Hi,
I making some small run parts and I'm finding that just squaring the stock is taking up a lot of time.
The parts are 1/4" x 1/2" x 3", cut with a horizontal band saw, so the ends aren't especially great, some have a little strip where the cut-off part broke off before the blade cut it.
I'd like to, and have been, staking about 5 at a time and putting them in inline in my vise, such that the vise squishes the group together. I use a parallel on either side to align the edges and then a square to make sure it is true to vertical.
My difficulty is getting the parts to be much closer to the same height. Even hammering them down and there is still some variation. Is there a better way to do this? I think it would be better to have them floating above the base of my vise, but I just don't see a good way to set the height while I'm using one hand to align and square them and the the other to close the vise. :X