SignalFailure
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Finally dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th (no, not 21st) century today I went out and bought a 'micro mill' (sieg X1 type). Got it all set up and took a couple of test cuts and must admit I'm happy as a pig in the proverbial.
One thing is puzzling me though: how do I set up the machine vice such that the jaws are parallel (or perpendicular) to the direction of travel of the table (bearing in mind that this a basic $30 machine vice)?
With it set up 'as is' I scribed a line parallel to the edge of a trued up piece of metal then fed it across and drilled two holes with a centre drill - they were fractionally out of alignment (about 0.25mm over 40mm travel).
TIA
Paul
One thing is puzzling me though: how do I set up the machine vice such that the jaws are parallel (or perpendicular) to the direction of travel of the table (bearing in mind that this a basic $30 machine vice)?
With it set up 'as is' I scribed a line parallel to the edge of a trued up piece of metal then fed it across and drilled two holes with a centre drill - they were fractionally out of alignment (about 0.25mm over 40mm travel).
TIA
Paul