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| NormanV:
Having completed my milling machine I felt that the next thing to make was a milling vice. Like the milling machine I'll be using aluminium castings. This is a simple project, it only requires two castings. This is the dreadful sketch that I made as preparation for the build. |
| tom osselton:
Some of the best design's started on a napkin! |
| NormanV:
The patterns are very simple, but when I first tried to mould the sand for the moving jaw the sand in the recess broke away. To solve the problem I drilled a hole through the top of the pattern so that I could poke through the pattern onto a piece of cardboard that would help to release the pattern. |
| NormanV:
Of course when I tried again it released perfectly! Here is the casting for the moving jaw. I was eager to get it cast today as the weather forecast for the next few days is not good as we will be receiving the remains of an "American" hurricane passing over UK. A chunk of sand fell out but it does not matter as all surfaces will be machined. I will be able to machine it whilst waiting for the weather to improve so that I can cast the body of the vice. |
| awemawson:
Norman, Do you want any more sodium silicate? I came across another drum of it during a clear up the other day. |
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