This afternoon I began investigating tooling for the mill. Usually the first thing I do when I’m looking for anything is find the best community of experienced but clueless schulbs like myself. I have found them at www.cnczone.com. This is a great forum for small mill machinists.
I've decided to order the following vise for my mill tooling setup;
Obviously the first thing I need is a decent vise. There is no reason to skimp on the vise. Hell, if it can’t hold things straight and parallel then what is the point of having it. Therefore, I opted for the quasi American made 4” standard vise by, Glecern. My mill accepts ½“ t-bolts so I believe fit-up should not be an issue. I‘ll be sure to bitch on this blog if something goes wrong with the vise purchase, but I do not see that happening. The guys at cnczone really like this vise.
I will need a test gauge to tram this crap Chinese mill. I have a milling tolerance goal of .001 inches. Therefore, I think it is reasonable to have a test indicator capable of reading .0005 inches. I found this one on Amazon, reviews seem positive.
Let’s give it a go. From what I’ve read on cnczone, Interapid is the cool name brand dial indicators. Meh, I’m cheap lets go with this one. If anyone is interested in comparing dial gauge brands; here is a good link;
http://www.longislandindicator.com/p37.html
This link suggests the only thing worth buying is Switzerland produced and assembled.
http://www.longislandindicator.com/p37.html
This link suggests the only thing worth buying is Switzerland produced and assembled.
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