Nice grab Bob!
Hey John, Just a few questions.
1). What's wrong with the vice in that orientation?
2). not being sure of you background with powerhammers, what is your definition of a "very small hammer die block"?
I'd have to agree with Imagedude on a lot of points. For the 140ish dollars I spent on mine, and about 30-40 dollars worth of cutters from the 'Bay, I've got enough to cover probably 80% of the BLACKSMITH related machining I need to do. No I am not going to try to plane engine heads with it, or try using it to machine something with 0.0001" clearance. I am using/plan on using the shaper mostly for jigs, dies for my IrnSrgn style guillotine tool, stuff like that. For that stuff, 0.01" is fine, 0.001" is a thing of beauty.
Imagedude: "blacksmithing levels of accuracy" Can I get permission to use that for my signature line? I love it.
-Aaron @ the SCF
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