Rotary table help or advice please

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murphy555:
first i must thank everyone for the advice given

i don't normally ask for help ussually just plod on i have never contacted any forums hence i don't know about resizing pictures or the amount of information required when asking for help but i do now

now to continue with part 2 of the saga

the first rotary table was only a week old it was cheap only £45.00 in the uk i'm assuming most of the replys from you guys are from the usa it's the type of r/t supplied by grizzly and harbour freight it was a 75mm table with a bronze gear when i contacted the seller it was immediately replaced so it was not a total loss but don't know if i could trust it for anything important

let me give you all a little of my background
i'm not young in fact i'm 69
i'm retired
i was a service engineer for many years
i collected all the tooling i have over many years for my retirement
i have had 1 heart attack and 2 strokes and am supposed to be a diabetic
don't really think any of the above is relevant

my workshop/garage is small no real large tools

my mill is a raglan which is quite small i could not get away with a 6 inch rotary table anyway i diverse

back to the second r/t after my first attempt at making the plates which sort of worked all be it at a cost
i decided to make a bigger set of plates with my other r/t which was a kit purchased a while back it had a steel /cast gear which i thought would be stronger and be able to handle the pressures better but that was not to be

this time i used a piece of hard wood between the table and the work fixing them securely

this time i used aluminium plates and again worked but at a cost ie the gear was destroyed but since then have as was suggested by pekka i then converted the table to be used without the worm drive i can use a tommy bar

once again thanks to everyone i really appreciate all your replies
thanks
charlie m

Pete W.:
Hi there, Charlie,

Welcome to Mad Modders.

I suggest that you go into the 'Gallery' section where you will find a thread about resizing photos using Faststone resizer. You can download faststone free and install it on your computer. Then launch it and explore the various options and facilities until you get the hang of it. Resizing photos is only one of its capabilities - you can also add captions, labels and watermarks etc.

If you have a look at my 'Pete's Tin Shed Project' thread, I put all the photos through Faststone before hosting them on Photobucket.

Just give it an hour or two at the keyboard and I'm sure you'll soon get the hang of it. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Believe me, it really does kill the reader's interest and enthusiasm when poster's photos are about seventeen times the reader's screen width!! :bang: :bang: :bang:

My own projects have been stalled for domestic reasons for a few months but before that I posted fairly regularly and I was pleased with all the help, encouragement and interest I received - I'm sure you will find the same.

vtsteam:
Charlie, as you can see, you're in the right place here. Very glad you joined and asked questions. And it looks like you already got the knack of resizing and captioning photos with the second set. Looks like you even vignetted them! :clap: You're a quick study.

I hope you'll stay and post more questions, as well as show what you're up to in your projects, and even help out other newer-comers when you feel you can.

We like hearing about the your background details and your interest in machining and experience -- usually people start out with that in the introductions section of the forum. And you're certainly not alone in terms of your age, etc! So welcome, here, to MadModders :beer:

murphy555:
thanks again for all your comments and if i can help out in any way i will certainly do so
cheers
charlie m

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