Patent ID: 7134313

Claim:
In a press mounted cam including an adapter body mounted on one press platen, a cam slide mounted on the adapter body, and a driver mounted on the other press platen engaging the cam slider upon press operation, the cam slide thereby driven laterally by press motion, a method of aligning a tool mounted in tool holder on said cam slide with a feature of a structure fixed relative another platen of said press, comprising: installing a tooling plate mounted on said cam slide so as to be shiftable in a vertical and horizontal directions by providing interfit dowel pins and oversized dowel pin holes securing said tooling plate to said cam slide; inserting a pilot in a tool holder mounted to said tooling plate; advancing said cam slide to engage said pilot with said feature while adjusting the vertical and horizontal position of said tooling plate on said cam slide as necessary; filling said oversize dowel pin holes with a setting material to lock said tooling plate in said adjusted position; and retracting said cam slide and replacing said pilot with a tool installed in said tool holder.