What Did You Do Today 2025

[John HinkleyParticipant @johnhinkley26699]

Spent a little time creating some STEP files in ALibre Atom and printing them out in ABS-GF filament.

Not a very clear photo due to lack of illumination, but from top left clockwise, they are: vice jaw protectors, both grooved and plain, “parallels” and assorted angle plates.  The one with a flange is for a specific job to set a workpiece at 12.5° in the mill vice.  The parallels are surprisingly parallel, to within 0.5 to 1 thousandth of an inch, measured with a digital caliper.  That’s good enough for me.  How well they all stand up to workshop (ab)use remains to be seen.  Easy enough to print off some more if necessary.

John

 

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

After my failures with tape and glue I fancy something a bit more mechanical so I have made some low profile clamps to one of Harold Hall’s designs, by way of Blondihacks:

Rod

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