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The Shop => Tools => Topic started by: Rob.Wilson on March 10, 2013, 03:53:27 PM
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Evening Lads :wave:
Carrying on from my vice jaw project I thought I may as well make a few small vices to hold fiddly parts :dremel:
Dug out a couple of crust bit steel plate to make the vices from , these got whacked over with the fly cutter ,I doooo like my new fly cutter :ddb: :ddb:
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060235.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060238.jpg)
Then the plate's were sliced up . couple of shots of machining the wider jaws up to form a T shape .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060241.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060248.jpg)
Fixed and moving Jaw blanks done .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060252.jpg)
then got carried away and forgot to take more machining photos , Thank F*&k I here you say :lol:
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Cheers Rob
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They will be ideal for holding bits together for brazing :bugeye: :bugeye: :bugeye: :bugeye: :bugeye:
Very nice Rob
It is amazing what you find inside a crusty bit of plate :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:
John
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More mini masterpieces there Rob. :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: I do wish you would stop putting us learners of, how the hell are we ever going to make stuff that good. :drool:
Cheers Dek. :med:
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Hi Rob, looks like you have been busy and a spiffing job as per :bow: :bow: :clap: :clap: :thumbup: :thumbup:, you should be more or less covered to hold anything you come across now I would think.......................... if you were an artist ........they would look back and probably say .....'this is when he was going through his vice stage ' lol
Keep up the good work :ddb:
Cheere Mick.
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as per rob brill work o i wish i had a mill
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Is that a bit of soft solder trapped between the steel and the vice jaw?
James
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Is that a bit of soft solder trapped between the steel and the vice jaw?
James
Hi James ,,,,,,,close , its a bit aluminium welding rod .
Rob
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Is that a bit of soft solder trapped between the steel and the vice jaw?
James
Hi James ,,,,,,,close , its a bit aluminium welding rod .
Rob
I am pretty sure I know the purpose... but some of the newer guys may not. Why are you using it?
Eric
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Hi Eric ,,,,,,,,,yes I should have said :palm:
Two reasons , In the first shot with the rusty/ruff edged plate its to save my vice jaws there is a length at the rear you cant see in the photo , and also I have a bit jaw lift ,placing a bit soft ally wire between the job and the jaw enables the work to be set down flat on both parallels.
Rob
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Cheers John,Bob and Mick :beer:
:lol: :lol: Dek it looks like you have machining well under control :thumbup:
Well not much shop time tonight ,some sort of celebration going on :coffee: ,anyway thought I would nip in the shop and do something about those razor sharp edges on the wider set of jaws , grabbed a small fixture plate I made yonks ago .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060290.jpg)
Just a lump of steel machine up square with a couple of vee's , a few tapped holes and a couple of camps , not hardened , that way it dose not matter if you machine into it ,or you may need to mod it in the future :med: this one has lasted me about ten years . There great for holding small parts .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060289.jpg)
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Set up in the mill vice to machine chamfers .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060269.jpg)
I use a bit sheet material were the jack screws go , saves the surface getting marked.
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060272.jpg)
one edge done .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060280.jpg)
flip the part and do the other edge
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060282.jpg)
Looking safer and better.
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060285.jpg)
Cheers Rob
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Great work Rob, and thanks for the tip with the solder wire.
John
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Hi Rob,
Handy fixture for chamfers much easier than fitting the angle vice.
Cheers David
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Afternoon lads :dremel:
Not allot done , been a bad week :coffee: . Made up a few bushings ,three plane and three threaded 1/4 BSW pressed those into the jaws , then made the guide pins , hardened .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060299.jpg)
A quick polish and and these were then pressed into the fixed jaws
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060307.jpg)
A bit of a side note , came in to the house to make a brew , found the wife had been doing something with here hair , spies this handy bottle in her hands .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060300.jpg)
Looking at it I thought hand wee oil bottle , So off came the label before Micktoon calls me gay AGAIN ! :lol: :lol:
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060305.jpg)
It has a nice small nozzle with screw on cap .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060301.jpg)
Back to the vice's ,rounded the ends of the moving jaw.
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060294.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060311.jpg)
I sill need to make the screws , but thought I would have a bit mess on so i stuck a 1/4 screw in to try out one of the vice's .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060312.jpg)
had ago at filling the hole square :palm:
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060314.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060315.jpg)
I need glasses :Doh:
Cheers Rob
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Very nice Rob :bow: :bow: :bow:
I have a box full of glasses if you want a look through them
John
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I have a box full of glasses if you want a look through them
John
Hi mate ,,,,,, I said I need glasses ,,,,,,,,, I dont want to look back at the big bang :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Rob
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Looking good Rob :thumbup: :bow: :bow:..................... like you say good job you took that label off that bottle lol , I would be scared to use them if I ever turned out anything as good looking, I hope you are going to make a mahogany box for them with fitted velet lining :drool: :drool:.
