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Stilldrillin:
That is quite true John,

There are so many glitches we work around, when stopping & fixing em is more satisfactory, in the long run.....  :thumbup:

David.

raynerd:
Hi David

Thanks for posting this - I have the exact same vice and I am having troubles with it. The biggest problem is that the 4 screws at the bottom will not tighten sufficiently to hold body of the vice down. It will hold it for a few cuts but then the vibrations must loosen it up. Also, because it isn`t being held tight, the sides of the vice are not at 90deg to the jaws so when I use my square to set the base to the table - the jaws are not true with it.

I was planning on buying a new vice but with a tight budget I may have a go truing it up and locking it all down as you have.

Cheers
Chris

Stilldrillin:
Chris,

You need a dti (clock) to set up correctly.....


The most important part of this exercise is to get everything square & true......

The machine must be trammed correctly before starting......  :thumbup:

I unscrewed the vice completely & cleaned/ deburred all components.


Clamping the main body upside down onto the table, in it`s normal orientation.
(This way).....



Overhanging by a few millimeters at the rear, I could then align with the dti along the Y axis, & clamp securely.

Using the side of a 5/8" endmill, I took a .01" pass .3" deep across the end, in X axis. Repeating this until the whole end had cleaned up.

I then reversed the procedure, raising the cutter .2" at a time to take out any push off......

This produced a square, clean end to screw the fixed jaw to.

Everything was then assembled & checked for squareness etc., before assembling with loctite in every thread & mating surface.

Works very well for me!  :thumbup:

David D

raynerd:
Excellent, thanks for your reply, David. I`m going to try this tonight.

Chris

Stilldrillin:

--- Quote from: craynerd on June 02, 2009, 06:02:59 AM ---Excellent, thanks for your reply, David. I`m going to try this tonight.

Chris

--- End quote ---


Chris,

 :poke:   How did you get on?  All sorted now?  :poke:

David D

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