how to clamp pipe vertically to milling table?
ze...@hotmail.com
2" pipe vertically to my milling table, and then use a boring bar set
to increase it's ID a tad. (I don't have access to a lathe.) How do
I clamp it? Do they make some sort of chuck for this purpose? What
is it called and where do I get one? If it makes a difference, I
have an RF45 clone bench mill and a import 8" rotary table.
--zeb
Dave__67
Vise and a pair of V-blocks?
Dave
RBnDFW
You obviously ARE a newbie - You got a lotta nerve starting a topic on
MetalWorking!
ahem.
Most people with rotary tables have a lathe chuck to fit it.
That would be the ticket in this case.
Big vee-block would be easiest
Otherwise, U-bolt it to a slotted angle plate. You would have to make
sure it clamps vertical in the 2nd plane.
If you have 2-4-6 blacks you could bolt them together at right angles to
make a Vee-block.
steamer
top of the table you're golden. Clamp pipe to side of table, move head and
go for it. There's a very neat widget called a Verti Vise but it ain't
cheap..
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Jim Wilkins
How sort is it? If only a few inches you could clamp it in the vise
between two vee blocks, or one and a piece of wood. Two blocks will
distort the pipe less. A diagonally braced cast iron angle plate is
likely the cheapest useful fixture you could buy for this and later
jobs.
http://www.allproducts.com/tool/qiaoshen/15-right_angle_plate.jpg
I prefer this type for precision work:
http://www.finelinehair.com/home/angle_plate_2.jpg
By laying it on its side round and square parts can be held precisely
upright in the inner corner.
jsw
Wes
>If you have 2-4-6 blocks you could bolt them together at right angles to
>make a Vee-block.
I've never thought of that. I wish someone that knows the many uses of 1-2-3 and 2-4-6
blocks would give a dissertation on their creative use.
Wes