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| dvbydt:
The 6" Vertex rotary table that I have for my 626 mill has served me very well, but is was far too big for the little X2 mill, so I bought one of these :- For my uses, it was not a good buy. 1 - The brass locking screw did not lock very well. 2 - The "T" slots interfered with the degree graduations. 3 - If the ballrace was adjusted to take out vertical slop, it made the very small hand wheel hard to turn. 4 - There is no provision for freeing the table from the worm, you have to wind the handle. 5 - The method of taking out any backlash is crude - undo two screws and tighten a grub screw. So, I replaced it with a 110mm Vertex, a little brother of the 6". This is larger than the one above but much better engineered. The table had to be drilled and tapped M6 to fit my small 4 Jaw so I took it appart to make sure that there was plenty of depth. The worm is in fact a helical rack and there was enough room for the hole and if positioned opposite one of the "T" slots, it didn't interfere with any fixing screws. Then my 4 jaw could be mounted. Now what I needed was a table mounting collet chuck and that will be my next post. Ian |
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