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Posted by Andrew Mawson on July 13, 2008, 9:58 am
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> I had occasion the other day to contemplate milling a smallish flat
bit of
> metal to reduce its thickness a bit. it's L shaped and roughly 2"
on a
> side, and about 3mm thick.
>
> Since holing it in the drill vice is obviously not going to work,
and I
> don't have a magnetic chuck (and in any case it's not ferrous), how
do you
> go about holding it on the machine so that it's flat, supported and
stays
> there to be milled?
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
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Solder it to a base part or superglue it. Heat releases both methods.
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> I had occasion the other day to contemplate milling a smallish flat bit of
> metal to reduce its thickness a bit. it's L shaped and roughly 2" on a
> side, and about 3mm thick.
>
> Since holing it in the drill vice is obviously not going to work, and I
> don't have a magnetic chuck (and in any case it's not ferrous), how do you
> go about holding it on the machine so that it's flat, supported and stays
> there to be milled?
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms...
> ------------------------------------------------