Milling vise handle size poll

[Janger]

Giving @a smile some more support. His lathe index key can also be used for milling vises through the use of a sleeve that slips on over the key. He would like to know what sizes would be useful? I've put down a couple choices - if yours isn't listed please reply to the thread with the size and I will add it to the poll.

 

[Susquatch]

His lathe index key can also be used for milling vises through the use of a sleeve that slips on over the key.

Mine are ALL 3/4" - some square and some hex. I keep a ratchet combination wrench always handy by the mill. It fits my drawbar too.

So is this sleeve the reason for the threaded hole on the shank? If not, what is it for?

 

[DavidR8]

Mine are ALL 3/4" - some square and some hex. I keep a ratchet combination wrench always handy by the mill. It fits my drawbar too.

So is this sleeve the reason for the threaded hole on the shank? If not, what is it for?

I wondered about that hole too.

 

[DavidR8]

My vise takes a 12mm hex.

 

[YYCHM]

1/2" hex for me.

 

[whydontu]

I’ve polled as 12mm, but weird-ass BB Groz vise is actually 0.450 across flats. I use a speed handle with a 1/2” deep hex socket, a bit slopppy but works well

 

[Janger]

Mine are ALL 3/4" - some square and some hex. I keep a ratchet combination wrench always handy by the mill. It fits my drawbar too.

So is this sleeve the reason for the threaded hole on the shank? If not, what is it for?

Sun actually answered this already - it is for a ball spring plunger and yes to keep the sleeve on.

I made my own chuck wrench

Nice tooling. I don't quite understand, does the wrench (lower handle part in picture) somehow fit on the chuck key (upper part in picture) or are they 2 separate tools? Time change being what it is, @a smile is prolly snoring. The bottom part is the handle for the top part. It's designed to...

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[Raygers]

I'm not sure what mine is, I'm in the house at the moment, all I know is that it hurts when dropped on my foot.

 

[Janger]

I put the additional choices in the poll - if anyone who did not have a choice on the poll could you please go back and vote? Thank you!

 

[6.5 Fan]

Hmm just checked my vise, the wrench is .61" square or in laymans terms 15.5mm. the closest poll option was 15mm.