D-series Dovetail Vises

A series of Dovetail Vises with several variants based off of Chris Borge's design.

Includes a Short-Body and Standard-Body version and three sets of jaws: Flat, PCB, and Fractal.

Bill of Materials and Assembly Instructions can be found in the PDF.

If you want a Non-Metric version, check out https://www.printables.com/@Thos_42489 - he has a remix of the Ball Vise and the Dovetail Vises that may be more your speed.

31/08/2024 Update:

• Added Vertical Jaws and V-Block Jaw Inserts

01/02/2024 Update:

• Added actual “Swappable” Jaws. Use M3 Caphead Screws (8mm works) to affix the jaw inserts into the jaws. The Jaws, both movable and fixed have two holes for M3 heat-set inserts. 8mm long worked fine for me.
• Changed the holes in the main bodies to accept an M3x3 heat-set insert (which are admittedly a bit rarer, but I found some) for use with platforms (see below).
• Added “Platforms” so that the vices will fit flat on a surface without being in the ball vise, use M3x6 countersink screws to affix the Platform onto the bottom of the main body from underneath.
• Added a “Reduced” version of the main body (and platform) that will let you use 4 M4x60 screws instead of 2 M4x60 and 2 M4x65 to assemble the main body.
• (Instructions pdf is not yet updated)

02/02/2024 Update:

• Added a nut-base variant to the “Swappable” Jaws, in case you don't want to deal with heat-set insert. I haven't tried printing these, and frankly, I recommend using the heat-set insert variants over these because of bridging, but the option is there now.

This is just about the vise, not the tapping arm.

I've:

• made the tolerances and forms more consistent, 
• modified jaw dimensions so that the jaws can completely close
• increased the size (and changed the shape) of the fractal jaws for a more reliable fit
• replaced the knob with a knurled knob
• made a short-body variant
• made a PCB jaw set variant that fits the existing vice body (instead of being a separate design)
• added a assembly guide PDF along with a proper Bill of Materials.