04-12-2017, 06:47 PM
(04-12-2017, 11:55 AM)Dr Stan Wrote: A good way to indicate vices in line with each other is to clamp a piece of 1" or larger TGP in both vises then indicate.
BTW, for the operation you're performing the vises do not need to be aligned or even indicated straight with the axis.
I don't know what TGP stands for (another mystery TLA) but I used a length of 1" ground shaft between the vices to tram. Worked a treat.
That's a great point about not needing to align the vice, didn't even occur to me. Kind of seemed compulsory to tram a vice when mounting it.
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