On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:06:57 +0200, you 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. He
>then lined the vise up and tightened the piece of steel in place. This
>way you can remove the vise
Yup, I agree! if the keys were tight enough to get a few tenths
alignment from end to end on the vise jaw, it would be hard to
put the key into the slot. Also, my understanding of the
way the
slots are made in at least some machines is the slots are
milled first, then the dovetails are cut (or sc
On 07/21/2014 11:44 AM, 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
>
Yup, I agree! if the keys were tight enough to get a few tenths
alignment from e
Stuart
Agreed! keys, dowels and ground rear rails of slots
are only to get you closer quickly
you gotta tram it in
TomP tjtr33
On 07/21/2014 11:44 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> Gentlemen,
> my experience dictates
> "DO NOT TRUST KEYS TO ALIGN VISES AND HOLDING FIXTURES!!!"
> always verify the
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
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 wrote:
> On Monday 21 July 2014 07:19:42 andy pugh did opine
> And
On Monday 21 July 2014 07:19:42 andy pugh did opine
And Gene did reply:
> On 21 July 2014 12:06, Marius Liebenberg 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
All I can say... Is that I have had the cheap vices and tried to get one
ground even to be flat and square. The reality tho is that if you really
want to make parts and not screw around with things and waste time, the
Kurt vises and some of the other top end vises are worth every single thin
pe
On 21 July 2014 12:31, Stephen Dubovsky wrote:
> All Kurt vises are keyed on the bottom. They even sell the keys in
> different stepped widths IIRC.
For a specific machine table it possible to imagine 3 (or more) square
pegs that align the vice to the T-slots in the 4 cardinal positions.
(I thin
All Kurt vises are keyed on the bottom. They even sell the keys in
different stepped widths IIRC. My import vises are also keyed the same
(but included the keys and have to be ground down if you have something
other than a bridgeport sized slot.) So maybe the guy wasn't so clever;)
They do repea
On 21 July 2014 12:06, Marius Liebenberg 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 keep meaning to fit a key to the bottom of my vice.
Or alternatively, something I saw on the internet
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. He
then lined the vise up and tightened the piece of steel in place. This
way you can remove the vise and replace it ti the same alignment every
time. An
On 21 July 2014 07:33, Steve Blackmore wrote:
> Mill them. An insert face and side mill will give a really good finish
> and good enough for a machine vice.
If you mill them in-situ then they will be perfectly square and true
too. Until you move them.
--
atp
If you can't fix it, you don't own
On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 18:07:33 -0700, you wrote:
>I have a couple of 6" mill vises that came with used mills. They are
>pretty well worn, but not as bad as this one:
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/181467659964
>
>It seems to me they could be disassembled and surface re-ground and be
>as good as new. Has
yes i have reconned a couple of vises, yes it needs a large grinder @ 30 in
travel .
i thinkk the one in your link is an old enco kurt knock off an obviosly
beat up .
http://www.shars.com/products/view/8139/6quot_690V_CNC_Milling_Machine_Vise_4quot
I used these in one shop i worked at they w
I have a couple of 6" mill vises that came with used mills. They are
pretty well worn, but not as bad as this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/181467659964
It seems to me they could be disassembled and surface re-ground and be
as good as new. Has anyone tried this? I suspect it would take a largesh
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