A small low profile machine vise

Step 8 Use

The vise had crude hacksaw marks and funny overhanging parts, and was a little out of square because of poor machining until last week. It wasn't as difficult to get the important surfaces square and parallel as the milling machine itself, which besides wear had been machined out of square and flat by as much as 0.5mm. Now the milling vise works better by what seems the same amount as it had worked compared with the crappy drill press vise, but the new paint is already coming off.