Hi Stuart, true, but it's much easier to just verify that the alignment is correct than to align it without a key ;)
Cheers, Philipp On 21.07.2014 18:44, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > 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 >> > > >
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