Whats next on your list then ?
Cheers Mick.
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Cheers Mick
make a mahogany box for them with fitted velet lining
Well if your offering :poke: :lol: :lol:
I still have to make the leadscrews and levers :dremel:
Rob
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Absolutely beautiful little vices Rob, very nicely done :clap: :clap: :clap:
Just a small question, "Are you going to keep the long shanks square to hold in a bench vice, or will they rounded to fit in a bench holder of their own?"
BR
/Peter
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Thanks Peter :beer:
I was toying with the idea before I started on this wee project of having a separate bench mount for the vices ,but scrapped the idea due to lack of bench space :palm: , so I decided on the square shanks so they would fit the bench vice , having my new set of bench jaws I can position them just about any which way ,using the bench vice also elevates the work to a better/more comfortable working height for me , also being square if needed they could be used in the machine vices for light machining/grinding .
Rob
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OK, I see. I though you had given it some thinking before doing them.
Together with your newly updated vice (jaws) these little beauties will definately provide holding capability for just about anything in any size and angle.
:bow:
BR
/Peter
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Nice baby, they are very handy.
nothing wrong with taking ya wife's smellies into the shop ALONE.
I must of missed something, Why did mick call you gay in the first place? :bugeye:
Anthony.
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Evening Lads :beer:
Well got a wee bit shop time today and finished the vices :dremel:
Screws in SS
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060319.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060332.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060336.jpg)
So there we go a brace of vice''''s :)
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(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060346.jpg)
Cheers Rob
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Superb work as usual Rob :thumbup:
Two questions:
The threads are very nice - did you just cut them with a die or did you use a die-head (or even screwcut them)?
How did you fix at least one of the ends on your tommy bars?
:beer:
Phil.
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Hi
Rob
Stunning as usuall :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:
Much better than anything you could buy
John
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As usual the quality of work is awsome.. How the hell do you get that shine in steel.. i have sanded, grinded and polished, i cant get that shine to stuff. *envy* :drool:
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well dun rob brill work as per :clap: :clap:
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Thanks Lads :beer:
Superb work as usual Rob :thumbup:
Two questions:
The threads are very nice - did you just cut them with a die or did you use a die-head (or even screwcut them)?
How did you fix at least one of the ends on your tommy bars?
:beer:
Phil.
Hi Phil
The threads are screw cut /single point , I finned I get better results screw cutting .
The bar ends are separate pieces that screw on , if you look you can see the join in some of the photos .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060330.jpg)
Thanks Rob
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Evening Lads
Well being a bank holiday in the UK thought I would mess around in the shop this afternoon and make a stand to store my wee vices .
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Decided to blue the stand.
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060373.jpg)
suppose I better stop messing about and get back on with the CNC mill
Rob
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Very nice Rob
Did you use the die filer on the stand :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
John
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Total Class Rob :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :thumbup: , they really do look quality and should work perfect too and the classy looking stand ........well thats just the cherry ontop of the cake :clap: , Like John says you could not find a set like that to buy ( even if you had the money ) ......... Keep up the good work
Cheers Mick.
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Very nice job Rob, :bow: :thumbup: :clap:
:beer:
DaveH
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.... thats some neat square holes.. you have a EDM machine hidden you havent told us about? :scratch:
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Messing around? You must be kidding.
I think he uses Shinyium spray before he finish mills them, and the patented Swedish "Squareholing" drill to make those holes.
Stop it, I can't stand work so good!
Mosey
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Now it's time to get out the furnace and blow a glass globe to cover those. The museum will appreciate it. :clap:
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Thank you all for the compliments :beer:
.... thats some neat square holes.. you have a EDM machine hidden you havent told us about? :scratch:
I wish I did Neo , I filed the squares out , an EDM would make for an interesting project :smart: I wonder how hard it would be to build one :scratch:
Thanks Rob
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http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/EDMHomeBuilders/messages
Start there.. And there is a book by "Ben Fleming".. called "The EDM Howto book".. with complete schematics for a sinker EDM, which is well what you need for making odd shaped holes in stuff.. =)
The whole apparatus is not that hard to build actually.. i have been looking into making a wire EDM.. but other projects must be completed first. ;)
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Cheers :thumbup:
Wire EDM :zap: , interesting , probably allot more complicated :palm:
Rob
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I have both a Die Sinker EDM (Eurospark H425) and a Wire EDM (Fanuc Tapecut Model M) in my workshop but I suspect I'd probably broach holes like that if I were making it. The EDM process is painfully slow. Drilling a hole and pushing a broach though is lightening fast by comparison!
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I recall watching a wire EDM cutting a 12" thick block of die steel at an expo. It ran all weekend, but it cut a slot the thickness of the wire. Incredible.
Mosey