Machinist Vise Stop... ( Clamps on jaw )

These are directions on how and what you need to make your own vise stop
 for a kurt style vise...
  I did it at the Tech Shop in San Jose California....
http://techshop.ws/

  Gabriel Aceves....

Step 1 Step one... Materials and Tools...

You are going to need one piece of .625  x 1.50 x 1.125 inch steel bar stock...  One .500 inch endmill capable of cutting steel...
  A .159 inch drill bit... 10-32 cut tap... Two 1.0 inch long 10-32 cap screws...  One Tap Handle... 
A milling machine...  .5 inch collet ...  Mill drill chuck attachment... I included a rude handdrawn print in the pictures...

Comments

[appsman]

I think I know what pfred2 was talking about, but he didn't do anybody any good by posting with 98% attitude and 2% content. What he *should* have said it that it would be a LOT easier to make a trued rectangular part on mill by getting a set of parallels and learning how to use them. They allow you hold your work level at a precise height in the vise. Even a set of cheap Chinese 1/8" parallels works fine for garage shop purposes and costs only about $30.
http://www.shars.com/products/view/2312/18quot_Steel_Parallels

They really are a "must have" for milling. Apologies to gaceves009 in advance if this is obvious to you and maybe you just didn't bother for this project, but your readers may not know that and you didn't appear to use them in the photos, while all the while exhorting them to make sure everything is square.

[pfred2]

Now I have to ask, how do you use your stop? When I posted the stop I made I put up a few pictures of how mine is used.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Vise-Stop/

My vise stop is far from perfect, but it stops work precisely every time. Because my vise stop has one thing going for it, it is made out of solid matter.

The first rule of machining is, never make anything closer tolerance than it needs to be.

[gaceves009]

You put the rear jaw inside the large
Slot with the screws facing backwards towards
The rear of the machine and tighten the screws
To secure the stop...
I am a machinest by trade and the
First rule i learned was measure
Twice cut once... thanks for
The input... Gabriel ...

[pfred2]

I guess the guys in the QC inspection shop are going to be bummed to hear about your theory. It sounds to me more like what a roughing carpenter would say than a precision machinist. I did enough time in a union tool and die shop to know that nothing gets measured twice then cut only once. OK that's not strictly true, we tossed out a lot of parts like that.

[gaceves009]

What ever... your superior and I'm inferior... you win I lose...
Its just a stop... anyways you know what opinions are like right???
You...

[pfred2]

It is, "you're superior and I'm inferior." But you are on the right tack now. Although I do not expect you to know just how right you are with that statement. My opinion is qualified when it comes to machining.

Enough that I could see from your setup that you do not even know how to square up stock. But I was being polite before not bringing that up. I guess we can drop the pretenses now.

Site policy forbids me from voicing my true opinion of you. You can be assured though that it is on the low side, and your childish outburst has not ingratiated yourself to me either.

My stop is way better than yours is, but thanks for playing you shoemaker ha ha.

[gaceves009]

Whatever... give it a rest... its stock material... say what you will
but I know the truth... are we gonna keep going back and forth...
I was being sarcastic ... I'm way better then you...

[pfred2]

No, it is, "I am way better than you". Then is after the fact. As in now and then. Maybe this will help explain it to you?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/than?s=t

What do you kids do with your time to grow up so ignorant? Crack a couple books in your life why don't you?

I just made a plate to mount a stepper motor on. Here check it out. It is for the Z axis of my CNC router I'm making. Pretty cool huh?