Look at what I won - Cast Iron Tooling Cubes!

[widgitmaster]

Look at what I won - Cast Iron Tooling Cubes!

I saw these a few days ago in eBay, and threw a bid at it!
Not sure what I'm going to do with them, but they are nice!

I've used them in other shops to prop up large parts on a mill table, to get them into position for machining! But these are much smaller, only 4"x4"x6"
Perfect size for my little machine shop!

[widgitmaster]

I've been looking for one of these for a long time, it was listed in Woodworking Vises, so not too many bids!

These UniVises are really usefull for grinding tool bit angles on a surface grinder! This is an old "Rockwell" brand, made from heavy cast iron!

My shop is filling up!
Eric

[Mcgyver]

nice find on the Rockwell. The local used machinery idiot wanted $900 bucks for one, yeah right, so i made my own. very handy, and you could make a head for it like i did to hold drill bits and get perfect faceted sharped drills. here's a pic of the drill head and the sharped drills. it would easy to do the 6 facet routine for even more accurate work, but i find these cut within a thou or two. v block was case hardened then ground, the rest is brass and mild steel.

[widgitmaster]

McGiver, That's a nice gizmo!
I had followed you posts on another forum, where you made your own "Universal Vise", needless to say it was very impressive! That is also where I got the bug to get one of my own!

Eric

[ZipSnipe]

No Doubt Mcgyver, that is sweet!! I want one now. Ya know whats funny is I always used to toss out dull drill bits and buy new ones, never even realized you can get 'em back to new with a grinder until I joined this forum...Hey I,m a glass guy what did ya expect...