Quote Originally Posted by Ed Weldon View Post
Marv - A simple "T" shape that you clamp in your mill vise can give you a flat surface (a finish flycut will get it true) that you can clamp a workpiece with Kant-twists.
You could set it up to be horizontal, vertical or at some angle. A cantilevered clamping surface will call for lighter cutting forces although you could make it an "H" shape and contrive supports with drilled and tapped holes and studs and nuts to support an outboard end of the plate near the cut. Many years ago built a "short and squatty" "H" shaped fixture for my mill like this. Doesn't get used much although I'm thinking of building a smaller version to hold flat brass parts of scale model locomotives for machining contours on side and main rods and precise axle holes in the frames. Ed Weldon, Los Gatos, CA, USA
An elevated "T" has some attraction but the real appeal of the bull design to me is the ability to pass clamps through the body of the bull. This opens up the possibility of using chain clamps, e.g....

https://www.grainger.com/product/6C6...170523135536:s

or some other form of flexible clamping element to secure odd-shaped workpieces.

I haven't had a chance yet to devote much time to what can be done with the concept but I'm sure there's more there than just an elevated work platform.