The Right Tool for The Right Job, My Dad Alwsys Told Me

Although if he did not have it, he was clever enough to make it.  In this case, the mill vise that i use with my Sherline mill is not a Sherline product.   I bought it from Little Machine Shop a few years ago because the Sherline mill vise only holds 2" wide pieces. (This is advertised as 3" capacity but actually holds workpieces as wide as 3.8".)  They sold it to me as a cosmetically challenged second.  After receiving it, I emailed them to complain,  "You left out the coamwtic defects.  Please ship immediately!"

I needed to fabricate some hold downs to mount it to the Sherline table.  It is far superior to the standard Sherline mill vise.  The clamping screw is a socket head screw that uses a .25" Allen wrench.  Using the Allen wrench is clumsy compared to a T-handle wrench.  The first T-handle .25" wrench I bought was just a little large to fit the head.  After trying to sand and grind it small enough, I threw it away.  I then bought this T-handle adapter for Allen wrenches.   

My expectations were low.  This far exceeded them.  Instead of a simple piece of T-handle into which the wrench sat, this used a screw to lock the wrench into the handle.  I suspect almost any reasonable size Allen wrench would fit. (I am sure Tacoma Screw probably has some that might take two people to operate.) Made by Craftsman, a brand that always enjoyed a great reputation when associated with Sears.  

They were sold by Sears some years ago so I worried this would be made in the PRC.  Nope.  Vietnam.  For all the problems of an authoritarian state, I do not worry that Vietnam is ever going to war with the United States.  PRC, maybe.

Anyway, it holds the wrench very securely and lets me lock that clamping screw down very solidly.  I at first thought I might need another one of these because I was in the habit of using the long end first, then the short end for more torque.   The length of the T-handle lets me enough torque with just the long end of the wrench.