Discover hidden V-block features and tips for machining. This video details practical applications, including centering rods and machining complex shapes. Learn design modifications and explore various V-block types for different uses.
Discover hidden V-block features and tips for machining. This video details practical applications, including centering rods and machining complex shapes. Learn design modifications and explore various V-block types for different uses.
Congratulations Mook - your Tips and Hidden Features of Vee Blocks are the Tool Tip of the Month for February 2026!
This video packs in a lot of insight into a common shop fixture.
Some more good tool tips from February:
The Truth About Demagnetisers by tonyfoale
4x6 Bandsaw Fix by thehomeengineer
Router Anchor by Make Things
Cutting Metric Threads on an Imperial Lathe by mklotz
Straightedge Tips by Make Things
Flush Trim Bit Tips by Make Things
To enter your tool tip in our monthly contest, just post it here in the Tool Tips and Tricks subforum.
Mook - we've added your Tool Tip to our All Tool Tips of the Month winners post.
More importantly, you join Make Things as the second winner of the 5-time tool tip award, now visible in the awards showcase in your postbit, beneath your username:
And, you'll be receiving a $100 prize, in your choice of Amazon, PayPal, or bitcoin. Please PM me your current email address and prize choice and I'll get it sent over right away.
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