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Fig. 6.3 Machining soft vice jaws. The round bar allows the moving jaw to ride up,
similar to the way it would behave if there was a workpiece in the vice.
Fig. 6.4 Machining soft vice jaws. The round nest will take bar components while the
square one takes square components.
A VICE AND A CHUCK
If you put a vice and a chuck (rotary table or dividing head) onto the milling
machine table at the same time, with a digital readout you can set datums for
two or even three items and switch between them without resetting. This can
save a lot of time.
A workpiece stop
Toaidrepeatability ofloadingworkintoavice,aworkpiecestopisveryuseful.
A stop can be as simple as a magnet on the end of the vice jaw. Some vices
will have a drilled and tapped hole, either in the body of the vice or the fixed
jaw so a stop can be bolted onto the vice. Another method is to clamp a round
