DIY Electromagnet | Vise For Excelsior Drill Press

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I've always wanted to try making one of these! The force these can apply it's very impressive to me.
Will come very handy to drill plates and square tubings for future projects for sure!
I think these are called magnetic chuck, but I'll use it as a vise so to me it's an electromagnet vise.

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Index of operation and materials:
2:14 Open transofmer, cut the wels on the bottom plate with cutting disk on angle grinder
2:40 Take off the primary winding (thick wires(
3:00 Cut off secondary winding (thin wires)
3:40 Cut 50x50mm angle iron pieces with metal cutting bandsaw
4:08 Mounting tabs marked
4:15 Hole driller for nice round corner
4:37 Shaped with metal cutting band saw and 2x72 belt grinder
5:20 Box is tack welded
5:43 Two transformers are connected in series
6:40 Preparation for resin, flat surface with releasing foil and hot glue to seal edges
7:13 Specific epoxy resin that can be poured in 5cm thick layer
7:35 Black pigments added for looks
8:50 Excess transformer body is cut off now rather than earlier to avoid tearing apart the thin plates that makes these parts (if these gets damaged they tend to buzz and make weird noises)
9:18 Filling up with more regular resin to make up for previous pour shrinkage
9:40 Made flat with files
10:06 And polished up to 400 grit with orbital sander
10:26 12V 10 Amp transformer, got one fully enclosed to place inside the drill press. Some good amps are needed for the vise to hold strong
10:40 Connected to drill press switch in series after main switch so I don't forget this on
11:50 holds 80+ kgs, very happy!

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