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  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to jcdammeyer's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! Do an @David And get it done yesterday.
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Mike R's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    I've been thinking over (over thinking?) the repair that is needed to the table of the Craftex CX610 drill press I just bought. I need...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Mike R's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    Well, its been a long time since I have had shop time. Just finished a 3 week tour of Ireland with my wife as a 25 year anniversary...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Mike R's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    quick pics of the 99% finished product. Made covers for the motor and belt. Resisting the urge to revisit their design and make...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Mike R's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    In general I don't control backlash, as I primarily use(d) the table as an indexer and not a true 4th axis. I don't have access to...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to DavidR8's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    Nice. You’ve given me some ideas for converting my rotary table into a 4th axis. How are you managing backlash?
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Mike R's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    Well, this project had me fall into the trap of perfection is the enemy of good, or better vs good enough, and starting with a bad...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to jcdammeyer's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    Nice and looks like the motor is small enough so parts that go through the centre bore don't run into it.
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Mike R's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    Looks doable for both vertical and horizontal mounting using a simple 1/2" thick plate mount for the motor.
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Mike R's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    I'm going to doodle tonight and see what I can come up with, just found a rather simply modeled 6" vertex rotary table on Grabcad that...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Mike R's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    They are aluminum, but not foil - 18ga. Found it - my initial search online didn't come up with the right name - bun pan...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Tom O's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    If they are the same ones I bought a few years ago they are aluminum I bought 6 of them I even have one under the compressor drain valve.
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Susquatch's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    Are those tin foil or stamped stainless?
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to jcdammeyer's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    I would mount on the back with pulleys. I'd also set it up so you could do 1:2 so you can still stay in the high torque end of the...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Mike R's post in the thread Mikes shop activities with Like Like.
    Todays update: just a few house keeping items and spending more money on a new mini project. I found these large baking pans at Costco...
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