Have you tried a Stellite Drill. It's hard enough to drill carbide so it might drill your vice. You'll need coolant of course and you have to maintain and steady pressure up until your about to break through.
Kevin in St.Catharines.
--- In GrizHFMinimill@yahoogroups.com, "Yuriy K" <ycroosh@...> wrote:
>
> Adam,
> I've "tried". My first vise had no slots on the short sides and I wanted to mount it longitudinally... I used my vife's diamond drill bit she uses for drilling agates and other *really* hard rocks. It took a VERY slow speed and mineral oil cooling. Mine was case hardened, so once I go through 1/4" or so of hard stuff, the rest was relatively easy.
> For that one I used LMS plans to make the little clamps.
> My curent vise is a nicer model and it's REALLY hard. I hit it with a drill bit and a mill a couple of times and there are no scratches, literally...
>
> Regards
> Yuriy
>
>
> --- In GrizHFMinimill@yahoogroups.com, "adamlinus" <adam.cherubini@> wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone tried to drill holes through the bed of a toolmaker's vise to attach it like a Hermann Schmidt vise? Are these vises cast? Ductile iron? Steel? I know milling slots is tricky.
> >
> > Adam
> >
>
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