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Casting and Machining Angle Plates for the Lathe

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vtsteam:
I then bolted the second angle plate to the first. Both machined faces together. This meant that the second angle plate's longer leg was also perpendicular to the faceplate.

vtsteam:
I then faced off the second angle plate's shorter leg. This made it perfectly square to its long leg. It was now a true 90 deg. angle plate.

By unbolting the whole assembly from the face plate and turning it around to re-bolt (without shims this time), the second angle plate could also be trued to 90 degrees.

Here is the first truing operation:

vtsteam:
And here are the two finished angle plates, ready for use.  :dremel:

No mill, or mill setups needed. Quick easy and accurate. And yes, Virginia, a lathe can make square objects.

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