Chapter 6
Hanging on Tight with Workholding
IN THIS CHAPTER
Saying hello to Chuck
Spelling it right: Vise, not vice
Getting fixtures out of the bathroom
Changing fast with zero point
Sucking it up: Magnets and vacuum chucks
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
—THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Jack up your car without first chocking the tires and you might just see it roll down the driveway (or fall on top of you). Properly securing parts for machining is just as important, not only to assure high quality parts but also to keep you safe. Fortunately, a wide array of workholding devices is available; most are good, a few are excellent, some will change the way your shop does business.
The vast majority of workholding falls into one of two categories: chucks and vises. As a rule, these correspond to the type of machine tool on which they’re used and the shapes of the parts they hold. A typical two-axis lathe, for example, has a chuck ...
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