This will be an heirloom for Generations. I like this. Make an footprint to the earth. And specially this charity build.Thanks to you and all the contributers.

Thank you Adam. That was some great words! And thank you so much for being a part of this amazing collaborative effort. When this started as an idea, it seemed so far off. To watch this vise come together, was one of the highlights of the year. I hope we do some more collaborative stuff soon!

The concept of a living tool made by craftsmen from across the country is pretty awesome. No pressure at all on this first video heat treat!

Showing that rough stock next to the finished vise... wow. You really knocked this project out of the park.

That's one right pretty bit of machining there Adam! Whoever gets this is going to have a great tool! Trivia section: How deep to feed a 4" cutter to get a 2.410" wide notch? You can do this with some fairly simple math. The cutter is 4" so its radius is 2". The width of the cut is 1.410. Split this in half: 1.205. Draw a triangle. The hypotenuse is 2" (radius of the cutter) and one leg is 1.205 (half the width of cut). For a triangle with sides A, B, and C, A squared plus B squared = C squared. So squared + 1.205 squared = 2 squared. Rearranging and squaring, 4 - 1.452 = 2.548. The square root of 2.548 is 1.596. Almost done: 1.596 is the distance from the center of the cutter to the face of the part when you are deep enough. So the cutter must be 2 - 1.596 = 0.4038" deep into the part. The 0.410 you got by eyeballing the calipers is darn close to exact! After you do the math its always good to check it by eye and not completely trust the math; its just too easy to mess up on the math!

As a graduate of the GE Apprentice Machinist Program twenty something years ago, this brings back some memories. I haven't done any machining since then, but it reminds me of how much fun it was to turn raw steel into something beautiful and useful. Thanks.

If, twenty years ago, you had said that you were going to make a machinist's vise in pieces in California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Texas and I don't know where else, and it will all fit together at the end, I would have said you were dreaming or at least using very illegal drugs. But there it is. And it will fit. Internet machining project. And a hat tip to UPS and even the USPS, who make shipping cheap and easy. And a double or triple hat tip to Keith Fenner for starting the WIYB thing in the first place. Very, very, well done. And on another note, it is a real pleasure watching that K&T slicing steel like butter. Thanks for posting.

I'm almost sad to see this end. I think it is my favorite series of all your videos. It gives me a really warm feeling knowing all this hard work and care is going to someone who deserves it. For those of you who wonder about calculating the depth of cut, here is how: A circle whose center is on the origin of a graph (the point (0,0)) is described by the equation x^2 + y^2 = r^2, where r is the radius of the circle. So for any given y coordinate there are exactly 2 x coordinates (one positive and one negative). Imagine drawing a circle on a graph with the center being on the origin. Now cut a vertical slice off the right side of the circle, that slice is the cut we make into the vise. Half of the slice is on the positive side of the graph (above the axis), and half on the negative (below the axis). So we want half the width of our cut, or 2.410 /2 = 1.205, since the cutter is 4", r = 2 (the radius). Now just plug in and solve for x. x^2 + y^2 = r^2 x^2 + 1.205^2 = 2^2 x^2 = 2^2 - 1.205^2 x = +/-sqrt(4 - 1.205^2) x = +/-1.5962, we discard the negative value. This is the distance from the origin to the slice, we want the distance from the outside of the circle to the face of the slice, so just subtract that figure from 2 (our radius). 2 - 1.5962 = .4037 Adam cut to .410 which is about 1 thou oversize after taking into account the 5 thou that is to be ground off. In other words, pretty much dead on.

This has been a great project to watch ...Seeing the mill in use has been great . . . Thanks for your time and effort of doing all the videos so we could watch

Adam, Thanks for all the great work and videos of your part of the Toolmakers Collaboration. From a rusty, pitted chunk of mystery metal to a work of art - that's quite a transformation! Thanks for all the videos! Have a good one! Dave

What an awesome tool you have found in that rusty piece of steel you started with. Nice job there. And i will also thank you Adam for all the effort you are putting in the video part of such a project, its just pure joy to watch your craftsmanship from the other side of the world. Thankyou

Friggin gorgeous man. Whoever wins that thing is gonna treat it like an heirloom I'm sure.

