I cant figure out how this works in a Mill vise, and won't buy one to find
out. I use a mill vise that has jaws that stick up 3/16 inch from the body
but are tapered back so nothing can be clamped to them. Is that where it
goes?
anyone have a picture of one installed?
http://metalworking.mscdirect.com/CG...MPXNO=17703084

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Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty

Look on page 2531 of the McMaster-Carr catalog (online). About half
way down it shows a picture.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#vise-stops/=15e363

I bought one of these a few years ago from the Enco sale catalog. It
was under six dollars at the time. I found it very useful for when I
was doing multiple parts.

-Bruno


"Stupendous Man" wrote:

I cant figure out how this works in a Mill vise, and won't buy one to find
out. I use a mill vise that has jaws that stick up 3/16 inch from the body
but are tapered back so nothing can be clamped to them. Is that where it
goes?
anyone have a picture of one installed?
http://metalworking.mscdirect.com/CG...MPXNO=17703084

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:26:29 -0700, "Stupendous Man"
wrote:

I cant figure out how this works in a Mill vise, and won't buy one to find
out. I use a mill vise that has jaws that stick up 3/16 inch from the body
but are tapered back so nothing can be clamped to them. Is that where it
goes?
anyone have a picture of one installed?
http://metalworking.mscdirect.com/CG...MPXNO=17703084

It clamps on the top of jaws like this:
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...oreVise2-1.jpg


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Ned Simmons

I have a mill stop similar to this one, but better:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mill-stop-bridge...mZ180336731796

I am very happy with it. It is a big help.

i

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:15:57 -0500, Ignoramus23425
wrote:

I have a mill stop similar to this one, but better:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mill-stop-bridge...mZ180336731796

I am very happy with it. It is a big help.

I have one like thatthat functional, only much uglier. But I only use
it when I can't use one like the red SPI stop in the middle of this
picture. Much more convenient.
http://www.penntoolco.com/images/catalog/5908.gif

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Ned Simmons

Thanks, i keep seeing them on sale and wonder how it works, usless on the
vise at work. I have some stops i made that bolt on.
I do have a monster with 12 inch jaws here at home, but no mill yet. Think
it will fit on the benchtop Bill has for sale?

On 2009-03-25, Stupendous Man wrote:
I cant figure out how this works in a Mill vise, and won't buy one to find
out. I use a mill vise that has jaws that stick up 3/16 inch from the body
but are tapered back so nothing can be clamped to them. Is that where it
goes?

That is exactly how it goes. Make a replacement set of vise
jaws without the bevel and it will work find. All mill vises which I
have seen allow for replaceable jaws.

anyone have a picture of one installed?
http://metalworking.mscdirect.com/CG...MPXNO=17703084

There are other kinds of stops as well. You can drill and tap
into one end of a vise jaw, and use a machine screw to attach a piece of
steel which will pivot out to become a stop, or pivot out of the way.

There are also stops which clamp to the T-slot and have a
projection which can be adjusted to stop the workpiece.

The Kurt Anglock vises (at least the semi-newer ones) have a
milled groove along the top of the jaw for the stop to attach to.

All in all -- first look at the problem, then design a
solution for it. And consider the vise jaws as expendables. You can
bolt on soft jaws (aluminum or a mild steel) and mill a pocket to hold a
small workpiece precisely.

I've even gotten a 4" Kurt-II with jaws with magnets embedded to
hold parallels in place while you change the workpiece.

Good Luck,
DoN.

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