PuckChuck Pallet Design Guidelines

Follow this brief guide for our recommendations, guidelines, and best practices for designing and making pallets for your PuckChuck Zero Point System. Sizing Your Pallet Thickness We recommend a minimum...

Placing an Order via Purchase Order

We are happy to take orders via PO (subject to a minimum purchase amount and approval for new customers).  To request a quote and order via PO, please add any...

Legacy & Discontinued Products

This page serves as an archive of solid models, drawings, and other product information for Saunders Machine Works products no longer available for purchase.  Fixture Plates Abdi Automation DMC3 PLUS...

RMA Form

SMW Product Warranty

Limited Warranty Saunders Machine Works (SMW) warrants to the Buyer that Products will not be defective in material or workmanship (the Limited Warranty). SMW is not liable for a breach of...

Modular Vise Setup & Use

Gen3 Modular Vise Gen2 Modular Vise Gen1 Modular Vise

Torque Specs: Modular Vise

Clamping Bolt Torque Clamping force is a function of both a) the torque applied to the clamping bolts and b) how much the jaw is 'preloaded' (i.e. how far the...

How Does the Mod Vise Work?

The SMW Mod Vise uses tapered clamping screws to apply clamping force to the part. These screws transfer the downward force generated by torquing the screws into horizontal force pushing...

Gen2 vs. Gen3 Modular Vise

While there are some minor quality of life changes, the primary reason for a new vise generation is to allow support for metric fixture plate patterns (M6 & M12). Gen3...

Mod Vise Jaw Hardware: Insert Bars vs. Castle Grips vs. Turret Grips

Insert Bars Our Jaw Insert Bars are simple, smooth clamping surfaces that sit in the Mod Vise's top jaw and allow using the built-in 1.00" [25.4mm] jaw parallel, and when...

Converting a Single Station SMW Mod Vise to a Dual Station Vise

Due to the modular nature of the SMW Mod Vise, upgrading your single station vise to a dual station at any time is simple. Generally, this requires buying an additional...

Torque Specs: Fixture Plates

Installation Torque Specs These torque specs apply to the steel t-nut hardware kits available with our fixture plates. Bolt Size Torque 1/2" & M12 60 ft-lbs [81 N-m] 3/8" &...

Fixture Plate Installation & Setup

Fixture Plate Installation Instructions (.pdf)

Fixture Plate Maintenance

Following the below maintenance schedule ensures the longevity and function of your SMW Fixture Plate. We recommend any workholding device (fixture plate, vise, 4th axis rotary, etc.) be periodically removed...

SMW Fixture Plate Tolerances

General tolerances for SMW Fixture Plates are given below. Parallelism For dimensions over 18", 1/2" and M12 SMW Fixture Plates are held to a parallelism of 0.0005" per 18" of plate length...

Benefits to Using a Modular Fixture Plate

Outfitting your CNC machine with a fixture plate has quite a few benefits: Increasing the workholding, clamping and setup area Convenience of having hundreds (on our larger plates, thousands!) of...

Steel vs. Aluminum: Which Fixture Plate is Right?

4140 Steel Fixture Plates Our 4140 steel fixture plates are our premier fixture plate line and best suited for daily use. Machined from semi-hardened (26-30 HRC) alloy steel, these are...

Mounting a Renishaw Toolsetter to a Fixture Plate

A question we're frequently asked is "If I'm covering my entire table with a fixture plate, where can I mount my toolsetter?" The good news is that mounting your OTS...

Using the SMW Modular Vise Without a Fixture Plate

While our Modular Vise System is designed to work exclusively with our standard fixture plate hole patterns, we understand that customers may have a different fixture plate or otherwise want...