A take on the fractal vise utilizing flexures in place of the bearings for the rotations.

I've got a running article on the various versions here, and the models for this one and V5 are on OnShape here.

This rev is essentially just a slightly beefed up V5. I thickened up the jaws themselves (the V5s were intentionally a bit thinner than desired to speed iteration), and also thickened the 2nd and 3rd order flexures, counting the jaw flexures as layer 1.

I also significantly thickened the out of plane thickness as it gets closer to the jaw. This was primarily aimed at increasing the torsional stiffness overall as well as to allow the jaws to rest on the Panavise bracket instead of ‘floating’.

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