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12-10-2019, 03:55 PM
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Holding Nut Material while machining
There was a time when I would "carefully" hold a bone nut blank in my hand and hold it against a moving sanding belt to shape it, but as I've gotten older, either wisdom or aversion to pain has me wanting to find a better way.
I don't feel that I do it enough to warrant the cost of the very nice nut vise from StewMac, but I'd sure like to have a better way. Any suggestions? 
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12-10-2019, 05:11 PM
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Try looking around at other places for a little mini vise, I can only imagine what stewmac wants, I've got a nice little Vise that somebody gave me
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12-10-2019, 05:38 PM
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12-10-2019, 07:38 PM
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I use an ordinary bench vise and sandwich the blank between 2 pieces of wood - shape the nut with a Dremel with a sanding attachment, finer work with a small file and final polish using the Dremel again with a polishing attachment.
Bone is easy to work with ... but smelly!      
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12-11-2019, 06:55 AM
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I've made wooden jaws for my bench vise. Helps in a lot of things but nuts are one of them. You can make them any shape you want since wood is often much more complacent than the hardened steel ones that come with the vise. Nut work is done strictly with hand tools for me, however.
Do expect wooden jaws to wear and need replacing often.
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