that's most likely the difficult part, i understand that quite well.

I think I got you. If you can't hold the item to mill you are done.

haha yes in milling..."holding down" the job is 90% of the job....:005:

yeh lol might be kinda sloppy if u couldnt hold it:D

where could u buy one????

you can buy a milling vise and hold down clamps...

but for the stuff i mill, i find the store bought "hold downs" way too big.... so i made my own base and hold down clamps...

these are very useful when milling plate work...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...p/P1150169.jpg



each clamp has its own height adjustment thingee.....no need for aditional riser blocks.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...p/P1150170.jpg

That is very cool. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for your mill?

Nice! I have something similar on my mill, but it is a huge compared to a small one since i use it for my buisness as well. Nice job though!

i paid round 650 to 700 USD......
i hear that you can purchase it cheaper in the US...bout 600USD?....

i ment the mill, but i like ur stuff to =)

opps my bad....

please see post just before your last one....:005:

how did you design the parts you made?

i don't...i mill on the fly....hope that makes sense...

basically for example...i wanna hook up the engine to the tranny...i hold the engine in a position where i think will fit and see what i need to hold it in that particular location...once i do that, i mill whatever i dun need off the piece. and i'll be left with what you see....

holy crap, thats amazing.

sorry...still didnt answer your Q...haha

go here...

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=44991


and its even cheaper than i thought!!!:035:

i read that many peeps get their mills and stuff from these guys...

i got mine locally (singapore) from a reseller...

there are nice machines on that site!