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Jack:
The other day I decided that I needed more tooling. So I purchased a Phase II 8" rotary table and then I made a top plate for it out of a piece of scrap 1/2" 6061 plate then I proceeded to mount my little screwless vise to it so that I could make some round parts. It worked well so now I can make some radius parts a lot easier.
Jack
cnr6400:
:ThumbsUp: :ThumbsUp: :ThumbsUp: The top plate addition to the rotab will be a very useful one. Mine has been very handy for many jobs. (but it doesn't look as nicely made as yours does! - well done.)
crueby:
The rotary table is a super useful tool! The little one I have has an adapter in the center so the lathe chuck can be screwed on, saves a lot of time to center up parts. Last fall I made another adapter plate to take collet chucks on the centerline too. That top plate on yours looks great!
Jack:
The center of the rotary table has a morse taper in it so I turned a Morse taper with a end that has a 3/4" shaft which I can put into collet and quickly center the table under the spindle and if I want to get very precise I can get the indicator and put the Indicol holder around the spindle and sweep it. And Bippity Boppity Boo I am ready to start turning parts. I will take some photos if anyone wants to see it.
I also drilled and threaded some 1/4 20 holes along with some 3/8 16 holes on an X pattern in the top plate so that I can easily mount whatever to the table.
Jack
crueby:
Great combination!
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