Gentlemen, my experience dictates "DO NOT TRUST KEYS TO ALIGN VISES AND HOLDING FIXTURES!!!!!!!" always verify the alignment with appropriate precision devices just my 2 cents Stuart
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > On Monday 21 July 2014 07:19:42 andy pugh did opine > And Gene did reply: > > On 21 July 2014 12:06, Marius Liebenberg <mar...@mastercut.co.za> wrote: > > > I saw a clever plan once where the guy attached a square piece of > > > steel to the bottom of the vise. The steel fits the table T slot > > > precisely. > > I do that when making a micarta pallet to hold PCB's when I'm etching > them, doing it first, so that when the pallet is clamped down, its > aligned with the T slot, then the PCB pocket milled in the top, works a > treat. I've been aiming to make a couple bars I can fit to the bottoms of > my cheap vices, but life keeps getting in the way. I'd have to mill them > unless I can buy the right sized key-stock. Std steel stock at TSC is 1/2" > square, lots of swarf to make that fit. > > > I keep meaning to fit a key to the bottom of my vice. > > Or alternatively, something I saw on the internet (but can't find now) > > was a ground plate in a sort of wide "U" shape that fitted into the > > vice with the legs down to the T-slots. You hold the plate between the > > jaws and the plate then references the jaws to the T-slots. (This also > > probably means that you can keep the position in one of the work > > offsets) > > Thats a good idea too. I have some 1/2 alu plate that could be trimmed to > fit the slots on the ends of the legs. But my tilt-able vice is too tall > for that with the width of alu stock I have, 4". Even so, its a thought. > > Thanks. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and > search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck > Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code > search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Addressee is the intended audience. If you are not the addressee then my consent is not given for you to read this email furthermore it is my wish you would close this without saving or reading, and cease and desist from saving or opening my private correspondence. Thank you for honoring my wish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
