I found a good way to center a rotary table is to machine a piece on the layer that fits right in the center and then taper it up to fit into a chuck. Just adjust x and y untill it fits.
Fine bit of work there Ade, I really like your patience with accuracy, I know if I'd try that piece, it would probably be finished on the belt sander. Enjoyed, be well and cheers!
G’day Ade. Nice work on the rotary table. I bought a semi universal one, but when tilted up doesn’t leave me much room on my small combination mill. Thanks for the video. Cheers 🍻, Aaron
Nicely done Ade, never got on with coaxial indicators, they do save you punching holes in the back of your head cracking it on your machine but somehow I prefer the old fashioned following the clock round, I think I may have trust issues! The intrigue continues. Cheers, Jon
Thanks for the inspiring video. Nice work. Nice fixture plate You did. I've got a big one but have not decided for any hole pattern yet. Maybe drill and thread when the need comes up.
That's a really good job there Ade, very interesting, very intricate, the maths always work out I guess. I think I'm quite a way off that level at the moment but I'm having a go. Thanks Ade, regards Gareth
I have a machined taper on a parralel shaft, the shaft goes in a collet the table sits underneath the taper, raise the table into the point and the rotary table self aligns in seconds job done
I know this has nothing to do with your project, but I like your flip up electrical receptacle cover to keep the swarf out behind the mill! Cheap and effective!
Have you considered picking up the taper in the rotary table's hole so that you can repeatably align your fixture? Many of these tables have an M2 or M3 taper and you could attach your fixture to an M2 or M3 blank: then the 6mm hole in the centre will align your part to the taper and the fixture and consequently to the rotary table.
Hi Ade, Just a suggestion for a future project, a pallet about 200mm square with an array of tapped holes, very flexible and will let you mill any size rad you care to cut. Best wishes, Mal.
Evening Ade ,next time you need to center the rotary table, put a centre in the spindle, stab the hole ,with the bolts lose, tighten the bolts, and its near enough for rock 'n' roll.( within Couple of thou )
Thanks for your time and knowledge. I love your videos. That’s a whatcha macallit for a thingamabob. I’m guessing a camera holder part. Am I right? Did I win an free beer? All I have to pay for is a flight from the US an a hotel for 5 nights and 3 days.
Another nice bit of workmanship Ade. I still can't help but shout at the screen 'keep your fingers away from the cutter!' I know you know what you're doing but a newbie might get the wrong idea, how about using a pencil, long scriber to point out what you're showing, plus it will keep your hand 'out of shot'. As for the item; could it be part of a tilting vice or some form of adjustable angle plate?.
Hi Ade, I've not been subscribed for long but I love the videos you've put out for us all to enjoy! I just realised you have the same model of mill as the one I've recently ordered, I only got it as it was on offer and the only one in stock at the time. It's my first venture into this kind of work and I just wondered if you had any advice or tips for this particular model? Many thanks Pat
Hi Pat. Great choice on the mill. I did videos on setting it up when I bought it . lasting tip is that they don't like slot cutters much . end mills are far easier on the machine . sort out a fly cutter with high speed steel bit , they can do a lot and easily sharpened and save costs on expensive cutters . Get an ER32 collet chuck for it . other than that watch more of my videos , lol, Cheers Ade.
Thats no cheat using the reamer as a centre dolly. Its my first port of call when centring up. Ive got a dozen or so dollies. Just like clutch centring tools Regards Stuart from up North
Ade, all very well you skimming over the ally plate, but all you have achieved at present is that it is parallel to your bed, AT the rotation position that the rotary table is locked at NOW. You could well be still out should you rotate the table a few degrees, IF the rotary table top is out of parallel with the base. Your best method now would be to set up a fly cutter that passes over the center AND outside of the ally plate. Take a cut and ROTATE the the table until the plate cleans up. At work we used to mount the rotary table on a surface grinder with the wheel passing over the center with sufficient stroke to cover the table diameter. Take a cut and every couple of strokes, wind the rotary table a few degrees until it cleaned and sparked out all over. I would also like to suggest that the next time you remove the ally plate, to counterbore the bolt holes deeper, so in future setups, should you need to skim the plate again, the cutter will miss the bolt heads. Keep the videos coming please, makes my day to see a UK person. I am a Londoner living in Adelaide in Australia. Regards and stay Safe and Well.
@@johnbell7703 You are wise beyond your years Sir! Rotary tables can be put on a shelf when not needed. A wife is like having a rotary table but no shelf, carrying it 24/7! Ha!
