Aligning a tilting vice?!

[Omnimill]

Anyone like to share a quick/easy way to get a tilting machine vice back to horizontal? The type I'm thinking of is shown here: http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=9302.0

I'm pretty quick at mounting a plain vice to the table, but never used a tilting vice.

Vic.

 

[Blogwitch]

Vic,

The way I do it is to clamp a parallel standing up vertically in the jaws, with a DTI in your chuck. Then run up and down with the mill quill and adjust the vice until it is the same reading at the top and bottom of the parallel face.

It also pays to get your vice running parallel to the table first, but it shouldn't really matter.

Hope this does it for you.

Bogs

 

[Omnimill]

Hi Bogs, yep that sounds good! Thanks. Thm:

Vic.

 

[Brian Rupnow]

My vice has a built in hardstop, which I can only assume is set parallel to the base of the vice. After tilting it I just return it untill it contacts the hardstop, and it IS level.

 

[Omnimill]

My vice has a built in hardstop, which I can only assume is set parallel to the base of the vice. After tilting it I just return it untill it contacts the hardstop, and it IS level.

Thats handy!

Vic.

 

[wheeltapper]

a bit late cos I just found this post, my tilting vise has an adjustable stop so I use a digital angle gauge on the mill bed, zero it, then put it on the vise and bring the vise to zero, then adjust the stop.
works for me.

Roy