quitereal
Andy
A friend asked me to make a slotted piece for finishing a fireplace. The ends and slots were to be 14 degrees.
At first I started doing this by swiveling the vise 14° and then unclamping and stepping over (with measuring tape and eye - not terribly critical). Actually it gave me flashbacks of doing woodworking box joints on a table saw with a sled and a notch. Similar even stepover options.
Part way through I said to myself hey this mill has a universal table.
Well lucky for me I botched the first part by feeding the wrong way, so I took a step back and decided to swivel the table.
The thing has graduations up to 40° each way.
Anyways this way doesnt require pulling it out of the vise every time and makes way more accurate spacing.
Its nice to have that universal table, it makes this particular op easy, how would other guys do this? I imagine similar solutions as for box joints where you think of some clever way to stepover to a pin or something.
Its funny because theres forum posts out there where guys say youll never need a universal table unless you're cutting helical gears.
