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Ed is quite correct. You are introducing errors from the vise, for one thing, into your process. Work directly on the table.
On a side note, where and when did the word "tram" start being used to describe this process? I looked in a couple of online dictionaries, and don't fine any definitions related to aligning a machine. Around these parts, we just call it "sweeping" the head in. I see tramming being used in most, if not all machinist fora, but never called sweeping. I find that odd.
On a side note, where and when did the word "tram" start being used to describe this process? I looked in a couple of online dictionaries, and don't fine any definitions related to aligning a machine. Around these parts, we just call it "sweeping" the head in. I see tramming being used in most, if not all machinist fora, but never called sweeping. I find that odd.