Is the Chick System 5 Workholding System with its aluminum base good enough for taking heavy cuts on difficult materials?
Does the Toolex vise (which looks like a good copy of the Chick System 5 Workholding System) give you and advantage with its ductile cast iron base and can you prove that it does?
http://www.te-co.com/2+Station+Vises-C-6015-C-.aspx
Is anyone in a production or prototype shop using Feature Based Machining to gain a serious advantage? The most advanced implementation of Feature Based Machining looks to me to be what is shown in this video:
