He had the ABS pipe and the mounting hardware, but he did not have a drill press. Here’s the method he devised to ... Chriss placed the pole in a partially opened vice to provide a stable platform.

He goes through the disadvantages of the usual C-clamps, and shows options like the regular drill press vice and a heavy-duty version that even provides a workpiece tilting mechanism, and points ...

[Eric] explains the concept of the cross slide vice, which is the piece of equipment that makes machining on a drill press possible. Essentially it’s a standard vice, but with screws that allow ...