Well I have had a productive but almost disastrous day in the workshop.
Started of by cutting the Outrigger top plates milling to size and then drilling. This when all well until on the last 3 holes the upper most plate decided it wasn't being held by the vise and it moved about 0.5mm.
Remember to check that both items are held securely in the vise.
OK not a huge issue - reclamped and re drilled the holes - all good.
On to the Outrigger Bases
I had a long bar of T6511 Ali 32 x 32mm sq. This was cut to length and the I proceeded to make lots of swarf milling them down to 25 x 25mm.
Again all when well until the final cut of 0.5mm to finish up the face.
You know, on a manual mill, when you have a brain fart and turn the handle the wrong way. Well the same can happen on a CNC mill when you reuse a toolpath that you forgot about the first time you told it to start at -3.0mm. A 20mm end mill does not like plunging 3mm into a large portion of your work piece. The mill fuse does not like it when one of the cutting faces come into contact with the immovable corner of the hardened vise jaw either.
A few words were said and the mill fixed and then I tried again with a new toolpath. I see some JB weld in this parts future and it will be facing downward and inward.
Anyway - things are looking good so far apart for the missing corner.