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.