Showing one advantage of an Offen Vee block

I was asked to show it in use well this is the next best
.Using a Vee block with no external clamp allows you to work on the four sides as shown, but you can also work on a fifth. As i say in the video the job in hand could have been done any number of ways and certainly I would normally use a 5C collet in a square block or more likely a Spindexer, but not everybody has the kit. It should be remembered that this Vee block was designed in the Fifties, or maybe earlier, when home shoppers did not have access to cheap Chinesium import collet systems.

[@ChrisB257]

I do like that Chris - Can see instances where it could be very handy. One is if a 5C collet of suitable ID is not available. May be something else to add to my ''list'. Thanks for showing that. :-)

[@userwl2850]

This is the interesting thing in engineering. Different ways.... Different thoughts "how to" ...

[@dizzolve]

how 'Offen' do you use the Vee block

[@hillsgun]

"anyone who thinks there is only one way of doing things is a moron"😄 The terminology I use is not so kind.