Moxon Vise assembly kit by JouniL

Last crawled date: 3 years, 4 months ago

This is a simple old skool Moxon vise kit for metric M16 threaded rods and nuts.
I printed the parts with the following Cura settings on my Ender 3:
Layer height: 0.2
Shell: Wall line count: 4 (important!, these parts need to be sturdy)
Infill density: 65%
Build plate adhesion: Brim
Supports: YES
Material: PLA
When printing the washers you don't need a brim and you should set the infill to 100%
You need:
Two M16 metric threaded rods. Approx 20-30 cm long.
Six M16 metric nuts
Two identical wooden blocks (one front and one backing block) for you vise. Preferably some kind of hardwood.
Instructions:
Glue one M16 nut to to each of the Vise Handles. I prefer epoxy glue for this task.
Drill two 16mm holes (left and right) through both blocks while perfectly aligned. Approx 30 mm from each side perfectly centered.
Enlarge the holes on the front block in the horisontal direction, you are gonna need the wiggle room. Do not enlarge it in the vertical direction.
Insert one M16 rod into each hole of the back block
Insert a M16 nut in to each of the fixtures and screw them on the M16 rods on the backside of the backing block
Fasten the fixtures with four screws to the backside of the back block. Do nut use tapered screws since you will crack the plastic.
Fasten one nut and one washer to each of the rods against the fixture and tighten them carefully, do not overdo this since its plastic after all.
Fasten the backing block to your bench using your prefered method.
Insert the front block through the two fixed M16 rods
Screw one handle and one washer to each of the M16 rods
Screw one end cap to each of the M16 rods.
Done