Better Vise Mounting Clamps for Kurt-style Milling Vises

I’ve been using these for a while, but thought I’d pass along the idea.

I had been using the normal clamps that came with my table clamping kit up until I got my Glacern 6″ Premium Vise. It came with a nice clamping kit that I like a lot better:

Old Style…

New Hotness…

The new clamps are simpler and more compact. For example, when I run two vises with my Jaws of Doom between them, it gets hard to swing a wrench in there. It also helps that I switched to a couple of Socket Head Cap Screws to use for these clamps.

I need to make up a couple of sets from some steel to use with my other vises. Incidentally, the Glacern vise has been superb, every bit as good as my Kurt vise!

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  Andy 2012/06/27 at 5:00 am

  Thanks for sharing the new style clamps they look like they would work great and for mentioning the Glacern vise. I will keep them in mind when I am ready to purchase another vise, always looking for american made products.

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    SiteOwner 2012/06/27 at 9:38 am

    Andy, thanks for commenting. This is the kind of stuff I’m always on the lookout for so I’ll keep passing it along.

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