workholding

Just wanted to share a clever solution to a seemingly difficult problem. I know I've seen this somewhere before onlin, but got a real up close look of thin magnetic clamps for odd shape or delicate work. For proprietary reasons, I cropped out all of the important stuff. Left the common...

The very first project I wanted to do with my new PM-728VT was a mini pallet system similar to what Lipton and others have done. I thought it would be good exercise for a first project (i.e. DRO bolt hole patterns, drill some holes, ream some holes, chamfer some holes, tap some holes, mill some...

Warning: I tend to over-analyze and write a lot. :) Terribly oversimplified version: What is the cheapest way to hold an item for surface grinding when the opposite side is not flat? I inherited a surface grinder, as detailed in a vintage machinery post a while back. I don't have a mill and...