Whats that device you are using attached to the spindle of the mill to get the table centered? I have a soba table and a bf-20 mill and just hate the centering process
Your the 1st one I've seen to use a co-ax that slow. ( like i do ) instructions with my Blake say 150 rpm. I think that is way to fast ! I prefer slow as my mill goes 60 rpm. If fact sometimes, just spin the spindle by hand.
Hi Ade, don't know if you will see this comment now but if you do I was just wondering where you got the rotary table from and what size it is? Thanks Ade regards Gareth
Hi Ade, sorry, only just noticed your Ddraig Goch hanging up. Whereabouts are you? I grew up in Llandudno but lived the last 21 years in Dresden Germany (minus a year in China) . Started life as a Toolmaker and having retired now, needed another distraction to add to my electronics stuff and "Toolmaking was calling again" (it never stopped really)...
How come those warcos aren't advertised when you search bench top mill or mini mill, vertical mill or anything. Id have one by now but the sieg company and companies reselling them as their own pay too much in advertising so thats all you see. I love your machine. Z axis power feed? Heck yes. You make it look so enjoyable.
Great work. Only one comment to make, it might be the camera angle but your finger sure looks close to the cutter sometimes, maybe a pencil or scriber would be safer.
Hi Ade nice work bud ,I have the same miller as yours , thanks for the video picked up on lots of pointers m8 cheers for that ,any chance you could email me where you bought the stepper motor for your X auto drive and any other bits ie speed adjuster , did you do a video of how you made the whole unit ? would be very gratfull for any assistance you could give me , frindly Regards Dave .S
the links to the bits are in the description of this video th-cam.com/video/6IdCXGDw03g/w-d-xo.html I did a series on the making starting with this episode . th-cam.com/video/biLaJXhUFrg/w-d-xo.html Cheers Ade.
I have a screwless vise like you are using. The problem is i can't get it to clamp tight enough to use it for milling. Is there a solution to this so I can use it? It is a 5" wide one made in China.
Hi Lonnie , that is odd , they normally grip really well without any great pressure with the allen key. you may have a real duff one . are the jaws parallel when closed and is there any play in the moving jaw , Cheers Ade.
Brilliant idea of making a fixture plate for this project. Just another project I will have to add to my shop to do list.
Enjoyed the machining Ade and your good accompanying commentary. The component looks great. Tony
Just bought myself on of these table and I'm in the process of mounting it. Great to see how its done thank you
Gosh this looks like so much fun. If you had an endless supply of metal you could make everything you ever wanted.
I found a good way to center a rotary table is to machine a piece on the layer that fits right in the center and then taper it up to fit into a chuck. Just adjust x and y untill it fits.
I want to spray my screen with a blast of air to clear the chips! Nice, well made video.
Nice work Ade, haven't got a clue what it could be!
Camera work is getting brilliant.
Thanks for sharing.
I love watching your channel even though I have no milling machine but every time i watch here im getting closer to having one
Fine bit of work there Ade, I really like your patience with accuracy, I know if I'd try that piece, it would probably be finished on the belt sander. Enjoyed, be well and cheers!
Hi Ade. Looks suspiciously like a mill stop. I'm currently making one myself. All the best. Jim.
G’day Ade. Nice work on the rotary table. I bought a semi universal one, but when tilted up doesn’t leave me much room on my small combination mill. Thanks for the video. Cheers 🍻, Aaron
Nicely done Ade, never got on with coaxial indicators, they do save you punching holes in the back of your head cracking it on your machine but somehow I prefer the old fashioned following the clock round, I think I may have trust issues! The intrigue continues. Cheers, Jon
Nice workmanship as always Ade.
Simply outstanding!👍👍👍
Great video. Nice work. Thank you for sharing.
Lovely work Ade, thanks for sharing 🙂
No idea what it's for Ade but you certainly made a lovely job of it 👍👍👍 Great video as always. Cheers, Alan.
Thanks for the inspiring video. Nice work.
Nice fixture plate You did. I've got a big one but have not decided for any hole pattern yet. Maybe drill and thread when the need comes up.
Good stuff! Thanks for sharing this.
Hi, Ade. Have no idea what it is for but it sure turned out pretty! Nice work; now the other parts will have to measure up to this quality!
That's a really good job there Ade, very interesting, very intricate, the maths always work out I guess. I think I'm quite a way off that level at the moment but I'm having a go. Thanks Ade, regards Gareth
I have a machined taper on a parralel shaft, the shaft goes in a collet the table sits underneath the taper, raise the table into the point and the rotary table self aligns in seconds job done
I know this has nothing to do with your project, but I like your flip up electrical receptacle cover to keep the swarf out behind the mill! Cheap and effective!
