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New vise jaw product

Dabbler

(John)
On the irregular clamping front, here's one that is in current manufacture - but probably to pricey to ever buy!

 

LenVW

Process Manager, Machinery Designer & Builder
Premium Member
A little over my budget, but, they are good for weird shapes.
We had a couple at RMS for working on Rubber Extrusion Roller Dies.
 

kevin.decelles

Jack of all trades -- Master of none
Premium Member
So what do you think @Janger , does the ball bearing design intrigue you? Is it more viable than the other design you were looking at?
 

Janger

(John)
Administrator
Premium Member
So what do you think @Janger , does the ball bearing design intrigue you? Is it more viable than the other design you were looking at?
The ball bearing approach is intriguing and I think it would more evenly distribute clamp pressure. Harder to make though. I'll keep working on the simpler design.
 

kstrauss

Member
The other downside of the ball bearings is that they would allow secure clamping of irregular objects but not secure clamping in a reproducible position. That is, for many shapes you'd have to locate on a feature using edge finder, Haimer, DTI or whatever for each part after clamping. The ability to position duplicate parts accurately and without effort is a major benefit of soft jaws or of the Adaptix design.
 

Dabbler

(John)
The other downside of the ball bearings is that they would allow secure clamping of irregular objects but not secure clamping in a reproducible position
Th Matrix pin vise (which seems to have ball bearings) have solved that shortcoming. They have a proprietary system that locks all the pins in any configuration between changes.
 
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