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Transcript
00:01
Indicate a vice.
00:02
After completing this video, you will be able to place a vice on AC NC mill table.
00:08
Indicate a vice
00:10
and load raw stock.
00:12
It is time for us to set up our hos
00:14
mill to run our caliper piston, but we are not alone.
00:18
The programmer has left us all of the information that we need
00:21
in the form of a setup sheet that we can either print out or access it from any,
00:26
any phone or tablet.
00:28
Now,
00:28
there are clear notes to keep us on track and
00:31
better yet pictures of our setup pulled from the models
00:34
before we can set up our advice on the table.
00:37
We'll need to clean off any chips, starting with a brush,
00:41
then our T slot cleaner
00:46
and finish up with our wash down hose.
00:53
If the table had any rust or gunk on it,
00:56
we might give it a deep cleaning with
00:58
some fine abrasive pads and a rust preventative.
01:01
Now, here at the factory, we will use a Castrl DW 90 HF rust preventative,
01:07
but even WD 40 works just fine.
01:11
Once the table is clean,
01:13
we will use a stone to check for chips dents or
01:16
burrs on our machine tables and the bottom of our vice,
01:20
I typically use the fine side of my four inch round silicon carbide stone,
01:25
but a nice oil filled aluminum oxide India stone
01:29
might be more appropriate and and less abrasive.
01:32
We are using the stone as a final method of
01:35
cleaning the surfaces and to inspect things for damage.
01:38
If the stone catches, we can just stone out, grind out that defect.
01:46
When I place the ice on a table, I slide it forward and backwards.
01:51
And with some luck, any swarf that we missed is gonna get trapped
01:54
in our tea slots.
01:57
Now, we'll install the bolts, tuts, studs and nuts in this case
02:02
and we'll lightly snug things down.
02:05
But here is our secret for indicating in a vice, we do not need both of those bolts.
02:11
We're gonna reach in, loosen up that right bolt and slide it out of the way
02:16
with only a single bolt on the vice.
02:19
We now have a perfect pivot point from which to
02:21
rotate about as we indicate in straighten our vice.
02:27
Now, I've jogged my indicator right in front of the left side of our back jaw.
02:32
Next to our pivot point. We want to indicate off of our back, our fixed jaw,
02:37
not our front floating jaw.
02:39
Once here,
02:40
we are gonna jog our Y axis slowly moving
02:43
the indicator against the jaw until it reads zero.
02:47
When I placed the vice on the table I made sure it was a little bit crooked.
02:52
So we know already that our indicator will lose contact with the jaw.
02:56
At some point.
02:57
When jogging in the X axis,
03:01
we can now grab our dead blow our soft faced
03:04
hammer and tap on the front right corner of our vice
03:07
until our indicator reads zero
03:10
and a little bit more, maybe 5/1000 of an inch beyond zero.
03:14
At this point,
03:15
we can jog our X axis back where we started and
03:18
readjust our Y axis until the indicator again reads zero.
03:24
Now we'll jog back across the vice.
03:27
The vice is still off by a couple of foul. So we'll tap it in again.
03:32
We'll go back where we started rezero our indicator
03:36
and check it.
03:37
Our indicator now reads zero as we sweep across the entire face of that fixed jaw.
03:43
At this point, we'll snug down that second bolt,
03:46
give it one more check
03:48
before tightening things down completely.
03:51
We made this vice straight indicating it in parallel to our X axis
03:56
in just a few passes.
03:58
But even if it takes you five or 10 passes,
04:01
this is a process that is gonna work for you 100% of the time
04:06
from our setup sheet. We know that our material is aluminum, 1.5 inches square
04:11
and one inches tall in the Z axis.
04:15
Now,
04:15
we will be resting our stock on a set of
04:17
parallels that should be 1.5 inches tall per the note.
04:23
If running just a single part in a regular vice,
04:26
we will want it fairly centered in the jaw and not off to one side.
04:31
If we did clamp the part way off to one side,
04:34
that movable jaw will kick over on us a little bit
04:37
which will weaken. Hold on the part.
04:39
We want our parts either balanced one on each side
04:43
or centered up by themselves.
04:45
This leaves us with what I think is our most important vice.
04:48
Set up rule to not do not machine into the vice.
04:54
We aren't done until we verify that our tools are not going so deep that
04:58
they could hit our jaws or even our part stops to help us avoid this.
05:03
We can look at our programmed minimum Z value
05:06
listed right at the top of our setup sheet.
05:09
For this part, our Z zero will be the top of our stock
05:12
and the setup sheet is telling us that the deepest
05:15
any of our tools will go in this program.
05:18
Our
05:18
minimum Z value
05:19
is Z minus 0.715 inches.
05:24
We can check this with our calipers as long as we
05:26
have more than 0.715 inches of stock showing above our jaws.
05:31
And our part stop. If we're using one,
05:34
then we have chosen a usable set of parallels and our tools will clear
05:39
because we have the stop available.
05:41
We'll go ahead and set it up making sure to keep things below the top of our jaws
05:45
so that all of our tools are sure to clear,
05:50
we can now firmly hold our stock against our stop against our back jaw
05:55
and down against our parallels. As we tighten things up,
05:59
the bigger the part, the more pressure we may need to use when tightening the vice,
06:04
we might hit the top of our part with a dead
06:06
blow hammer just to make sure that things are well seated
06:09
and these are all things that we're gonna get a better feel for
06:12
as time goes by.
