Category: Projects

Workshop projects and machinery updates

Saddle Clamp For WM250 Lathe

Journeyman
saddle Clamp
Saddle Clamp
I have added another project page that details the making and fitting of a modified saddle clamping arrangement for the lathe. I actually did this ages ago but have only just got around to writing it up. Based on an article in Engineering in Miniature but with a few additions of my own. Saddle Clamp

A New Milling Vice

Journeyman

Vice Hold Down ClampI bought myself a new precision milling vice from Arc Euro Trade and quickly discovered that I needed to make a couple of clamps to hold it to the table. Quite a straightforward job you may think but even the simplest task can go awry if not carried out in the right order. Read how it should (or shouldn’t) be done!

Milling Vice Hold Down Clamps