Engraver's vise - engraving ball vise

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Update: Apparently I don't know the difference between a vice and a vise. So yeah, I fixed that :p I decided to take up hand push engraving and a ball vise is amazing for that, but also pricy. And as the official motto of 3D printing is "Need a tool, print a tool", I decided to give that a shot :D A huge shoutout and thank you to the engraving Facebook group "Engraving Bench - Hand Engraving Tips & Techniques" over at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EngravingBench/ for not only giving me a ton of help and tips but for also helping me to brainstorm and encourage this project. _____________________________ Use this Thing at your own risk. I trust my design, but I take no responsibility for anything that may happen. I am an unpaid hobbyist, not an engineer. You can print this at 0.32mm layer height with a 0.4mm nozzle, it works fine at that resolution. The one in the pictures is printed at that resolution. Note: This is plastic. That obviously means you can't use it for heat applications. I haven't tested it for hammer/chisel engraving or pneumatic engraving, so if you do that, be careful. Bill of materials: - 121g filament(if you use an empty spool instead of the printed stand) - 1x M5x50 bolt(a bit shorter could work). Cylinder head is the best as the hole is made for it, but otherwise pick one with a head that's no wider than 9mm. If you do, you may have to drill out the slot to fit the head - 1x M5x15 bolt. Any head is fine - 1x 625z ball bearing - Leather or similar to put between ball and stand for friction - A buttload of stuff to put inside the ball itself. Steel, lead, rocks, sand, whatever you can find to add weight to it. I filled it with as much steel scrap as I had that fit and then filled it with sand to fill the gaps between the steel as well - As many M3 bolts as you need to make the pins. The holes are intended for M3 bolts to be used as the pins so just put one in, mark the height and saw it off to make a pin - OPTIONAL: An empty spool to use instead of printing the stand The bearing can be sourced from a V slot wheel. If you want a different bearing, you need to change the size of the slot in the BaseThread.stl to fit the bearing of choice.