Drill Press Vises

[RickT]

I'm still looking for a drill press vise. The ones I've seen have a radial shaft running through its length. The problem I see is drilling through whatever I'm holding in the vise and then drilling into the goofy shaft right below it. Am I missing something? Shouldn't a drill press vise be open below the jaws to allow the drill bit to come out whatever is being drilled? Yes, I know I could put a piece of scrap wood under what's being drilled, but it would have to be smaller than what's being drilled so it wouldn't prevent the jaws from clamping what's being drilled. I'd also like to have one that angles. Does anyone have any comments?
Thanks,
Rick

[cabinetman]

See if you can find something at these sites:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=...20press%20vise
http://www.bostonindustrial.com/vises.html



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[kwgeorge]

There is something such as you describe at sears, Sears Item 924085000 and it looks like it is open between the ways. Now with that I will have to save that I have been using the same cross slide vice on my drill press for I think the last 20 years and I have yet to drill into the X axis lead screw. There are two potential holes you would want to drill, one being a through hole and the other not a through hole. When drilling a through hole you would often want a waste block underneath so that the bit exit hole will be much cleaner. On steel I don’t worry about this but rather just set my depth stop.

Ken

[LCHIEN]

Ken's got a good point. learn to use your depth stop.