Vise / workholding for CNC 6040

Hi there...im having some trouble with my workholdign on the HY6040, because the gap between the aluminium table and th spindle is quite long for my type of work. I tried a MDF sloted table, but for aluminium workholdign didnt work well...im planning on getting a 4" vise, someone have it, will it work? Any other thougths on workholding for the chinese CNC´s¡?

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by hlopezho

Hi there...im having some trouble with my workholdign on the HY6040, because the gap between the aluminium table and th spindle is quite long for my type of work. I tried a MDF sloted table, but for aluminium workholdign didnt work well...im planning on getting a 4" vise, someone have it, will it work? Any other thougths on workholding for the chinese CNC´s¡?

Thanks!

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a 4 inch vise is too tall.

Have a look at getting a drill press vice and modify the moving jaw to make it more stable. Harold Hall shows how to do that in one of his books.