"Joseph Gwinn" wrote in message news:joegwinn-
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Sure, I could do all that. I have the sine bar and the gauge
blocks.
But it's a lot of trouble, and the special tool makes sense to me on
an
available-time economy basis.

Joe Gwinn

These make milling angles easy:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg

Cut the blank longer than the width of the blocks so the vise jaws
will grab the ends. Otherwise the work is difficult to hold down

jsw