Instant Vise Alignment

In this video I show how I made vise alignment a thing of the past. By doing 4 things ONCE I can install my vise and its aligned within 0.001" even before I bolt it down.

[@sgoldens24]

I love your milling work light, very cool !

[@bhein67]

That is a fantastic idea Gilles! Cheers from SK

[@LetsRogerThat]

Thank you good Sir. It works like a charm. I used to dread removing the vise. Now I really don’t fret. Less than a minute and I’m back to work. Gilles

[@DavidHerscher]

Some friendly advice. Wear nitrile gloves when handling your gauge blocks. If you don't, one day you're going to pull one out and find a fingerprint immortalized in rust on the surface. Ask me how I know... Also, insert blocks and check fit, then remove and insert further along the slot, rinse repeat. Sliding them along an iron surface like that will cause wear, and when you're dealing with something that's intended to be accurate out to the millionths, a little wear goes a long way.

[@LetsRogerThat]

Great advice tks David

[@LetsRogerThat]

I went back and wiped all my gauge blocks with T9 just to be on the safe side. Tks again.

[@DavidHerscher]

@@LetsRogerThat haha, good deal. You won't regret it.

[@howder1951]

Nice work Gilles, and further to the math; one day will be pale compared to the amount of time spent tramming the vise . it will also take down the hindrance of leaving the vise untouched rather than removing it when needed. Thanks for the video, cheers!

[@LetsRogerThat]

Thanks. Time well spent. :) Gilles

[@Rustinox]

Over engineerd? Absolutely! But that's, of course, the fun of it.

[@LetsRogerThat]

Exactly 😁

[@StanleyBoates]

M38 Great video Gilles @@LetsRogerThat

[@hu5116]

Very nice! However, I wonder if you could not have done the exact same thing, and maybe even better, by adding a Couple of registration pins, or a registration ridge protruding under your vice To slip into the slot, register the vice very securely to the slot. But nice job regardless.

[@LetsRogerThat]

Maybe. Good suggestion Tks. Gilles