Video transcript
00:01
Indicate a vice.
00:02
After completing this video, you will be able to place a vice on AC NC mill table.
00:08
Indicate a vice
00:10
and load raw stock.
00:12
It is time for us to set up our hos
00:14
mill to run our caliper piston, but we are not alone.
00:18
The programmer has left us all of the information that we need
00:21
in the form of a setup sheet that we can either print out or access it from any,
00:26
any phone or tablet.
00:28
Now,
00:28
there are clear notes to keep us on track and
00:31
better yet pictures of our setup pulled from the models
00:34
before we can set up our advice on the table.
00:37
We'll need to clean off any chips, starting with a brush,
00:41
then our T slot cleaner
00:46
and finish up with our wash down hose.
00:53
If the table had any rust or gunk on it,
00:56
we might give it a deep cleaning with
00:58
some fine abrasive pads and a rust preventative.
01:01
Now, here at the factory, we will use a Castrl DW 90 HF rust preventative,
01:07
but even WD 40 works just fine.
01:11
Once the table is clean,
01:13
we will use a stone to check for chips dents or
01:16
burrs on our machine tables and the bottom of our vice,
01:20
I typically use the fine side of my four inch round silicon carbide stone,
01:25
but a nice oil filled aluminum oxide India stone
01:29
might be more appropriate and and less abrasive.
01:32
We are using the stone as a final method of
01:35
cleaning the surfaces and to inspect things for damage.
01:38
If the stone catches, we can just stone out, grind out that defect.
01:46
When I place the ice on a table, I slide it forward and backwards.
01:51
And with some luck, any swarf that we missed is gonna get trapped
01:54
in our tea slots.
01:57
Now, we'll install the bolts, tuts, studs and nuts in this case
02:02
and we'll lightly snug things down.
02:05
But here is our secret for indicating in a vice, we do not need both of those bolts.
02:11
We're gonna reach in, loosen up that right bolt and slide it out of the way
02:16
with only a single bolt on the vice.
02:19
We now have a perfect pivot point from which to
02:21
rotate about as we indicate in straighten our vice.
02:27
Now, I've jogged my indicator right in front of the left side of our back jaw.
02:32
Next to our pivot point. We want to indicate off of our back, our fixed jaw,
02:37
not our front floating jaw.
02:39
Once here,
02:40
we are gonna jog our Y axis slowly moving
02:43
the indicator against the jaw until it reads zero.
02:47
When I placed the vice on the table I made sure it was a little bit crooked.
02:52
So we know already that our indicator will lose contact with the jaw.
02:56
At some point.
02:57
When jogging in the X axis,
03:01
we can now grab our dead blow our soft faced
03:04
hammer and tap on the front right corner of our vice
03:07
until our indicator reads zero
03:10
and a little bit more, maybe 5/1000 of an inch beyond zero.
03:14
At this point,
03:15
we can jog our X axis back where we started and
03:18
readjust our Y axis until the indicator again reads zero.
03:24
Now we'll jog back across the vice.
03:27
The vice is still off by a couple of foul. So we'll tap it in again.
03:32
We'll go back where we started rezero our indicator
03:36
and check it.
03:37
Our indicator now reads zero as we sweep across the entire face of that fixed jaw.
03:43
At this point, we'll snug down that second bolt,
03:46
give it one more check
03:48
before tightening things down completely.
03:51
We made this vice straight indicating it in parallel to our X axis
03:56
in just a few passes.
03:58
But even if it takes you five or 10 passes,
04:01
this is a process that is gonna work for you 100% of the time
04:06
from our setup sheet. We know that our material is aluminum, 1.5 inches square
04:11
and one inches tall in the Z axis.
04:15
Now,
04:15
we will be resting our stock on a set of
04:17
parallels that should be 1.5 inches tall per the note.
04:23
If running just a single part in a regular vice,
04:26
we will want it fairly centered in the jaw and not off to one side.
04:31
If we did clamp the part way off to one side,
04:34
that movable jaw will kick over on us a little bit
04:37
which will weaken. Hold on the part.
04:39
We want our parts either balanced one on each side
04:43
or centered up by themselves.
04:45
This leaves us with what I think is our most important vice.
04:48
Set up rule to not do not machine into the vice.
04:54
We aren't done until we verify that our tools are not going so deep that
04:58
they could hit our jaws or even our part stops to help us avoid this.
05:03
We can look at our programmed minimum Z value
05:06
listed right at the top of our setup sheet.
05:09
For this part, our Z zero will be the top of our stock
05:12
and the setup sheet is telling us that the deepest
05:15
any of our tools will go in this program.
05:18
Our
05:18
minimum Z value
05:19
is Z minus 0.715 inches.
05:24
We can check this with our calipers as long as we
05:26
have more than 0.715 inches of stock showing above our jaws.
05:31
And our part stop. If we're using one,
05:34
then we have chosen a usable set of parallels and our tools will clear
05:39
because we have the stop available.
05:41
We'll go ahead and set it up making sure to keep things below the top of our jaws
05:45
so that all of our tools are sure to clear,
05:50
we can now firmly hold our stock against our stop against our back jaw
05:55
and down against our parallels. As we tighten things up,
05:59
the bigger the part, the more pressure we may need to use when tightening the vice,
06:04
we might hit the top of our part with a dead
06:06
blow hammer just to make sure that things are well seated
06:09
and these are all things that we're gonna get a better feel for
06:12
as time goes by.
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