04-18-2016, 07:44 PM
Ken
9" is not alot of room but you could quiet easily make a jig plate and use angle plates to attach your work to... you don't have to use a vise.
Take a look at a set up i did this weekend, Notice i used parallels, an angle plate and a fixture plate I had to mill a radius in two directions and a vise just would not work for me. the base fixture jig plate has rows of 10-32 holes in it so its flexible for fixtures, its completely square so i make the set up on the bench transfer the fixture to the mill table line it up with the slots on the table then clamp it to the table.
I really don't use my vises a lot, i use this set up more.... you will get alot of use from simple tooling like this.
Just an alternative hope this helps...
Happy machining..
Anthony.
9" is not alot of room but you could quiet easily make a jig plate and use angle plates to attach your work to... you don't have to use a vise.
Take a look at a set up i did this weekend, Notice i used parallels, an angle plate and a fixture plate I had to mill a radius in two directions and a vise just would not work for me. the base fixture jig plate has rows of 10-32 holes in it so its flexible for fixtures, its completely square so i make the set up on the bench transfer the fixture to the mill table line it up with the slots on the table then clamp it to the table.
I really don't use my vises a lot, i use this set up more.... you will get alot of use from simple tooling like this.
Just an alternative hope this helps...
Happy machining..
Anthony.
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