New Toy

[artie on edge]

This arrived today,



All I gotta do now is learn how to use it!

6" indexed rotary table (2 axis). I actually wanted an 8" but the price explodes from this size and up.. budget said I had to make do....

I'm excited! Hell I love toys...... 

Any hints or tips from you experienced millers out there would be appreciated. Just got to clean the packing grease of and read the instructions....

[Reidy02]

Cool Artie where and when did you score that little number? I bought a 6 incher a while ago and like you all I have to do is everything!! In as much as learning how to use the thing

[artie on edge]

This week from Hare and Forbes, got a heap of projects lined up but need to play for a while. Also making and 8" adapter for the table.

Let me know how you go mate.

[SPEC]

New goodies are always fun...
I was going to but one...Curt told me not to since he CNC's all my stuff for me

[Voodoochikin04]

you use those when your splining shafts right?

[artie on edge]

you use those when your splining shafts right?

Mate, that Im not sure about. Primarily indexing of holes, milling round objects on the vertical and horizontal axis. But Im pretty sure i could cut external splines with it.

Thats what I meant about comments from the experienced guys here, I know what I want to do with it but I also want to know what I CAN do with it... (apart from jamming it up my a....  )

[artie on edge]

New goodies are always fun...
I was going to but one...Curt told me not to since he CNC's all my stuff for me

I wish!!  ...  would you believe I am soooo far out in the boonies that our town received its ONLY cnc mill/lathe/coffee maker a few months ago?

The workshop its installed in still lays flowers at its pedestal each morning and makes sacrifices of infants each evening on its bed.... they are waiting for a 'sign'...... 

(sometimes its frustrating living in such a backward society as ours...)

[Admin]

You need a tailstock to go with it and you certainly can cut splines with it... Just need the right invloute cutter is all...

[artie on edge]

[Admin]

Dont you need to make some new legs for the desk? Got to have tools to do that dont ya? A old lathe tailstock will work well...

[Reidy02]

Ha ha that reminds me of a bloke from up the road, he never let's the truth get in the way of a good story. 

[artie on edge]

Ha ha that reminds me of a bloke from up the road, he never let's the truth get in the way of a good story. 

and you think we are joking?

Mate the next biggest town west of here is broken hill and it aint far away! For thos (poor bastards) non aussies, Broken Hill was where a lot of the old Mad Max films were made... Boonies... yup....

[Reidy02]

Ok ya sorta lost me with that last one Artie, anyway with the rotary table you can cut gears also (I think)

[Admin]

With that rotary table and the right cutters, there is nothing you cant make...

[artie on edge]