This is probably my most ambitious vice yet, It got me thinking after I made the initial Multi Use Vice that I could probably incorporate a few more useful things to this vice and make some changes.

The changes I have made and one of the most important is the slider carriage, this can have a tendency to jump up under load with the threaded screw having some flex even when printed with 100% Infill, this now has a channel to slide along like one of my previous designs, another addition is the Screw thread itself, this now has the recess for the grub screw actually cut into the thread saving on a component.

The MkII vice has the traditional jaws for gripping, plus slide onto the rail adapters for holding PCB's or gripping rods or square components, plus the pin's for holding round objects and the final addition is 2 spring loaded jaws to use when jointing 2 cables together for soldering etc remembering this is PLA plastic of course, but this model can be printed out of ABS etc etc, I only have PLA to work with at the design stage.

When assembling the vice you have to ensure that the slider glides cleanly along the rails, I filed the edges of the slider and applied some of the grease that came with the X1 printer, the end piece can then be glued in place and left to dry before inserting the screwed thread, I used a 5mm Grub screw to hold the screwed thread in place, ensure the grub screw is in the recess of the thread and don't tighten too much.

The pins and the threaded holes can have a 5mm nut run along the thread and a 5mm bolt into the vice threaded holes if they are stubborn to start, I had to use on this method on this model, the pins are only partially threaded and should be used along with the slide on jaw adapters they will stand proud if not, one slide on adapter is a push fit on the main body jaw whereas the one on the slider is a loose fit(Not intentionally) i used the slider for the cable gripper jaws as they slide along better.

All components are on the 3mf file but I printed the the screw thread separately at 100% infill for added strength.

Print as in the print preview for the rest of the components using support from build plate up only.

The recess's in the mini cable grippers are 5mm, I had a spring which I cut down to suit, compress the spring between the 2 components until it sits in the recess, this is only for gripping smaller cables like dupont cables etc, useful addition though.

I've really enjoyed designing and printing this little vice, it will come in very useful on the workbench.

Thanks for Looking.