Getting things straight

[STYRENE-SURFER]

Getting the ends of rods tubes and square stock Straight can be a challenge if you are like me.

with a relatively cheap "V Block" like this one I purchased online.

You can modify it for sanding a almost perfectly square face of your rod, tube, or whatever.

I C.A. glued (super glued) in a large enough square rod of evergreen to fill that groove in between the flats to keep smaller size pieces falling into it.

So then can use the face of the "V Block" as a fixture to sand each part square.

If you need to make multiple pieces the same length you can tack another piece as a stop. When done you just remove the Styrene parts, clean up with solvent(acetone works)

 

 

 

Edited October 7, 2019 by STYRENE-SURFER

[Deuces]

30 minutes ago, STYRENE-SURFER said:

Getting the ends of rods tubes and square stock Straight can be a challenge if you are like me.

with a relatively cheap "V Block" like this one I purchased online.

You can modify it for sanding a almost perfectly square face of your rod, tube, or whatever.

I C.A. glued (super glued) in a large enough square rod of evergreen to fill that groove in between the flats to keep smaller size pieces falling into it.

So then can use the face of the "V Block" as a fixture to sand each part square.

If you need to make multiple pieces the same length you can tack another piece as a stop. When done you just remove the Styrene parts, clean up with solvent(acetone works)

 

 

 

Very cool!... I have a couple of v-blocks and 1"x2"x3" blocks also.... And a mini machinist vice....

[STYRENE-SURFER]

24 minutes ago, Deuces said:

Very cool!... I have a couple of v-blocks and 1"x2"x3" blocks also.... And a mini machinist vice....

good tools to have around for sure. 

They come in handy, you just have to think about how they can help you.

I'm still looking for a good machinist vice, They are sort of costly (for a good one) Should have

saved my stuff from when I was doing machine work, ARRRRGH!

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