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Thanks djc! Sure Taig has lots of capacity limitations in all departments and I'm being a novice cannot clearly forsee all the upcoming problems. I hope there are some other standard work holding techniques for the job in question. Please HMEM'ers, give me some more options

Jason - thank you, how did I miss this simple idea? Perhaps I didn't consider it because my Vee blocks are quite large and I wouldn't have enough room for the deep chamfer at the side. However it's not too expensive to get two smaller Vee blocks which I'll do now following your great advice. By...

Hello, I have a 1.5"x1.5"x8" aluminum bar that I need to apply a deep chamfer to on a long edge using a manual Taig mill. That's close to the X-travel capacity of my Taig. My question is: How do I hold this bar on the table with the long edge up so I can use an end mill for milling the chamfer...

Thanks much for all you replies! That definitely clears up things for me.

Hello, I'm just starting out in the hobby machining. I've got two micro machines - a lathe and a mill, both manual Taigs. I'm not a native English speaker but I'll try to do my best. I've tried so far to collect as much information as possible on the starting out in the hobby machining and I...