Just received my new bison 6 inch rotary table for the Maximat
V10-p. Very nice, also very large. Fortunately, it is barely small
enough to work. For example, the dividing disk fixture handle just
clears the bed ways by about a quarter inch or so, and the rotary table
itself pretty much exactly fits on the cross slide milling table front
to back, though it does overhang on each side by over an inch.
The cast in recesses at the front and back of the new toy should
allow bolting to the cross slide table through holes I've yet to drill.
I like the many bells and whistles: the worm easily disengages
and Bison provides a nice small tommy bar to rotate the table by hand
and a bunch of divisions that are engaged directly by a tapered pin
mechanism so you don't have to get into any math for a number of
scenarios. I've never owned a dividing head before, so I'm reading up
on the theory of dividing plates. All in all, the picture of the new
Bison 6 inch table in the New England Brass ad of the new Home Shop
Machinist is pretty accurate. At about 45 pounds, however, it's just a
good bit bigger and more massive than I'd suspected. With dividing
plates, it cost about $550 but it's nicely finished.
I also purchased a Bison live center with interchangeable points.
I like Bison stuff. It seems a cut above the usual Asian things I've
seen.
The money for all of this came from the sale of my Ahha/ Sherline
cnc set up. I wasn't using it and found someone up in Washington state
who needs one.
I try to post some pictures.

Charles Morrill