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This will be the next project, some tool makers clamps that I can use to hold the angle plates I'm making. To two vertical posts, this means I can mill across the top and create a datum point, the holes will then be milled and the angle plate turned and the freshly faced angle will be then fixed to the posts and the other side can be machined ensuring a true 90°. Again this was a scrap peice of steel that was found in the skip at work. Though to buy the materials works out around £5 for each clamp. So a small saving on the £10 bought ones. Even better when the material is free. But as said previously, it's an exercise in machining and will help build new skills and teach work holding techniques. More to follow in another post.

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