Plus 20-40-80's
Come on lads get your hard earned coin out and get splashing.
http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Workholding/Vee-Blocks-Angle-PlatesTop of the page.
Bit of history first, the original 1-2-3 blacks were made by Starrett and the idea was they bolted together to form angle, tee's, used as packing or to bolt items to to preserve squareness.
One of those items that never had a specific designed use but was different thing to different people, very useful.
However at some stage these blocks went over to Taiwan and were copied but they drilled all the holes tapping size for 3/8" UNC, tapped some then hardened and ground them before changing the un-tapped holes to clearance holes.
Result is they wont bolt together as designed and since then millions of sets have been copied and made in India, and China. Even the Starrett ones are now wrong as they have them made out.
Another problem even for people with decent sized machines is they are too large, at 1" high they are 2" wide and at 1" wide they are usually taller than the average vise.
Soooooooooo, may I present these blocks above?
Again hardened and ground but they CAN bolt together and are of a size to suit most muddle enjuneers.
Listed as The Stevenson blocks because that cretin Ketan at ARC is still pissed off I gave him a quid for a nearly new X3 CNC mill and I told him not to name them after me. Wouldn't have been bad if I got royalties but the tight bastard wants the mill back first and not prepared to give me the quid back.
Seriously nice bit of kit and my pre production set has been in use daily for the last couple of months, in fact the 1-2-3's haven't been out the drawer.
Full marks to Ketan for listening and getting something done about them.
John S.