I am working now on parts where I need better. The jig I showed a couple days ago left the two ends of the workpiece about .03" difference from the Jawa of the vise. Since I am trying to make a part in which I may cut degree marker lines, this is not good
The tapped holes in the Delrin vertical ba/base were not terribly lined up. So I turned the part over and went a but more careful. Moving the edge finder along the edge of that piece revealed that it was not parallel to the X-axis. Why? The rear of the vise was not parallel to the mill table. I loosened the clamps, lined them up as best as I could feel (which usually means +-.003"), then clamped everything down again.
After drilling and tapping, the two ends are about .001" from parallel which is good enough. This gobbled up lots of time. But when I cut the workpiece, it will be plenty accurate.
No comments:
Post a Comment