Yeah, it will work for starters, I made few block on drill press and x,y table with vise (that's a must) but I already notice that it become a little loose, like guys mentioned before It's just not made for forces in x,y direction just z , but you can definetly made few block for test, just look what have I done this way
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...&threadid=3211
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...&threadid=3617
But be carefull, especialy if you never work with metals, forces are great so injuries can be the same