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Default Great idea of a trunnion table!

On 2011-09-06, Ed Huntress wrote:

"Ignoramus22698" wrote in message
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On 2011-09-06, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:46:04 -0400, Randy333
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On Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:47:32 -0500, Ignoramus30787
wrote:

I love the concept expressed in this auction, what a great idea!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170691977589

I want to make my own now...

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$1800 and the rotary table and vise is not included. Seems pricey.

NO kidding. I'll bet Ig makes an equivalent for under $300.


Yes, it does not seem to be very complicated. Some welding, some CNC
machining, not really that much seems to be involved. Just three large
pieces of iron is what is needed.

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Do you have a CNC rotary table, Ig? They're far more useful than a trunnion
for accurate work. Trunnions are basically production tools with multiple
sets of fixtures; unless you get into the really expensive ones, they aren't
generally high-accuracy devices.


Yes, I do, I think that I showed it and how it turnsto you, but
perhaps the beer interfered.

The Haas trunnion with a vise never looked like it made a lot of sense to
me. It isn't good for fixturing multiple parts and it doesn't seem to offer
a lot over a vertical rotary table, unless your particular part
configuration just can't be set up on the table itself.

On the other hand, a rotary table that can be set up vertically can be very
useful in a small shop.


This is what I have.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Brid...y-Table-U12PNC

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