More great stuff Mike, this might be a real newbie question but when you put your parts in the vice in the mill at 2.25 for example, how to do you check that its level before starting the cut ? Otherwise in this case you did one side of the part and flipped it over but it might not be in the vice level did you eyeball it or use a tool ?
Perfectly sensible question from anyone not familiar with milling. The answer is that the part is sitting on a pair of parallels- accurately ground blocks of steel that set both ends at the same height. You can see one of them at the point in the video that you reference- sitting against the fixed jaw. There is another at the moving jaw end. I refer to using parallels in early videos, and there are great tutorials on YT explaining the sequence of events one has to plan to achieve accurate parts. A mill has a whole infrastructure of accessories such as these- almost no end to the toys one can collect...
Thanks Mike, I'm unlikely to ever attempt this, but it was fascinating to see the process and a superb end result !
Many thanks!
More great stuff Mike, this might be a real newbie question but when you put your parts in the vice in the mill at 2.25 for example, how to do you check that its level before starting the cut ? Otherwise in this case you did one side of the part and flipped it over but it might not be in the vice level did you eyeball it or use a tool ?
Perfectly sensible question from anyone not familiar with milling. The answer is that the part is sitting on a pair of parallels- accurately ground blocks of steel that set both ends at the same height. You can see one of them at the point in the video that you reference- sitting against the fixed jaw. There is another at the moving jaw end.
I refer to using parallels in early videos, and there are great tutorials on YT explaining the sequence of events one has to plan to achieve accurate parts. A mill has a whole infrastructure of accessories such as these- almost no end to the toys one can collect...