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| Chuck in E. TN:
Hi all, I just received my Vertex 4” rotary Table. I am very pleased with fit and finish. I am very disappointed with the “Operation and Service Manual”. Nothing in the documentation that came with it, except for the QC Test report, seems to relate to this table! No t-nuts came with it, and I am trying to figure out how to adapt my chucks to this table. Any ideas on this are certainly welcome. I have 3” 3 jaw scroll, 4” 4 jaw scroll, and 4” 4 jaw independent chucks that fit my MicroMark 7x14 lathe. The 3 jaw bolts directly to the lathe nose, the other 2 use adaptors. The 4” scroll uses 4 studs, the 4” independent has through bolts and should be easier to adapt. The table has a MT-2 center hole, and I have made MT-2 adaptors for various drill chucks to fit the tail stock on my 7x14 lathe. So, I guess the first steps are to make a MT-2 taper, chuck backing plate, and some t-nuts to fit the table. Just checked and the T-nuts from my mill clamping set fit the table slots perfectly! The table has 3 slots, not the 6 shown in the “manual. No dimensions for anything are given in the manual. I would have not known the center hole was MT-2 if I hadn’t seen it in the online description. I did not go for the indexing plates or tail stock, as I plan to make kwackers CNC controller set up. I hope to develop this thread into a “user manual” for the Vertex 4” Rotary Table. |
| Bogstandard:
Chuck, there are many variations of these tables, like my 6" one has 4 table slots, whereas other 6" ones have only 3. The bigger the tables go the more slots you usually get in them. This gives a little more info http://www.chronos.ltd.uk/acatalog/HV4-Vertex-4--Rotary-Table.html I don't know which version of 4" yours is, but if you click on the top picture, on the page that comes up, to the right are all the details of the RT's that you can print out. http://www.vertex-tw.com.tw/products/products_search_list.php?Keywords=1001-000 Actually, when you put the RT into the vertical position, for machining anything longer than a few inches, that is when the tailstock becomes a necessity. Bogs |
| j45on:
Not having any spare chucks I bought a front mounting one for my RT To align it I bought a MT2 blank arbour and fitted a length of silver steel into the end, this slides through the chuck into the RT and is gently clamped by the chuck to center it then I tighten the bolts holding down the chuck. It also slides into a 20mm ER collet allowing me to quickly centre the RT and chuck to the mill. sbwhart has a post here http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=1330.0 Where he shows his Rotary Table Chuck Adaptor Plate |
| sbwhart:
Thats exactly the same as mine only I got the full monty with it index plates and tail stop, a nice bit of kit. My chuck adaptor plate Jason showed was made to match up with my lathe chuck fitting so I could swop the chuck with the job from one to the other and keeping concentricity, saving set up time. Stew |
| raynerd:
Really sorry, a tiny bit :offtopic: but Jason, which mill do you have? - only it looks similar to mine yet I don`t seem to get the Z axis height you are showing once a chuck is installed on the vertex!!! |
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