Vertical Mill Fixtures
Vertical Mill Fixtures
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Is there any good public standards/codes for how to clamp and hold a work piece inside of a horizontal mill for drilling/face milling/end milling/etc...?
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RE: Vertical Mill Fixtures
RE: Vertical Mill Fixtures
RE: Vertical Mill Fixtures
As mentioned above, that's whats taught as a machinist trade school, union hall - if required in your state, or as an apprentice. The machinist handbooks have diagrams and drawings showing "recommended practices" such as tightening the dogs and brackets close to the work, leveling braces, etc.
But "spec's" ? Clamp it so it:
doesn't move far enough to affect your dimension tolerances,
is safe,
doesn't hit the tooling or machine,
is safe,
is affordable,
is safe,
can be built with what is available on hand in the shop,
is safe,
fits the table or mill bedplate T-slots,
is safe,
etc.
Get the point? 8<)
RE: Vertical Mill Fixtures
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RE: Vertical Mill Fixtures
Clamping complex work to the bed is always a specialised and skilled job and should never be attempted by odd jobbers when the work is 1. expensive and 2. very large or complex.
RE: Vertical Mill Fixtures