Vice mechanical v2.0 (drill bit adapter)

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My vice turned out great and i had very minor problems. I used my angled cutters that came with my printer to clean up the threads so it would rotate better and wasn't any binding. When I put the vise together i put my drill on the screw holding the worm gear(hand crank) and turned it clockwise fastly to run through the gears and knocked all the rough spots down so it would turn by hand easier. Another note- I'm talking about the screw on the underside of the vice that goes through the spacer to hold the worm drive. When i did this eventually the screw stripped out so the drill wouldn't turn it. So I made this adapter to put a drill into the top and turn it back and forth fastly to clean the gears up and to get to your destination faster and then fine tune with the handle. I wouldn't recommend doing this until after you've ran the drill and went all the way through the gears endpoints but I added Teflon lubricant after this step and turning the handle was so effortless. I used Teflon lubricant because it doesn't attract dirt and it doesn't get messy. Hopefully this can help someone out, I havn't printed this yet but I will test it and make sure soon. Unlike others i've seen, I think the gearing is great on this as it may take a while to move it far it has great power. I would also recommend printing the gears out in %100 infill for better strength with using a drill. I will be using it for soldering chips and probably some RC projects. If you need another style adapter added or any adjustments let me know. Also thank this guy for a sweet job on this!