All--
I experimented with a fly cutter using some double-sided sticky tape to hold a piece of scrap aluminum on the mill table. It worked very well. I followed Harold's suggestions of degreasing the surfaces and taping down the workpiece. The workpiece and tape were also easy to remove with only a tiny piece of tape sticking to the table. The remainder released along with the workpiece when I pried up on it a bit with a screwdriver in a t-slot.
Here's a video. Comments welcome and appreciated.
https://youtu.be/bCV6utCVAbs
--Bill
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Well done, Bill. I suspect it was obvious to you how valuable a touch of lubrication is.
The nice thing about this holding method is that it's quite good for eliminating flatness errors. Even though the part is tapped down, it will spring back to some degree, so multiple passes and flipping reduce error to what is usually an acceptable level.
Tape holding and fly cutting. The poor man's surface grinder.
H
The nice thing about this holding method is that it's quite good for eliminating flatness errors. Even though the part is tapped down, it will spring back to some degree, so multiple passes and flipping reduce error to what is usually an acceptable level.
Tape holding and fly cutting. The poor man's surface grinder.
H
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I use acetone to clean the table and parts.
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Richard--
Thanks. Acetone is a lot cheaper than the firearms degreaser I used. I have acetone, of course. I didn't think to use it. I'll use it next time!
--Bill
Thanks. Acetone is a lot cheaper than the firearms degreaser I used. I have acetone, of course. I didn't think to use it. I'll use it next time!
--Bill
You are what you write.