Grizzly g5681 precision angle block...

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• Dec 5, 2014

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Hi Everyone,

I am wondering if someone will explain to me how material, or a part is supposed to be held/clamped to one of the angle blocks, or if it is used to place a part into a vise then removed. I'm kinda confused on this.

Thanks for the help!
-Kory

 

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I've seen angle plates used on surface plates to hold work against when scribing with a height gage.
I know they have a few other uses.

 

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I used my angle block just the outher day on my mill. Had a l bracket that needed slots and wasto tall for the vise. Clamped the angle block upside down in my vise and clamped the part to it. Here is the part.

 

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You can use parallel clamps, “C” clamps or if it doesn’t bother you to do so, you can put threaded holes in it for holding things…Good Luck, Dave.

 

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Here is my angle block.

 

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Here is what Kory is asking about. I've never seen one of these>

 

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Oh,I have one of those. You just HAVE got to get one!!! Why,I don't know,as I have never used mine,but it is cool.

 

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I guess I just don't understand what this is used for... I'll pass on it.

 

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george wilson said:

Oh,I have one of those. You just HAVE got to get one!!! Why,I don't know,as I have never used mine,but it is cool.

Click to expand...

You could use it to level out ice cubes. :rofl:

 

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I have one & I use it every so often. They come in a few different sizes. It has a vernier on it & is pretty accurate, well for at least what I use it for. I can't say what the "correct" way to use them is but when I use mine it stays in the vise with the part. Part being clamped in the vise has to be wider than the block, if I run into a situation where that's not the case, I just use some scrap for a spacer.


I milled the two corners & chamfered all the edges using it.



Here you can see the angle block.



Used it here on this bracket where I needed to mill off 1° on one side.

 

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