Hi
I get all sorts of daft ideas, here's one I've had in mind for a while. I'm thinking that circular items, too large for the lathe, could be worked in the milling machine if fixed to a large enough rotary table. Even better if the rotary table could be power driven. I have a 4 inch Vertex rotary table that I use for dividing etc but would not be large enough to handle say a 9 inch + flywheel. The rotary table I have in mind would not be used for indexing but purely for turning. I'm in the motor trade so all sorts of things go in our scrap bin. I haven't started on this yet I just thought I would post it here first to see what comments/suggestions come forth. Here's what I have so far. A front hub from a Peugeot 306. The hole where the ball joint fits in is damaged but that's of no matter as a fair bit of the hub will be cut away. The bearing and flange are in perfect condition.
I also have a wiper motor.
The Idea is to somehow mate the 2 together.
What do you think???
Cheers
Rich
I get all sorts of daft ideas, here's one I've had in mind for a while. I'm thinking that circular items, too large for the lathe, could be worked in the milling machine if fixed to a large enough rotary table. Even better if the rotary table could be power driven. I have a 4 inch Vertex rotary table that I use for dividing etc but would not be large enough to handle say a 9 inch + flywheel. The rotary table I have in mind would not be used for indexing but purely for turning. I'm in the motor trade so all sorts of things go in our scrap bin. I haven't started on this yet I just thought I would post it here first to see what comments/suggestions come forth. Here's what I have so far. A front hub from a Peugeot 306. The hole where the ball joint fits in is damaged but that's of no matter as a fair bit of the hub will be cut away. The bearing and flange are in perfect condition.
I also have a wiper motor.
The Idea is to somehow mate the 2 together.
What do you think???
Cheers
Rich