide) mixed with oil <a href="https://www.hswalsh.com/product/bergeon-6807-ef0015-extra-fine-diamantine-hd97" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.hswalsh.com/product/bergeon-6807-ef0015-extra-fine-diamantine-hd97</a> Cheers mate :)

Mike Michelizzi

I stumbled across another way to form springs a while back that uses the chuck to hold the wire instead of the arbor itself. It's not as pretty as Chris' setup (big surprise, right? :) ) but seems to work well just the same. <a href="http://www.deansphotographica.com/machining/projects/springs2/springs2.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.deansphotographica.com/machining/projects/springs2/springs2.html</a>

John Saunders (NYC CNC)

What was the tool used around 8:25 to remove scale (?) on the hardened screw- just a wood stick? have grit in it? Tremendous as usual.

Mike Michelizzi

I like the idea of cutting the screw slots clocked a bit - I never would've thought of that. Thanks for sharing that and your spring forming method!

Clickspring

Cheers PJ!

Clickspring

Ha ha! So true!

Clickspring

Hey Robert, the way I approached it was to make it sacrificaial for convenience, but you could probably wind on some extra turns and cut further down the spring, and then unravel the trapped portion. The trouble is getting the cutters in close enough to cut without distorting the nicely formed spring (and arbor) - its all very small (<4mm), and the very tip of wire cutters tend not to be great at getting into tight spaces. For larger springs its all much easier - you can simply fasten the start of the wire on the perimeter of the forming arbor with a set screw, and re-use the winding arbor indefinitely. Cheers mate :)

PJ

Em R sum mighty purdy screws Chris! Must be spring week. Never heard of that type wire...have to look it up. Looks like it might be 1018/1080 that is hardened ~RC30ish¿ Thanks for the gift of this!! ~PJ

Jess Neal

Great job Chris. Interesting process with the spring making. Those formulas in the book are like trying to read russian :)

Robert

Do you have top use a sacrificial arbor to make the springs or can it be reused?

Clickspring

Its a tight squeeze at that point, there's not really enough of a gap to get the nippers onto the part that I would choose to cut. Much easier to just set it free. A cm or two of brass is not a huge price to pay for two completed springs. If you're not comfortable with that approach, you could wind more onto the spring and cut further down, but either way some extra materials get consumed. Cheers Mark :)

Clickspring

Cheers Matt!

Clickspring

2 springs, one for each jaw, cheers Samuel :)

Clickspring

Hey Al, the entire tool is susceptible to rust if not cared for. I generally give my tools a wipe with an oily rag after use and that keeps most rust issues at bay. Terrific to have your support mate :)

Al

What's to stop the hand made screws from rusting? Thanks for the videos. Lose my shit every time one is posted. Would contribute $1000 a video if i could.