Thread: vice handle with square bore

I've made them by welding 4 bits of flat along the corners. Bit fiddly to set up (clamp to a dummy square), but no hacksaws or files involved.

If welding ,do not forget about a bit of shim between the square and the flats.

The welding will shrink and the item will be fixed to the square very,very firmly indeed.

Grahame

Being time poor I decided to go the lazy route and buy a 7/16" square hole bushing like the one recommended by John (shedhappens). I managed to find a supplier in the US that sells them quite a bit cheaper than the oz supplier (no surprises there). Postage was extremely reasonable too. A small USPS box that holds up to 4lbs for $16.95. I grabbed a few extra goodies to fill the box.

I'll turn up a couple of handwheels and press a short length of the square hole bushing into each.

Thanks for all the tips.

I finished the hand-wheels. I drilled and reamed the bores in the wheels to 1/2" and tapped in a piece of square hole sleeve. Some Loctite 641 should keep them there.

Now I need to strip down and clean the X-Y vice- the shiny new wheels make it look even worse!

Thanks to all those who offered advice.

Here's a couple of pics:

well you "handled" that job ok jack

Have a look at what I did with my brand new X-Y vice:
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/re...ml#post1430921
I like your handwheels better than the originals. Might follow your lead one day.
Cheers,
Joe

Joe,
It was your thread that shamed me into doing something about the handles! I'll strip, clean & paint the vice soon. The scraping is unlikely to ever happen sadly.
Chris