Angle Vice

I had a need for an angle vice that would work on the little CNC Engraver. I looked all over the place, and could not find a vice with a low enough profile to get under the tool.

So I decided to use some ABS and Autodesk 123D to make a frame around the vice. Having printed this in the winter, I used acetone/ABS glue on the Kapton tape to get the 1st layer of the print down well. It's a bear to take it off the glass, but you get zero corner lifting issues. I've found that a painter's helper tool is a real handy tool for part extraction.

The frame will decline to about 5 degrees (I can get it to zero if I countersink the vice bolts into the base) and a vertical angle of around 80 degrees. I'll pair this with a angle protractor to get the angles correct.

I could've printed this in black ABS, but I plan out putting marks on the arms for the more common angles, and figured that the yellow would show the black angle setting marks better.

For the light work that I do on the Engraver, this ought to perform adequately. We shall see shortly.

I just started using Autodesk Fusion in place of 123D, and it's pretty close, with minimal learning curve. I'm not happy with working over the internet, though. Who wants to lose a night's work because someone hit a telephone pole?