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Fractal Vice Version 3
by Billzilla
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My latest version of the Fractal Vice.
I wanted to make it a good one and a few people wanted to have soft jaws on it, so that's what I've done. If there's enough demand for solid small jaws I'll add those as an option as well. If you're in Australia it's easy enough to get the soft rubber strip needed for the jaws, overseas you'll have to have a bit of a search around sorry. Also included is a simple gadget that lets you cut the rubber strip to the right length and nice & squarely.
Place the parts in your slicer so that the outer (large) curve has the lip facing upwards, that's so that the smaller lips face downwards and don't need as much support material. The supports on my printed parts broke away cleanly & easily that way. After printing the various rotating parts of the vice jaws, please take a few minutes to carefully file off any elephants foot at the bottom, to make sure they can rotate smoothly & easily. The bolts will make their own threads into each piece, at least the
I wanted to make it a good one and a few people wanted to have soft jaws on it, so that's what I've done. If there's enough demand for solid small jaws I'll add those as an option as well. If you're in Australia it's easy enough to get the soft rubber strip needed for the jaws, overseas you'll have to have a bit of a search around sorry. Also included is a simple gadget that lets you cut the rubber strip to the right length and nice & squarely.
Place the parts in your slicer so that the outer (large) curve has the lip facing upwards, that's so that the smaller lips face downwards and don't need as much support material. The supports on my printed parts broke away cleanly & easily that way. After printing the various rotating parts of the vice jaws, please take a few minutes to carefully file off any elephants foot at the bottom, to make sure they can rotate smoothly & easily. The bolts will make their own threads into each piece, at least the
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