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Darren:
Thanks Guys, really appreciate it,

On Rogs advice I ran into the workshop and got going with a bit of scrap steel.
Alas it didn't work out too well. It sorta worked, but not good enough. I did a strip on the shaper but that darn vice just isn't positive enough and the parallels are out too much.

Why the shaper, cos it's new and I'm playing with it. Besides, you'd all make them on a mill, so I thought I'd be different and make a thread on it with pic's.
I need to look for a vice, a good un, till then I might have to resort to the mill. See how I feel tomorrow.

John, bogs John, perhaps I'd better just call you bogs just to clarify.
You have a vertex on your mill I believe, do you like it, would you recommend it?

Second hand ones don't seem to be much cheaper and besides I suppose they get worn and abused as well?

CrewCab:

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That must be annoying to say the least, it's pretty simple engineering to see that if the bolt is too long and it's overtightened then sh1t will happen  :bugeye: ........... the forces involved are actually quite large.  Anyway back to the question ............. I've only needed 4 so far, but I milled up a piece of bar, drilled for 4 nuts, tapped the holes, cut off the nuts and put the other 2" of bar in a drawer somewhere for next time ............... then I shortened 4 bolts to the correct length  :thumbup:

CC

Darren:
Yep, good advice Bogs, after all, you can lift a car with the power of a simple thread.

A very effective lever  :wave:

bogstandard:

--- Quote ---You have a vertex on your mill I believe, do you like it, would you recommend it?
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Darren,

Over the years I have bought a few vices (and picked up a few bad ones).

On my last mill, I upgraded the size from a Vertex 3" to a 4" and bought a Vertex clone. What a load of garbage it was, I had to shim it to get it level. The true vertex I have now, absolutely spot on in all directions, although that came as a free upgrade with the mill.

You can buy milling vices costing many thousands of pounds, I have found that the Vertex range are about the best you can get for the price.

The shaper is a difficult thing to buy a vice for, as you should be cutting against the fixed jaw for rigidity, not along the vice jaws, but if needs must.

I don't usually recommend Chronos as they have a tendency not to have the items in stock even though shown on the website, so phone first for availability. But their Vertex range are about as cheap as anywhere.

http://www.chronos.ltd.uk/acatalog/Chronos_Catalogue_Vertex_Milling_Vices_103.html

http://www.chronos.ltd.uk/acatalog/Chronos_Catalogue_Other_Milling_Vices_109.html

Bogs

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