How to make a machine vice with your own hands

A machine or drilling vice is indispensable for working with small parts in any workshop or garage. In this master class I will tell you how I made a vice for a drilling machine with my own hands. Considering that it is often necessary to clamp parts of different thicknesses, I added a small “trick” to the design to quickly change the width of the clamp, but first things first.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

From the materials we will need:


  • - timber 50x50 mm;
  • - plywood 12 mm thick;
  • - M10 stud and M10 nut;
  • - reinforced washer 8;
  • - washer 6;
  • - three wood screws with a wide head;
  • - self-tapping screw for wood 25 mm;
  • - wood glue (I used PVA).

Step-by-step master class on making a drilling vice


We cut three bars 50x50x120 mm and mark the centers on two of them, drawing two diagonals from opposite corners of the workpiece.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

On the first block, along the marked center, we make a sequential through hole of 10 mm, and then coaxially with a diameter of 16 mm to a depth of 8 mm.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

Then we look at the M10 nut.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

And along the contour of the nut we mark the counter of the nut with a pencil or, as I did, with a chisel.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

Working with a chisel, we make a hexagonal hole in the block to a depth equal to the depth of the second hole by 16 mm.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

We press the nut into the resulting hole using a clamp, although you can simply hammer it in with a hammer.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

How to make a machine vice with your own hands

We take the second block and, according to the markings, use a Forstner drill to make a 24 mm hole to a depth of 2 mm, then coaxially make a second hole of 12 mm and a depth of 6 mm.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

Along the perimeter of the 24 mm hole evenly, after 120 degrees we drill three more holes with a diameter of 3 mm for self-tapping screws.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

Next, we will assemble the base of the vice from 12 mm thick plywood - we will need pieces of 120x270 mm and two pieces of 45x270 mm. Having previously glued the parts to be connected, we fasten them with self-tapping screws along a 19 mm length of wood (pre-drill holes for the self-tapping screws with a chamfer for the countersunk head of the fastener).
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

How to make a machine vice with your own hands

Similarly, we fix the stationary jaw of the vice and the thrust part.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

How to make a machine vice with your own hands

The stationary part of the vice is ready.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

We make two cuts on the enlarged washer 8, forming a groove along the width of the hole.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

How to make a machine vice with your own hands

On an M10 stud 250 mm long, stepping back 6 mm from the edge, we make a groove to a diameter of 8 mm with a width of about 3 mm.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

How to make a machine vice with your own hands

We turn a handle on a lathe. In the absence of a lathe, you can plan the handle or saw off a piece from the handle for a rake or shovel (they are sold ready-made in hardware stores).
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

At the ends of the handle we make two holes - in one end with a diameter of 10 mm and a depth of 60 mm.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

And on the other side with a diameter of 3 mm for a self-tapping screw.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

We set the stud on epoxy.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

The self-tapping screw on the other side is similar.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

Assembling a movable sponge with a handle.
At the bottom of hole 12 we place washer 6 for goto, so that when screwed in, the pin rests against the metal and not the wood.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

We screw in the pin and install the washer at 8, securing it to the movable jaw with self-tapping screws.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

The machine vice is ready.
How to make a machine vice with your own hands

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