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(04-12-2017, 11:55 AM)Dr Stan Wrote: A good way to indicate vices in line with each other is to clamp a piece of 1" or larger TGP in both vises then indicate.

BTW, for the operation you're performing the vises do not need to be aligned or even indicated straight with the axis.

I don't know what TGP stands for (another mystery TLA) but I used a length of 1" ground shaft between the vices to tram. Worked a treat.
That's a great point about not needing to align the vice, didn't even occur to me. Kind of seemed compulsory to tram a vice when mounting it.
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(04-12-2017, 06:47 PM)Pete O Wrote: I don't know what TGP stands for

I believe it stands for "turned, ground and polished".

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(04-12-2017, 08:14 PM)EdK Wrote:
(04-12-2017, 06:47 PM)Pete O Wrote: I don't know what TGP stands for

I believe it stands for "turned, ground and polished".

Ed

Correct.  I've used it to make shafts, especially those which have a single diameter but have key seats and maybe some threads.
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(04-12-2017, 06:47 PM)Pete O Wrote: That's a great point about not needing to align the vice, didn't even occur to me. Kind of seemed compulsory to tram a vice when mounting it.

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Took a test drive in the new to me canoe. Moves along nicely with the 3 hp outboard.
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I'll bet it does on three HP!

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Yep, and when you're not looking, Quality Control is gonna take it for a ride and be gone for a week like last time.
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So the oars you made were purely for show then Big Grin
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No they make great sticks to shove off shore with.
We put in at the head of the rapids, so had to paddle like a bugger to get up stream enough to get the motor going. lol
Don't think this semi dumb flip phone I have now has GPS, will have to check and find out how fast it will go. We were certainly motoring when we came back down from the dam, probably had a 4 or 5 knot current pushing us.
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