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| Author: | Michael Smith [ Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:50 pm ] |
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At my local Harbor Freight they have this cross slide vice on sale for $19.99. I assume this is a nation wide sale. Great for bridge work. I wouldn't buy it for machining steel but for wood it is more that enough. http://www.harborfreight.com/4-cross-sl ... -vise.html |
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| Author: | bluescreek [ Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: TOOL ALERT |
trust me , that cross vise is a piece of crap. It has way too much slop to use as a machining vise. You will soon see that you end up rebuying tools and this will be more expensive than buying a good one. |
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| Author: | Michael Smith [ Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: TOOL ALERT |
I just made a couple of bridges and it worked well. It's not swedish engineering but for $19 well worth it for me. |
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| Author: | jeb98 [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: TOOL ALERT |
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how would you use this tool to help make bridges? I guess for drilling bridge pin holes with a drill press it would be helpful, but there must be something else really obvious I'm missing. Thanks, Jonas |
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| Author: | ChuckG [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: TOOL ALERT |
I use one like it to cut the saddle slot using my drill press. I chuck up a 1/8" straight router bit and set the angle of the bridge so that the slot can be cut in several passes by cranking the vise so that it slides sideways. I have to credit John Mayes for this technique as I saw it on one of his videos. Very simple. Chuck |
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| Author: | Michael Smith [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: TOOL ALERT |
I use it to cut the slots like the last poster. Make sure your drillpress is going as fast as it can. I'm making ukes and a strait slot. To make a corrected slot you would have to cut a few wood shims at the desired angle of your slot and clamp your bridge stock between the shims. This also works nicely for holding anything to be drilled accurately. |
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