More Toys are always good----

[Brian Rupnow]

The second cheque for my Radial Engine article in The Home shop Machinist magazine arrived last week, and its been burning a hole in my pocket ever since. I've kind of made a promise to myself that any money gleaned from magazine articles was my own personal "Mad Money" to spend on shop tools. (After all, it was the shop tools that made the engine articles possible!!!) So, today I went over and "browsed" at BusyBee Tools. Surprisingly enough, I am running out of small tools to buy. Remember, last month the first cheque bought my AXA quick change tool post. (Which I love.) Today, I picked up a V-block with hold down and a set of letter and number stamps.

 

[kd7fhg]

Nice! and I like the logic in the way you are thinking. The money came from the shop and the shop always can use more stuff and maybe the new stuff will bring in more $$$, than you can buy more stuff.
Rex

 

[mklotz]

You'll like that V-block. I used mine to get the perfect ninety degree bends in the pistons for my elbow engine. It's also very handy for soldering ninety degree bends in rods, tubes, etc..

 

[Brian Rupnow]

So Marv---educate me please. What are all the screws up at the topof the main threaded post for.----Brian

 

[mklotz]

So Marv---educate me please. What are all the screws up at the topof the main threaded post for.----Brian

Yours looks slightly different from the one I have. I don't have the smaller screw shown in your photo. On mine the two-headed bolt is (permanently) perpendicular to the V-block axis. When the block is laid on its side the two-headed bolt can be used to support the V-block parallel to the table. I suppose it could also be used, a la a tangent bar, to angle the block for some purpose but I've never used that capability.

Regardless, I think yours operates in a similar, if not identical, fashion.

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Thanks, Marv.

 

[DaveH]

Brian,

That's not just a V block,

That's a propper Toolmakers V block.

ooooooooooooow

Dave

 

[Troutsqueezer]

I bought a couple of V blocks quite a while ago. When I am thinking of the best way to set up tooling for a particular work piece, for some reason the V blocks never seem to find their way into my brain queue as I run down the possible scenarios. Maybe it's because I have placed them in a drawer, out of sight out of mind. I should set them right smack dab in the middle of my work bench I suppose.

It might be nice to start a thread on the possible uses for V blocks. I'm sure there are many, as Marv alluded to.