08-25-2012, 08:00 AM
(08-25-2012, 03:15 AM)Rickabilly Wrote: Also, one of the old tricks for supporting work on the very edges is to use "stacked" parallels for example;
If you need to drill within 1/8" of the edge of some work but don't have any parallels thin enough to support the edge instead use 9/16" wide parallels on bottom then sit 1/2" parallels. On top of these clamping the work between the 1/2" pair this way you can safely work within 1/8" of the supported edge and don't have to deal with flimsy or very thin parallels that I find tend to fall over when loading up the work.
Excellent tip! Thanks Rick.