Can I mill a 6ft length of box steel on a 4ft milling table?

[BobWarfield]

Originally Posted by Geof It was a length of flat bar, I did say you could consider it a sub-table. Your OTOH explains its purpose exactly. The reason to not use vises was we didn't have any big enough, the part was eight inches wide. Also with vises the accuracy of repositioning is going to be limited by the accuracy of the outer edges of the part.

I get it. I suspected it had to do with size. The accuracy of repositioning issue is why I want the vises to grip area that is already true.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Best,

BW