Thread: Holding vice to table advice
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20-11-2014 #11
To be honest the clamp shown in the photo you provided is a far better option and just needs on hole drilling in a piece of plate that can be done on a pillar drill. The type i described are so easy to make also, i have 4 that i use in conjunction with various lengths of stud iron to clamp stuff to my lathe cross slide when jig drilling holes ect, pack the ends with some coventry die chasers.
Regards
Mike
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20-11-2014 #12
You could use a stepped block, I'd hazard a guess they were suggesting something like this, though you'd need to experiment and you may need something under the back edge of the upturned stepped block to force it to rotate down onto the vice.
If the vice and table are clean, and that means no oil/lube/coolant residue, and securely clamped it wont slip.
Metric parallels aren't essential, what's critical is that they are parallel. you don't use them for measuring, just for supporting stuff in the vice or off the table. if you want to measure, you use gauge blocks.
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20-11-2014 #13
Lol, ok, got it... might need to buy some gauges then. Is there any end?! But you still need to know how much stock is above and below the vice jaws right? I guess what I'm saying is I just don't / can't think in imperial measurements at all. I can look at something and say 18mm parallels will hold that nicely... can't think 1 and 3/16 or whatever.
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20-11-2014 #14
I've never needed gauge blocks and they're expensive beasts. Unlikely ever to need them with CNC
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20-11-2014 #15
Just looked them up... yes they are expensive!
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20-11-2014 #16
It's 22 hours since mekanik posted the right solution, you should have had them made several times over by now
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21-11-2014 #17
Thanks for that Eddy
Irving
You don't use the stepped blocks like that, you would just use the one on the end set to the appropriate step height.
regards
Mike
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21-11-2014 #18
Hi Guys
me again
Just thought i would add before i get corrected, re stepped packing blocks.
they are actually designed to be used as a pair leaving you with a parallel surface to clamp off and so they are usually used on tall jobbies so are not really suitable for your application, was not being pedantic.
Regards
Mike
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21-11-2014 #19
Another option would be original MiteeBite clamps, and they can be used for other work holding aswell.
They're not cheap, but they are a very versatile low profile clamping system!
50642 is the kit you'd most likely need, or you could buy a pack of just the cam clamps 50206 (come in a pack of 10) and make the other bits yourself. But having just checked the catalogue, I've just realised you can get packs of 2 t-slot clamps, which for 8mm slot is 50422.
WDS is the only online UK stockist I'm aware off, and you'll need to add '590-' in front of the mitee bite part no.s.
If you're interested and willing to wait, I'm on the process of designing a jig that'll use some of the 50206 clamps, but I won't be needing the full pack, so would be willing to sell you a couple.
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Sticking with what you've got, you could grind/machine down the top side of the end of the clamp fingers so they fit in the vice groove. The grinding/machining doesn't have to be pretty, as long as the underside is still flat.
As a temp fix, get some longer bolts and use the clamp set to clamp on the top of the vice, be that either on top of the jaw(s) and/or on the top of the main body provided there is enough room behind the moving jaw.Avoiding the rubbish customer service from AluminiumWarehouse since July '13.
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