JM

"John Moorhead"

05/06/2005 4:41 AM

cross vise specs, etc needed for GI mortiser

Folks -

Okay, any of you that were going to post a response regarding your guts
rather than a General In'tl mortiser.....fuggetit!

Now - I am going to build a table to include my mortiser (and several other
machines) and I would like to know more about that modification some of you
have done - installing a cross vise (grizzly??) in the base and using a
riser on the mortise head to regain the depth capacity. I'd like to do
this, but need to know how tall the vise is so I can use a common table and
fence for several machines along one wall.

I seem to recall something about having to reverse one of the axis screws as
well... Does any of this ring a bell?

John Moorhead



This topic has 2 replies

JJ

JGS

in reply to "John Moorhead" on 05/06/2005 4:41 AM

07/06/2005 5:25 AM

My vise is 5.5" from the floor to the top of the vise. We did the drill and tap
thing too to reverse the screw. I'll try to post a picture on ABPW. Cheers, JG

Alan Bierbaum wrote:

> I had to drill and tap ( 1/4-20) two holes to reverse the screw used for
> in-out movement in my Grizzly vise. Simple to do with a drill press (cast
> iron drills and taps easily). My vise is 3 7/8" from the mounting surface
> to the "floor" of the vise jaws (where the wood rest when clamped in the
> vise). You can see a small picture at:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~cabierbaum/wc_csv.jpg
>
> I just removed the supplied base and fence, rotated the head on the base 180
> degrees, and built up the mortiser by 1 1/4" for my Jet mortiser.
> --
> Alan Bierbaum
>
> Web Page: www.calanb.com
>
> "John Moorhead" <johnmoorhead@sbcglobal.splinter.net> wrote in message
> news:jovoe.2764$wy1.557@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> > Folks -
> >
> > Okay, any of you that were going to post a response regarding your guts
> > rather than a General In'tl mortiser.....fuggetit!
> >
> > Now - I am going to build a table to include my mortiser (and several
> > other machines) and I would like to know more about that modification
> > some of you have done - installing a cross vise (grizzly??) in the base
> > and using a riser on the mortise head to regain the depth capacity. I'd
> > like to do this, but need to know how tall the vise is so I can use a
> > common table and fence for several machines along one wall.
> >
> > I seem to recall something about having to reverse one of the axis screws
> > as well... Does any of this ring a bell?
> >
> > John Moorhead
> >
> >
> >

AB

"Alan Bierbaum"

in reply to "John Moorhead" on 05/06/2005 4:41 AM

05/06/2005 8:46 AM

I had to drill and tap ( 1/4-20) two holes to reverse the screw used for
in-out movement in my Grizzly vise. Simple to do with a drill press (cast
iron drills and taps easily). My vise is 3 7/8" from the mounting surface
to the "floor" of the vise jaws (where the wood rest when clamped in the
vise). You can see a small picture at:

http://home.comcast.net/~cabierbaum/wc_csv.jpg

I just removed the supplied base and fence, rotated the head on the base 180
degrees, and built up the mortiser by 1 1/4" for my Jet mortiser.
--
Alan Bierbaum

Web Page: www.calanb.com

"John Moorhead" <johnmoorhead@sbcglobal.splinter.net> wrote in message
news:jovoe.2764$wy1.557@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> Folks -
>
> Okay, any of you that were going to post a response regarding your guts
> rather than a General In'tl mortiser.....fuggetit!
>
> Now - I am going to build a table to include my mortiser (and several
> other machines) and I would like to know more about that modification
> some of you have done - installing a cross vise (grizzly??) in the base
> and using a riser on the mortise head to regain the depth capacity. I'd
> like to do this, but need to know how tall the vise is so I can use a
> common table and fence for several machines along one wall.
>
> I seem to recall something about having to reverse one of the axis screws
> as well... Does any of this ring a bell?
>
> John Moorhead
>
>
>


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