I bought a little vice for my little mill, from Harrogate......
Beautiful, fully ground pieces of hardened steel. Just 1˝” wide..... Dwarfed by the 100mm version which came with the machine!

During handling, the cross pin spent most of it`s time falling onto the floor. So, I turned down an 8mm caphead screw.

The “false start” under the head, is for my fingernails to grip......

This one can only exit in
one direction.

Made a pair of clamp washers etc.....

Along with the 10mm chuck now installed, I`ve got some 7" tooling clearance.....


Which brings me to my next project.......
Oh dear!

Can I sort it?

...... Pleese!

Took a deep breath and thought about it, for a while.......

It needs the tiny drill supporting, while drilling through the centre of the broken stud......
Made a tiny bush, 3/32" diameter,

With a 1.5mm hole through.....

Clock level in vice, then clock up the bush collar......

1.5mm drill now supported down to the top of the broken stud.

Open out to 2mm dia, then run a 7BA tap down, to clean out the thread.

All done...... And, all ok! ..... Heave a
big sigh of relief......

What a great feeling! …... When things
go right!

David D