What do I have here ?

[RedVise]

A machinist tie down set of some sort, I presume ?
I have tried translating the tags but havent figured it out yet.
Anybody familir with this set ?

Thanks

 

[Oil leak]

Hold down clamps and t-slot nuts and studs. Used on milling and drilling applications.

 

[RTM]

Yup, we have a set at work for use on the mini-mill with the slotted table. No one ever uses that thing anymore.

 

[rancherbill]

Machinist Clamping Set

Very useful on a drill press or mill You can hold down stuff that will not fit in a vise.

That's a cool box

 

[RoninB4]

As others have mentioned, it's most often used for clamping tooling to a milling machine. The set is rather incomplete and not worth much to anybody besides as spares. If it's truly made in Germany, not just filled with cheap **** from China in a German labeled box, the steel is of better quality. That still doesn't mean much besides "nice spares". The T-nuts probably won't fit every machine either, most of them aren't interchangeable and require further machining to fit the slots in the table.

 

[RoninB4]

Yup, we have a set at work for use on the mini-mill with the slotted table. No one ever uses that thing anymore.

Out of curiosity what do you folks use at work for tool/work holding besides a vise (which could also be using them) if T-nuts aren't used?

 

[RTM]

The mini mill doesn’t get used, except as a place to place stuff when coming into the shop.

 

[HenryAZ]

I have that set, which came with my Grizzly "small mill". I drilled and tapped a few M12-1.75 holes in my steel top workbench so I can use them there, too. I find I use them more on the workbench, for holding down in the middle of the top where clamps cannot reach.