Absolute joy to watch a pro at work Adam. Thank you for the inspiration.

Enjoyed...very nice build and video series!

Nice one Adam,So easy to under estimate the sheer hard work involved in making such a useful tool to such a high standard.

Finally that old rusty block of steel has found its calling! This has been a great series and nice to see it progress. Sweet looking piece man! :-)

Adam, Great job and what I would call a labor of love. The K&T is working real well glad you are enjoying it. Best, Jeff

Nice work Adam someone is going to really enjoy that and it makes it special with all you guys collaborating.

ONE OF THE BEST SERIES I'VE WATCHED. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ENTERTAIN AN OLD MAN.

Hi Adam, nice work on the entire vise series. Looking forward to seeing the finished piece. It's great to see the KZfaq machine shop community pulling together and making compelling content that crosses over everyone's channel and highlighting each person's skills.

I really enjoyed your series, well done. couldn't be better....Dave

Hi Adam. Excellent job from start to finish. I enjoyed this series very much. I look forward to the conclusion in a few weeks time. regards from the UK

Adam,a big thank you for the great machinist videos.

Awesome series, once again!! Loved the "progress pics" at the end! Looking forward to the other contributors videos and the final product.

Adam, Just want to thank you for the excellent work your sharing andto let you know I really appreciate your knowledge and experience. This allows me to learn and apply your technics to my work as beginning machinist. Again, thanks.

Looks better then store bought. Great job Adam.

Good stuff Adom that vice will mean more than a bought vice knowing all the machinists that have had a hand in making it very good to see keep up the good work

Very nice conclusion to your part of the build, looking forward to seeing it finished and given to Keith Fenner for the box give away!

That K&T cut those hold down recesses like butter. Great looking piece. I can't wait to see Stan do his magic with the grinding.

Ya did a great job on that man. Hat's off to you. Something to be proud of for sure.

Awesome job Adam! Really enjoyed this series! Thank you.

Adam, great Video and excellent craftsmanship as always...Thank you. Joe

you do a very good job at explaining the steps - can't figure why someone clicked a thumbs down I would think that an accident - I'm going to go back and watch other 6 episodes of this build i like your channel now ive been feeling better going to watch more

lovely video and great picture gallery at the end. Thank you for taking the time to share this.

oh , we enjoyed every bit Adam , From the drop stock to the finished product , Your skill and work will be with another machinist soon ! Thumbs up man ..

Just stumbled back on this series from your later vids. Glad I did. First rate Adam! (There really was a vise body inside that hunk of rusty steel!)

Beautiful job Adam as that's the kind of work you do.

Adam greetings. I appreciate his work, but as not dominate the English, for now, i'm just enjoying your videos. I"m machining instructor and seek inspiration in his work to teach the younger ones. Also, I appreciate your cooking.. Sucess and health! Jean Silva - Brazil

Very nice work, sir!

From one machinist to another, Very nice work dude.

It is looking great.

Hi Adam another Excellent video I always enjoy the things you make keep up the good work

Awesome job! I've watched every video of the toolmakers vise and it was a pleasure to watch you creating this build. Hopefully the other guys in the processing part will create some good videos as well. cheers

Wow, just wow… I am not worthy… :-) Watching you guys amazes And inspires me and Even though I am only a hobbyist. I learned so much. Thank you for making these videos it's like taking a master class.

Nice work Adam! There isn't anything that I can say about the collaboration or your participation in it that has not already been said without being redundant, but it has been a real pleasure to watch your craftsmanship. Thank you for sharing the journey as I really do appreciate it. Now you will need to make one for yourself once you get your surface grinder all setup and ready to go.

That was great. Loved the montage at the end, really brought everything in the project together.

Wow man, great job!

Thanks, Adam - this has been a really good video series.

Beautiful. Thanks for the ride.

I can't help but comment. Abom79 your work was exceptional and I enjoyed the series; however, consider the final user and the tremendous benefit of having a vise that actually works and the life will be no less than 50 years. Amazing. I did not get involved with machining until very late in life and do recognize the value of a new tool that does not have to be repaired.Cullman, Al

Thank you, i have followed the vise travel !! Very cool !! GOOD JOB!!

Great job on the tool vise Adam this has been a very good series to watch. Loren.

