gundog
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- Joined
- May 31, 2004
- Location
- Southwest Washington USA
I have 3 Kurt 6" vises 2-d688 & 1-dx6 I have been using them on my bed mill doing second operation drilling on parts cut by my CNC router I cut full sheets of plastic parts on the router and then drill the sides of many of those parts using the bed mill many of the parts are long and the plastic is not always flat so the vises are spread out over the 32" travel of the mill. I am wondering how most of you setup the multiple vises to get them evenly spaced. I have thought about making a setup bar with some sort of pin or machined feature to clamp the vises together to space them evenly then sweep them in line. My other thought is bolting them to a sub plate.
Now when I install them I use a long 2" shaft that is straight sweep in the first vise and clamp the other 2 vises to that shaft and snug one bolt on each the other 2 vises remove the shaft and sweep them in to match the first vise I setup but they are not equally spaced. I use an edge finder to get their exact offset from the first vise. This method makes me edit my programs to accommodate the distance the vises are spaced each time I run that program. I run the same programs over and over so having to change the offset to match my setup is a pain in the butt.
Sorry for the dumb question but seeing the thread about the Orange vises and the pictures reminded me I need a better method.
Now when I install them I use a long 2" shaft that is straight sweep in the first vise and clamp the other 2 vises to that shaft and snug one bolt on each the other 2 vises remove the shaft and sweep them in to match the first vise I setup but they are not equally spaced. I use an edge finder to get their exact offset from the first vise. This method makes me edit my programs to accommodate the distance the vises are spaced each time I run that program. I run the same programs over and over so having to change the offset to match my setup is a pain in the butt.
Sorry for the dumb question but seeing the thread about the Orange vises and the pictures reminded me I need a better method.