Some years ago I made a 7.5" raising block for the milling machine so I could get the 20" of headroom to rough machine the ram ways on my shaper.

The raising block has become a permanent feature of the mill, since the original spec allowed a the quill to be flush with the table when both were at their highest position (stupid!).

At the time, I added some lugs so that I could mount backets onto the side of it, just in case that would be useful.

I've spent the last few weeks welding and machining some brackets to allow me to hang the rotary table and its chuck, the large angle block and the vices on it. This has freed up space on the bench and floor and makes it far easier to mount them on the mill table:- Just loosen the clamps, move them over the table and raise the table under them.

Second vice and angle block.

Rotary table.
Need to re-site the mains plug to alow for a bracket for the first vice.

Overall view.

A few tweaks are still needed, but I'm happy so far.

Oddly enough. There are. The bits of the pins that go between the vice jaws also have flats machined on them.

When the nuts on the top of the pins are nipped up, the grip is very good.