What is this swarf you speak of?
@@Pedro72740 Swarf: Fine chips or filings of metal, stone, or other material produced by a machining process.
Have you considered picking up the taper in the rotary table's hole so that you can repeatably align your fixture? Many of these tables have an M2 or M3 taper and you could attach your fixture to an M2 or M3 blank: then the 6mm hole in the centre will align your part to the taper and the fixture and consequently to the rotary table.
Hi Ade, Just a suggestion for a future project, a pallet about 200mm square with an array of tapped holes, very flexible and will let you mill any size rad you care to cut. Best wishes, Mal.
Hello Ade,
Very nice workmanship... the video was a pleasure to watch...
Take care.
Paul,,
Enjoyable and informative Thank you.
Evening Ade ,next time you need to center the rotary table, put a centre in the spindle, stab the hole ,with the bolts lose, tighten the bolts, and its near enough for rock 'n' roll.( within Couple of thou )
Great tip... Thx...
Hi Ade nice work thanks for the video 😎👍
I think its a cam type clamp!. Nice bit of machining. Could you put a thin sacrificial aluminum strip under the part to save the mounting plate.
Thanks for sharing!
Very nice Ade.
my guess is a mill stop. very nice looking part ade.
Nice job..👍
Thanks for sharing! Vice work stop!
Nice work👍 My guess is a hold down clamp 🤔
Hi Ade, great video as always, think I've watch almost every one you've posted to date. Can I ask where you got your rotary table from ?
Use the straight rod for indicating holes and the bent rod for pins.
Thanks for your time and knowledge. I love your videos. That’s a whatcha macallit for a thingamabob. I’m guessing a camera holder part. Am I right? Did I win an free beer? All I have to pay for is a flight from the US an a hotel for 5 nights and 3 days.
Nice one.. I'm guessing a bed mounted end stop for the vice..
Hi Ade, Classy bit of workmanship there, pal 👍 Would it be part of an adjustable work stop for the mill ?
Another nice bit of workmanship Ade. I still can't help but shout at the screen 'keep your fingers away from the cutter!' I know you know what you're doing but a newbie might get the wrong idea, how about using a pencil, long scriber to point out what you're showing, plus it will keep your hand 'out of shot'. As for the item; could it be part of a tilting vice or some form of adjustable angle plate?.
Hi Ade,
I've not been subscribed for long but I love the videos you've put out for us all to enjoy!
I just realised you have the same model of mill as the one I've recently ordered, I only got it as it was on offer and the only one in stock at the time.
It's my first venture into this kind of work and I just wondered if you had any advice or tips for this particular model?
Many thanks
Pat
Hi Pat. Great choice on the mill. I did videos on setting it up when I bought it . lasting tip is that they don't like slot cutters much . end mills are far easier on the machine . sort out a fly cutter with high speed steel bit , they can do a lot and easily sharpened and save costs on expensive cutters . Get an ER32 collet chuck for it . other than that watch more of my videos , lol, Cheers Ade.
Thats no cheat using the reamer as a centre dolly. Its my first port of call when centring up. Ive got a dozen or so dollies. Just like clutch centring tools Regards Stuart from up North
Great video - i wish i could find your debris brushes... where are they from?
A bell crank of some sort ? Or a conrod in a vee-twin engine, knife and fork conrods ?
Ade, all very well you skimming over the ally plate, but all you have achieved at present is that it is parallel to your bed, AT the rotation position that the rotary table is locked at NOW. You could well be still out should you rotate the table a few degrees, IF the rotary table top is out of parallel with the base. Your best method now would be to set up a fly cutter that passes over the center AND outside of the ally plate. Take a cut and ROTATE the the table until the plate cleans up. At work we used to mount the rotary table on a surface grinder with the wheel passing over the center with sufficient stroke to cover the table diameter. Take a cut and every couple of strokes, wind the rotary table a few degrees until it cleaned and sparked out all over. I would also like to suggest that the next time you remove the ally plate, to counterbore the bolt holes deeper, so in future setups, should you need to skim the plate again, the cutter will miss the bolt heads. Keep the videos coming please, makes my day to see a UK person. I am a Londoner living in Adelaide in Australia. Regards and stay Safe and Well.
That's a grinding vice 😲
Ade, how about calling my wife and explaining to her how important it is for me to get a rotary table! I’m not succeeding! Great episode!
