parallel riser blocks with tramming pins

In getting ready to mill the edge of an 8ft I beam I needed to raise it enough to clear the hand wheels of the bed and at the same time be able to maintain a reasonable tram while having to shift it along its length.
I have a couple of 1 1/2" square bars that are key-stock quality in squareness but had been painted. First I cut a couple 7" long pieces removed the paint then cut 2 pieces of 3/4 cold roll round stock and drilled them to 1/2" on the lathe then loosely bolted these to thew mill table
After placing the I beam on the blocks I trammed it to the table by tapping on it until it was against both pins then tightened the bolts to keep the tramming pins and the riser blocks in place
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Thanks Frank S! We've added your Parallel Riser Blocks with Tramming Pins to our Milling category,
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Thes riser blocks with tramming pins worked exceptionally well since I had a pair of 8 ft long beams, I needed to mill about 1/4" off the entire length of 1 flange Nothing critical dimension wise, as long as they were somewhere within .010" to .020" over the length was fine with me. I didn't want to torch or plasma the flanges off since the heat would have caused warpage and that much grinding is one of those "I ain't the one" tasks.
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"I ain't the one" :rofl:

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Originally Posted by NortonDommi

"I ain't the one" :rofl:

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You like that do you? I stole it from a kid who used to work for me. every time we had a hard task that needed doing, I would usually ask for a volunteer. He would be the first to yell out I ain't the one for this one boss, Or if something got screwed up around the shop, he would always say I ain't the one boss. It was so comical I would usually have a comeback like yeah I'll just bet you're not, do it anyway or get it fixed.