Let the record show that Gunner Asch wrote back on
Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:51:13 GMT in rec.crafts.metalworking :
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:31:10 GMT, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Let the record show that Gunner Asch wrote back on
Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:23:21 GMT in rec.crafts.metalworking :
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:35:44 GMT, Bill Schwab
wrote:

I use a lot of plain yellow legal pad paper under things, in the shop.
mill vises, quick change tool holders (KDK) on the lathe, etc. Put a
piece of that paper under something you dont want to move..and it
wont, and you dont have to use a cheater pipe to tighten things up
anymore.

Interesting. What about water/acid/etc. content?

Bill

It doesnt seem to bother it much. Try it for yourself.
I rather suspect liquids soak in and swell it up a smidge, making it
hold even tighter. Its long been a practice to put a couple bits of
cardboard under forklift forks to keep Stuff from sliding on them.
Perhaps its the same princible?

Sounds interesting. I'm wondering about "production" where I have 500
six inch lengths of T extrusion to mill (two little parts each), and I
don't want to have them come out of the fixture.

Ive used paper in vise jaws, particularly when working with tool
steels.

I'm working with aluminum (arrow space). Last night, the vise had to
be set to 70 foot pounds, so as to not damage the finish. This is a
"cosmetic" fixture, meaning it will be seen by paying passengers.

I think I stick with making sure I get the vise tight. Two drinks
ought to do it, no?
Pour a couple shots of Patron in the coolant, kills the biologicals
and removes backlash.

I've discovered that if you replace the small aperture nozzles with
larger ones, you can keep coolant on the work, _and_ not splatter coolant
everywhere, and wash the chips away, and aerates the coolant to prevent the
funky smell. Gives me something to watch, too.

I'm happy, I'm making stuff, and getting paid too.

tschus
pyotr

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