Thread: Shaper vice project

Getting a block square is much harder then I first thought I did the fixed jaw today and it is all croked so it's meant to be 60 mm and one side is 60 .3 and the other is 59.9 the base that I filed is parallel it measure about the same on each corner. I brought my dial indiccator to school today the shaper vice is out exactly 1 mm on. Y axis and I have to turn the vice around to see if the table is out

I thought that might be your problem, with the swivel table you can adjust it, and if it's out front to back just shim the vise, as I don't think the teacher will want you machining the table.

Does the teacher have any idea about machining? I would have thought if he did he would jump in with you to get the machine set up properly. Your lucky to still have a shaper as most schools have sold them.

When I was at school the teachers used to let us go down to the wood/metal work rooms to work on our jobs as long as we didn't muck around. There where a few of use who where serious and went down there all the time to save being board sitting in the play ground.

Dave

Obviously things are different in the Eastern states, a high school with a playground!

Come to think of it, they did have a play ground with things like an arch made of pipe you could climb and a few other things like that in one section.
Most of them hung around the basket ball courts, which I wasn't into either.

Dave

Andre can you explain what you mean by its parallel it measures about the same each corner.
Unless I missed something parallel will measure the same at the corners.

I realise parallel is the same measurement but there is a 0.02 mm difference between each end but that's parallel enough for me.

Dave you're right the table is out by 0.8 which corresponds with the error I was getting.

Tonight I milled out the slides and the center were the nut and screen sits I hope I can call in a favor and get the jaws and slides ground at Tafe.

Originally Posted by welder

Tonight I milled out the slides and the center were the nut and screen sits I hope I can call in a favor and get the jaws and slides ground at Tafe.

Hi Andre,
Sounds good, any pics?
It would be great if you could get the slides ground.

Today I milled out and filed the fixed jaw the filing is pretty shocking but the fit is nice and tight.

I asked about grinding at Tafe they said it's fine but I have to wait till we study grinding in 2 years so I will see if I can get it done somewhere.

Andre,

Does it need to be ground? Would fly cutting suffice? My Douglas vice is fly cut.

Bob.