New Favorite Fixture

[Andrew Biggs]

If you think it's tough clamping between your legs, walking uphill in a snow storm with the wind blowing you off your stool............then you should try engraving upside down!!!!!

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Sandy]

Life is good when you stand on your head.

 

[Brian Marshall]

Kinda depends on which one... tripping over it is one thing - standing on it is another...


Brian


“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ― Mark Twain

 

[Ragnarok]

Nylon cool idea for engraving fixture. I'll have to look into that. I us my fixture for mill and other activities. Would the nylon flex under milling forces?

It would all depend on how much you're trying to take off in each pass. We use lots of nylon, and delrin fixtures. I wouldn't use it for real heavy loads though.

 

[Choppers_rule]

When you are ready Omar let me know.

Choppers Rule
That is true. But aluminum that thin can flex and if you squeeze the slide to much you take the chance of cracking the slide or squeezing the sides of the slide in and it won't go back on the frame.
A couple of headaches you don't want. Been there and done that in years past. That's what brought the original fixture about back when I was building 1911s.

Thank you so much for your time! This is a very valuable lesson.