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As a young'un, a shop owner showed me a technique for machining slightly offset t-slot keys to precisely match a vise to a mill. Now I'm 60, and can't recall how it went.
Maybe it was something like:
1. Install close-fitting keys (may be stepped keys to match vise and T-slot);
2. Shove vise against one side of T-slot;
3. Measure jaw mis-alignment;
4. Mill that much off one key (on its T-slot face);
5. Then always load the vise against that side of the slot to get dead-nutz alignment.
But this doesn't sound exactly right, I thought he ended up with a snug-fitting key and a vise that never needed preloading or dialing in.
Also not sure if it would be worth it, might be best to dial in each time anyway.
Thoughts?
Maybe it was something like:
1. Install close-fitting keys (may be stepped keys to match vise and T-slot);
2. Shove vise against one side of T-slot;
3. Measure jaw mis-alignment;
4. Mill that much off one key (on its T-slot face);
5. Then always load the vise against that side of the slot to get dead-nutz alignment.
But this doesn't sound exactly right, I thought he ended up with a snug-fitting key and a vise that never needed preloading or dialing in.
Also not sure if it would be worth it, might be best to dial in each time anyway.
Thoughts?