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Adjustable angle plate - any good?

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sparky961:
Does anyone have one of these, and can anyone offer an opinion of quality and usefulness of such a thing?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350465796588&ssPageName=ADME:B:FSEL:US:1123

It would seem to me that this would add setup possibilities for those of us that don't have a tilting head on their mill... but maybe they aren't as useful in practice as they are in theory?

-Sparky

AdeV:
I don't have one of those, specifically, but I do have an adjustable angle plate. It comes in handy when milling large areas at an angle:



I would be a little concerned about the rigidity of the one you linked - it mentions 2 screws to hold the angle, but you could be putting some fairly hefty forces in there. Mine has two honking great big bolts to do up, I have to use one of my biggest spanners on it. The downside to the style I have is, it's a bit of a pig to set to a specific angle, one has to get it about right, partially do up the bolts, then do the fine adjustment with a mallet; all the time hoping the bolt doesn't suddenly loosen, trapping your fingers & nose between workpiece & mill table...

Bogstandard:
Sparky,

I use one exactly the same as that.

I subjected mine to a little work on the surface grinder to get it spot on true, but for a bit of general purpose work, it would be fine as is.


Bogs

Brass_Machine:
There are several free plans out on the web for smaller sine type plates. I was just looking at one that I think I am going to attempt making.

Link HERE. Check out the rest of his stuff... a lot of cool THINGS

Eric

Ray:
I also have one from ENCO that I have had for years.  Only used it about 12 times but it serves it's purpose when called for.
Ray

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