POTD- PROJECT OF THE DAY: What Did You Make In Your Shop Today?

[mattthemuppet2]

And don't forget the paws! Taking her to an adoption drive this Saturday, so fingers crossed. I just keep telling myself, we can't have three dogs, we can't have three dogs...

 

[Just for fun]

I made a clamp tight type tool. I made a couple mistakes along the way but in the end it turned out OK.



I have a question though, how would you hold the handle to drill and tap it?

This is my setup, but it seems like there should be a better way. It worked fine for drilling but the little v-block clamps sure were in the way when it came time for tapping.

 

[wachuko]

I made a clamp tight type tool. I made a couple mistakes along the way but in the end it turned out OK.



I have a question though, how would you hold the handle to drill and tap it?

This is my setup, but it seems like there should be a better way. It worked fine for drilling but the little v-block clamps sure were in the way when it came time for tapping.

Same setup you have to hold it but use a tap wrench like this one?

 

[Just for fun]

That would do the trick.

 

[wachuko]

Or hold it with a 5C collect block?

 

[682bear]

Why not just clamp it directly in the vise?

Drill, counterbore, and tap all in the same setup...

-Bear

 

[John O]

I have a question though, how would you hold the handle to drill and tap it?


put it in the vise using a parallel to keep it level, tighten vise remove parallel drill and tap

 

[Parlo]

Hold it in a vice and pop a level on the top. If you haven't levelled your machine, pop the level on the bed and note the position of the bubble and use the position as a reference. I use a Starrett 135A pocket level, it is accurate to 17 / 21 minutes, you will be surprised how accurate it is. I wouldn't be without one.

 

[woodchucker]

I made a clamp tight type tool. I made a couple mistakes along the way but in the end it turned out OK.

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I have a question though, how would you hold the handle to drill and tap it? View attachment 411873

This is my setup, but it seems like there should be a better way. It worked fine for drilling but the little v-block clamps sure were in the way when it came time for tapping.


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I put theV blocks on their side against the fixed jaw, put the material in, then the material in against, and the moveable jaw holding it into the v.
I would leave a little hanging out the side to be able to run an edge finder against it.

 

[Just for fun]

@John O, I had it setup like that to start with but didn't think about removing the parallels.