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BP1016 Leg Vise Tool
by Uri Hofi
Some times we need to hold firm round steel in the vise bend or twist or both bend and twist. When you just hold it plain in the vise it will tend to bend turn and go out of the right angle (90 degrees) that we need and we have to ''fight'' to hold the steel. I have developed a simple tool to solve the problem and very easy to produce.
We can produce the tool from square-- rectangle-- full steel bars or from rhs thick wall. Depend if you want a heavy or light duty tool. In this case one tool is full steel 1�square. The other one is RHS 1 5/8 x 3/4 1/8 '' wall thickness. Both are 18'' long
Mark the middle and use a square to mark the line.
We cut to the marked depth. 
Put in the vise when the cut faces down and with the rosebud heat and bend upwards 
Finished bend when the two halves meet and leaves 2 mm clearance 
The same with the RHS. 
The two finished bends. We have to remember to leave a 2mm clearance. 
Into the clearance we hammer a piece of 2mm sheet metal 
We close in the vise, measure the distance between the holes and center punch. Close with a �C� clamp the other side to prevent the sheet metal from falling out. 
Drill the 5/16'' guide holes. The tool will hold in this case 1/2''- 9/16''- 5/8''- 3/4'' round steel. To guide for the bigger holes we need a �guide hole�. 12.5mm 14mm, 16mm, 20mm 
When drilling the bigger hole, many times the bigger tap is vibrating when you start. There is a little trick to overcome the vibration. Take some pieces of paper, fold 3-4 times and put on the guide hole under the tap. Start drilling easy and it will guide the tap and prevent the vibration. You can do the same with a piece of cloth. tap = dril bit Do not use gloves. 
The finished holes. 
The same with the RHS
Now we take two pieces of 5/16''X 6'' long and weld on the two sides of the tool to hold it on the vise after we took the pieces of sheet metal out. 
The finished tools again. 
Decorative elements (BP1017 and BP1018) and the vise tools
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