zeeprogrammer
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Don't no one start wagging a finger at me...this is not the way to mount a spin index on a mill...
As you can see...it's wider than the table. No good way to mount.
CC provided a nice link to a Bogstandard thread...
http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=2681.0
Nice modifications there...but I don't have enough faith in myself or the mill to make those kinds of changes yet.
According to both the thread and the documentation that came with the spin index...it should be ready to use as is. For grins I mounted a DI in the mill, a rod in the spin index with a collet and measured runout. Virtually nothing for a couple of inches which is where I expect to working. After a few inches...the rod was bending due to pressure of the DI. I hadn't supported the end ...but good enough.
So I'm thinking of turning the thing upside and down and drilling four holes in the plate that would allow a bolt to a T-nut on the outer channels of the table. Even better would be slots from the edges.
I don't know what kind of material the base is.
Can I center drill and drill holes in the base? Anything special I should know?
or...
Can I use an end-mill and slot the base? Anything special I should know?
Thanks.
As you can see...it's wider than the table. No good way to mount.
CC provided a nice link to a Bogstandard thread...
http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=2681.0
Nice modifications there...but I don't have enough faith in myself or the mill to make those kinds of changes yet.
According to both the thread and the documentation that came with the spin index...it should be ready to use as is. For grins I mounted a DI in the mill, a rod in the spin index with a collet and measured runout. Virtually nothing for a couple of inches which is where I expect to working. After a few inches...the rod was bending due to pressure of the DI. I hadn't supported the end ...but good enough.
So I'm thinking of turning the thing upside and down and drilling four holes in the plate that would allow a bolt to a T-nut on the outer channels of the table. Even better would be slots from the edges.
I don't know what kind of material the base is.
Can I center drill and drill holes in the base? Anything special I should know?
or...
Can I use an end-mill and slot the base? Anything special I should know?
Thanks.