Jaw spacers and ball joint adapter for PCB vise

thingiverse

I designed spacers for the jaws on thingiverse.com's project #12756 so I could work efficiently with small boards (Arduino Pro Micro etc.) and retain use of the wedges/locks. This modification adds about 10mm to each side. I also created a ball joint that allows me to attach my vise directly to my solder stand in place of the magnifying glass, giving it full rotation. The central location is preferable for me. Spacers printed with 50% infill and a layer height of .2 millimeters without support material. Printing the ball joint adapter proved challenging with ABS, but using a raft and grid supports at reduced speed solved this problem temporarily set at 20mm/s. Tolerances in both designs are tightly constructed on purpose. Sanding will resolve fit issues if necessary due to design requirements.