riverotter Posted May 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 where can i buy a vice at. I have a few but none that will fit on my router lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowFISH Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 I machine two sided stuff but really cheat..... Instead of mounting directly to my table - I have a piece of renshape bolted to the cnc bed and faced flat. This let's me machine holes right into it as necessary and saves me when I screw up a tooling path. (It happens!!!) I clamp down my material and machine the first half - as soon as my part is finished... I use the mill to place two 1/4" diameter holes on the axis I'm going to flip - I machine through the material of the part and into the ren on the table a good 1/4-1/2" deep. I then unclamp - push two 1/4 dowels into the ren and then push the part over the dowels. Then clamp down. Done. What I like about this method is I never have to worry about zeroing against vice/mold or using anything to index the machine - and if something happens (blow a breaker, have your 5 year old shut off your computer while machining - yeah it happens) I can pic the part up - rezero the machine somewhere on the bed - drill two new holes - push the part down and keep going. It works great for making soft-bait molds... as I use the holes I drill as the alignment pins to keep the halves together - so I can keep remounting the mold on my cnc effortlessly and tweak like crazy without worry of being off. Hope this helps. J. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNC Molds N Stuff Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 (edited) where can i buy a vice at. I have a few but none that will fit on my router lol. Most CNC routers don't have enough clearance for a regular vise. Some do. You can make your own low profile "Infinity Vise" like this. I have made a couple of them when I just couldn't get a regular vise that would do the job for a particular application. Edited May 16, 2016 by Bob La Londe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Bob, I am digging that infinity vise! I have access to a Haas mini-mill at work which almost always has a vise set up so I went with a fixture that I flip. Locating is a breeze because it has a Renishaw probe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNC Molds N Stuff Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 For the OP. I meant to say a reusable flip jig works in a properly setup vise as well as one keyed to the table. I did not mean to imply that a vise was a substitute for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverotter Posted May 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 now that Is what I need bob. right now I have a sacrificial piece of mdf. drilling holes and using dowells. I did make a pretty cool bait tonight. don't know how to post pics here. but it's a 8.5 in bass. thanks to my wife for helping put the design in 3d. she took a picture and about 10 hours later had a nice 3d model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverotter Posted May 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 posted a pic in the gallery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CNC Molds N Stuff Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 I have to say that I am more impressed with the CAD modeling than anything if your wife did that from a photo. Yeah, I could nit pick a few things, but the overall file is very good. Nice job to both of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverotter Posted May 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 lol I was happy with the outcome. she made it using a combo of photo shop and vectric aspire. I made the vectors for the fins haha. then I cut it out with cut 3d. couldn't figure out how to resize o t and stuff in aspire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