Nice job Adam, cant wait for your next project, guess that will be the swing arm for the K&T! Was really nice following all the contributors to this project so far!

Great video from a Master Craftsman-------Regards from UK.

Amazing work Adam, that is beautiful!

Beautiful work Adam!!

Wow...just WOW! What an excellent piece of your craftsmanship, and I will admit to being a bit jealous of whoever is going to receive it, even if I'm certain that it will get many more years of use...proper use, by the winner of the give away. It's just a one of a kind that no amount of money could ever buy, and that just makes it even more special than it already is. That lump of steel story always gives me a lump in my throat knowing that bit of the history you shared. OK, sorry about the mushy stuff, I appreciate all of the videos and the SNS too. All top caliber work and please never give up on helping out us novices.Take care and Aloha...Chuck

Thanks for the inspiration to encourage me to try and have a go at something like this !!

Really nice job Adam!

Nice work Adam the vise jaw turned out good. I like how you worked with the tooling that you had for the K&T.

Awesome job Adam! I really enjoyed watching this series!

This mill is a beast, accurate and powerful

Loving this series!

What great way to spend my Thanksgiving weekend I really enjoyed this and learned a lot, thanks for your knowledge and patience.

Beautiful work!

Fine bit of machining there. Enjoyed watching!

nice job on vise ,look very nice thanks....keep it up..

Good job ..man .. lot of work some one will love it

Very cool video!.. Nice to see the final work!...Regards from Brasil :-)

Great job!

Awesome work mate, I love watching your excellent workmanship.

Looks great my friend!

Great little project. Complete! Now you can make a larger one for yourself.

Amazing work.

Beautiful! On those radiused slots for the clamps, it would be a great little trigonometry lesson to figure out how deep to go to get to the requested slot width.

nice work..thanks for the video///

Really nice machining work Adam.

Cool i live in Spotsylvania va. Nice work and a nice series, thanks.

Oh! this was great, as always. Building an arm for the K&T sound like a good project. Lots of milling... But You know a lot about hydrolic. Making a compressor, valve and cilinder assembly could also be a good project... Keep on going Man.

Nice versatile Mill-worth the effort to get id running true.

Good job, waiting for the hardening and grinding videos.

AvE hinted I should check this out. Very glad I did. Very skookum stuff man. The future owner of the vice will be one lucky guy/lady. Keep it up cuz I subbed to another great channel

abam from raw metal to perfection great work . bob

good work man

Superb series. +1

Impressive. Impressive.

great job on the vice Adam,would love to have it!

HINT HINT - Get the darn prints finished, Tom... I'll be providing them in Fusion360, STEP, and PDF formats so anyone can use or modify as they wish. The vise is turning out so great. Watched Brad's video today too. You guys did a great job and I'm proud to have had a small part in it. Well done, sir. Best wishes, Tom Z

You did a good job on the vise, very nice looking work too. Jeff

nice work Adam

you ll are doing a Fantastic job on this vise I love to see this as it comes along. to bad you all cant have your names Engraved into it some ware or possibly Acid Etched some ware. maybe a small engraved brass plate on the outside?. You all should be proud ! keep having fun, and thanks for sharing !

Hey Adam, This was a great project, excellent work!Matt C.

ITS ART

Abom Great Project Man

Well Done sure like what you made on this sure would like to see the links on this I don't have a much of a shop as you do but it is a work in progress & I will be adding equipment soon .

The specialist at Ave channel sent me, am subbing now ! Awesome channel

Just absolutely great series Adam and what a fabulous collaboration gift of history for the eventual winner. Personally I'm in two minds about whether it should be laser etched by the names of contributors as I doubt others work will be. Perhaps a DVD or two of the process of production might be a better approach?

Your attention to accuracy is unsurpassed! Amazing that this beautifully machined object is from that old chunk of steel. I really enjoyed watching you make the vise and look forward to seeing the remaining videos from your fellow collaborators. Tell me a little about the old toolbox setting on the cabinet next to the blue tool cabinet. Was it your grandfather's?

am i the only one sad to see this series come to an end?

Easy to hog out a slot with that equipment!! Finish is good too considering the alloy. No worries, all tooling marks will dissappear at the hand of Stan!! Colin :-)