Workholders Vise or magnet

[SweetCUMMINS]

Hey guys,

I guess we are getting a new makino v33. My question is whats your opinion on a vise vs a magnet. i currently use a magnet for milling hard steel and love it. The boss wants a vise in the new machine but i would prefer a stronger magnet so that it would withstand the larger cuts. My luck shows that a vise never seems as repeatable as as the magnets. Whats your opinion??? The one machine i have a vise and a magnet in i feel this is the best setup, the other just has a magnet. That way i can choose which workstation it goes in. i like the walker magnets. Any experience with the turbo mill magnets that they have.

 

thanks for any input.

[Hardmill]

Try here :

tecnomagnete

 

Looks like these guys sell them too.

dynamagnetic

 

Email me and I can have some info sent to you.

 

 

PEACE

[SweetCUMMINS]

Anybody else?????

[BERTRAM BOY]

I'm not sure if this is what you are lookin for, but I've hard excellent results with their products.

 

http://www.hermannschmidt.com/

[Redfire427]

We use the same magnets but they are sold under a different brand name. They look identical and have a similar price. They work great but on small parts you need to block them up to prevent the part from moving. The chips "stick" to the magnet so recutting the chips is a bit of a problem at times.

[SweetCUMMINS]

thanks guys

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Magnets are nice in that they do not clamp a part per se. They generally will not distort parts either. For the right application... they are excellent.

[DavidB]

With a magnet wouldn't swarf stick to it?

Wouldn't it magnetice the part?

 

Take a look

 

[ 03-21-2007, 10:26 PM: Message edited by: DavidB@Rosebank-Engineering ]

[PeterM]

A good vise repeats pretty darned well, poor repeatability usually is the result of a weak work stop. I will often load a toolholder with ground stock and program it as a stop, I haven't found anything more repeatable than that.