Order it and tell her you ordered it by mistake.And of course it's non returnable!!
I've got four rotary tables but no wife!
@@johnbell7703 You are wise beyond your years Sir! Rotary tables can be put on a shelf when not needed. A wife is like having a rotary table but no shelf, carrying it 24/7! Ha!
Whats that device you are using attached to the spindle of the mill to get the table centered? I have a soba table and a bf-20 mill and just hate the centering process
Hi Ade, Can i ask what is the make off your rotary table.
Hi Ade. How big is the rotary table and where did you get it? Looking to get my first one but want a decent size but not too big or small.
Your the 1st one I've seen to use a co-ax that slow. ( like i do ) instructions with my Blake say 150 rpm. I think that is way to fast !
I prefer slow as my mill goes 60 rpm.
If fact sometimes, just spin the spindle by hand.
Thank you.
Thanks Ade
ade what does the little lever on the handwheel do, is it for disengaging
Hi Ade, don't know if you will see this comment now but if you do I was just wondering where you got the rotary table from and what size it is? Thanks Ade regards
Gareth
Hi Ade, sorry, only just noticed your Ddraig Goch hanging up. Whereabouts are you? I grew up in Llandudno but lived the last 21 years in Dresden Germany (minus a year in China) . Started life as a Toolmaker and having retired now, needed another distraction to add to my electronics stuff and "Toolmaking was calling again" (it never stopped really)...
Hello, Thanks for the video ! What diameter of Rotary table Chuck do you recommend for that type of mill ?
I've got a SX2.7 mill.
Thanks
This is a six inch table so it I were to fit a chuck to it I would look for a six inch low profile 3 jaw chuck. Cheers Ade.
@@ade63dug thks
Never before have I seen a machinist post a video where he keeps sticking his fingers within inches of a rotating end mill 🤨
What is the name of the edge finder that appears at the end? 33:18
A vise stop?
29:37 Oh my goodness 😵💫
handle for a jewelers loop😀
How come those warcos aren't advertised when you search bench top mill or mini mill, vertical mill or anything. Id have one by now but the sieg company and companies reselling them as their own pay too much in advertising so thats all you see. I love your machine. Z axis power feed? Heck yes. You make it look so enjoyable.
Great work. Only one comment to make, it might be the camera angle but your finger sure looks close to the cutter sometimes, maybe a pencil or scriber would be safer.
What part of Wales Ade? im in Raglan
Great vids as always
Abergavenny originally. Now in Pembrokeshire. Cheers Ade
@@ade63dug I'm from Aberdare originally, now Australia...always nice to hear the accent!!! Great work too!
What type of bore guage is that he is using to centre up the rotary table?
Hi Chris . It is called a coaxial indicator . Cheers Ade.
@@ade63dug thanks ade it's the first time I've seen one must make life so mutch eaisier clocking up
Hi Ade nice work bud ,I have the same miller as yours , thanks for the video picked up on lots of pointers m8 cheers for that ,any chance you could email me where you bought the stepper motor for your X auto drive and any other bits ie speed adjuster , did you do a video of how you made the whole unit ? would be very gratfull for any assistance you could give me , frindly Regards Dave .S
the links to the bits are in the description of this video
th-cam.com/video/6IdCXGDw03g/w-d-xo.html
I did a series on the making starting with this episode .
th-cam.com/video/biLaJXhUFrg/w-d-xo.html
Cheers Ade.
Quinn at blondie hacks calls making a part to making a part to make a tool to make a part is called “shaving the yaks!”
@ 37:47 A right posh Toilet Handle Lever... ROFL
Brother, do you perhaps know what the pitch is of the worm in your rotary table?
I honestly don’t . I will take a look
@@ade63dug Thanks brother, I will appreciate it.
I have a screwless vise like you are using. The problem is i can't get it to clamp tight enough to use it for milling. Is there a solution to this so I can use it? It is a 5" wide one made in China.
It'll need a 10" wide handle for the 5" wide jaws.............
Hi Lonnie , that is odd , they normally grip really well without any great pressure with the allen key. you may have a real duff one . are the jaws parallel when closed and is there any play in the moving jaw , Cheers Ade.
That is a cam lock you building. That would be my guess...
I’m guessing that you are making an automatic draw bar
its a vice stop
Power draw bar ?
No but I see why it would make sense. Cheers Ade
32:39 “set my wife to zero”. Where did you find thàt button?
21:29 😮 STOP puttin your fingers near da work piece 😖