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,
If it is flat you could try gluing it to another piece of metal which you can hold in a vice.
Martin P
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Solder it to a base part or superglue it. Heat releases both methods.
AWEM
I find plumber's soft solder very effective for this sort of thing and easily removed by wiping with a damp cloth while hot. Just done this while thining down some steel strip for replacement gib stribs for a small lathe.
Alan
Superglue, Loctite 603 or Permabond A1046 onto a flat plate.
Light cuts
Release, either with heat (250deg C) or with a sharp hammer blow via a brass drift (if the work will take it)
Mark Rand RTFM
I have several applications for this technique but am a bit concerned that it will leave glue residue on the finished part. Do you know a way of getting the cured superglue off of the end result Mark ?
Thanks,
It'll scrape right off with a sharp wood chisel. Round the ends of the blade slightly to avoid accidental scratching of the work.
Mark Rand RTFM
Superglue dissolves in acetone. Leave it to soak. Pete
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