Paul, I'm not a machinist, so forgive the stupid questions. I had trouble picturing and understanding some of this stuff. > >Ron and Others >I picked up a cross sliding vise for about $100.00 from MSC. It is an >import but built well enough for tolerances that this knuckle/shank project >requires. The gibbs can be adjusted and the lead screws are OK, so it >travels well in the X, Y axes. It gets bolted to the drill press table and >converts the press to a poor man's milling machine. Tilt the press table 90 >degrees with the vise bolted on and slotting cutters can do their job. I'm not sure what you mean by tilt the table 90 degrees. You mean tilt it so that the face of the table is parallel to the spindle travel? Why would you want to do that? What's a slotting cutter? > It >takes a few minutes to index the vise to the spindle and it yields >consistent results. My drill press has square table that I machined the >sides parallel and square to the column. Why is that useful? Phil Ford > I use a screw less machinists vise >with it frequently. It is very tight, no warping jaws when you clamp things >into it. > >Paul C > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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