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I acquired a piece of precission machined cast aluminum tooling plate
and wonder if others have used this type of material and for what.
The piece I have is 5/8 inch thick and about a foot square.

Looks like it would be good for vise jaws, but think there might be
some better use for it.

Dan

My opinion? Not great for vise jaws. Being cast, it's quite soft and
doesn't machine all that well. It's not really much of a prize if you
don't have need for aluminum tooling plate. It's normally used as the name
implies---for tooling. Base plates for large fixtures, for example.

Harold