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REVIEW: WTC 8" RotaryTabe.
I got a recurring job in where I needed a new rotary tabel, NOW. I
had no time to take chances on EBay for something that could have been left in the rain for a few years. Like many people I have had my disappointments with tools and equipment from a " certain place where they eat cats", etc. but felt the price was right enough and there was a local WT who may have forgotten that they asked me to leave a few years ago when I did a stand-up comedy routing in their showroom ridiculing some of their imported lathes... I went out a bought their 8" Table, stock number 1990-007, for $175.00, feeling that if it lasted a few months to get the job done, I could just throw it away afterward. I have been using it for a month now. And since I have never failed to dish out ridicule and abuse when a tool let me down, I shall be enough of a gentleman to tell the World that I was a prejudiced asshole. This rotary table is as good as any I have used, made by anyone anywhere at any of my employer's shops. The fit and finish is the equalt to any in any detail, from the flawless enamel finish to the little oil level window, to the 10" vernier. The machining was NOT done with a wood rasp, unlike some of those imports we have seen. The worm gear and wheel is VERY silky- smooth operating, the locks work fine, and the worm disengages and engages smoothly. This particular tabel was made by "Universal Group", and they identify it as the "TS Series". I am aware that WT and others often get things from diferent suppliers, so perhaps things could change in the future, but at present, if you have been needing an 8" rotary table, give this one a close look. A really close look. At this price, it's crazy to go without one. I was cutting disks out on my lathe, one at a time. THEN things took off and I had to cut hundreds of them. I can stack up the work and do ten+ at once now, and effortlessly cut them out in a few minutes with just a little easy hand motion. (Something I have been doing a LONG TIME, anyway, so it does not even feel like work!!!!!!) |
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