Re: Machining Tips!

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:32:16 -0400, Cliff <Clhuprich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

  Banquerbabble:

>>I then mill a .030 deep step with a 1/2? 3 flute carbide end
>>mill on both jaws. Next I insert a dovetail cutter and mill a dovetail
in both
>>the fixed and moveable jaw. 

  Thus cutting off your ".030 deep step" for locating in Z it 
seems.
  GREAT IDEA!!!

>>I then come back and cut off the burr that the
>>dovetail cutter leaves making sure to push the burr away from the edge
of the
>>dovetail. Finally I use the end mill to create “teeth” in the dovetail
so that
>>the plastic part can’t slide. 

  Lots of good MDI edits involved?

>>The whole process can be done in less than ten
>>minutes and results in a cheap way to hold and mill plastic parts. 
>
>  And you have no idea where the edge is located in that "V".
-- 
Cliff