Small Parts Finger Plate

[Brendon]

This is a small brass finger plate I made recently for holding small parts. Handy little tool for drilling, sanding etc.
It measures 2 1/2" x 2" x 5/16" thick.
It is ground dead flat top and bottom and the sides are all ground square. It can be held manually at drill press or sander or clamped into a vise or even clamped down onto a mill table with small finger clamps. A fun tool...
Here is a picture of the tool being used at the drill press, holding a small bar. In this case the finger plate would be held literally by the fingers but I have kept my hand out of the picture for clarity.

The possibilities of this little tool are endless. It can be used for drilling small parts of odd shape at the drill press as we have seen. It can itself be held in a vise if required. Sanding and shaping of small parts at a sanding belt is also possible. Filing by hand or at a filing machine, if you have one, is another possibility. One could even us it at the scroll saw to keep the fingers away from the work.
There is no set size for a finger plate and you can customize your own to suit what you do. Clock-makers, model-makers and anyone dealing with small parts, whether they be of metal, wood or plastic, will find this tool indispensable.