Could someone please tell me what is the standard method for securing piece of plate from which you want to mill an outside perimeter profile on a milling machine?
Is clamping down to a sacrificial fixture plate best?
Or....
should I bolt a smaller size block to the bottom of the plate (with the bolt holes aligned to features that will later be milled out of the interior section) and then secure the block into a mill vise?
Or....
something else?
Thanks in advance,
Matt