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    Dividing Plates for HV4 Rotary Table..

    Does anybody use dividing plates on there rotary table? How accurate are they (depends on the quality of course) Im looking at this set from Chronos http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DP1-DIVIDING-PLATE-SET-FOR-ROTARY-TABLES-4-6-/300624874780?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item45fea38d1c The reason I'm...
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    Powering Rotary Table

    Has anyone powered a rotary table? I'm not looking to CNC it, i just want to be able to spin it with a motor..I make a lot of deep holes on it so winding it can be a bit of a chore. I realise sticking a motor on wil stop me being able to index holes..so hopefully there is a way of either...
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    Rotary Table minutes seconds

    I'm stuck on how to work out how many turns of the handle on my vertex 4inch rotary table.. I understand that my gear ratio is 90:1 so 90 turns of the handdle will rotate the table through 360 degrees, one turn of the handle is 4 degrees I want to cut 16 slots in the ali as shown in the picture...
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    Morse taper collets

    Does anyone use Morse taper collets for holding end mills? I'm looking at using 3MT collects to hold end mills on my mini mill, what's the verdict on this? I need to increase the amount of head room for use with a rotary table and 4 jaw chuck.
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    Face Mill

    What is the maximum size face mill i can use on the Sieg SX2 mill? What sort of finish can i achieve with a face mill? Cheers
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    Mounting 4 jaw chuck to rotary table

    I have a little problem, I want to mount a 4 jaw chuck to my vertex HV4 rotary table But the problem is my rotary table only has 3 t slots, and a 4 jaw chuck has 4 mounting holes. has anyone found a a way of doing this? Obviously i could buy another rotary table with 4 t slots, but the rotary...
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    New member from UK

    Hi I've been reading the forum for a while and also some of CNC zone.. I've found some really helpfull info especially on the flex of the Sieg X2 column on here. I had no metal working experiance and wanted to make some lights for mountain biking, so i went to my local Axminster tools and came...
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