300mm Sine or Tilting Table

In this video I show how I adapted a steel plate into a tilting table by attaching machined hinge blocks and sine bars spaced at 300mm. The tilt angle can be set directly with a digital angle tool or by using a gauge block stack and the sine function.
The wide spacing of the sine bars makes it easy to set small angles with accuracy. For example to set an angle of 0.2° (ie 12'), it needs a block stack of 1.05mm - no problem with standard gauge blocks.

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday Alan, you did a brilliant job making this, there was a lot involved and creative setups, it’s going to be a handy tool mate, cheers

[@alanshomeworkshop]

Thanks Matty. Finding a way to mill the grooves for both sine bars with one setup was important for consistency and I wanted the groove lips to be tangential to the bars for stability. This would have been easy with a 135° chamfering bit but I haven't got one and couldn't find a source to buy one. The idea to use an inclined endmill was a break-through moment, but working out the required cutter diameter and DOC was an interesting challenge :)
Take care, Alan.

[@badjuju6563]

A fantastic addition to the collection . Im jealous of the time you get in the workshop.... and of the growing collection of quality home brew parts. Great job Alan.

[@alanshomeworkshop]

Thank you.

[@joell439]

Nice project. 👍😎👍

[@alanshomeworkshop]

Thank you.

[@nigelport9862]

Great job Alan.

[@alanshomeworkshop]

Thank you Nigel.

[@metalworksmachineshop]

😎👍👍👍👍

[@alanshomeworkshop]

Thanks Doug.

[@davidiansykes]

i like it you dont need a engine crane to lift it not like my old crown widely which is a bit smaller

[@alanshomeworkshop]

Thank you David - but I think the greater weight in your Crown Windley would be from all the additional quality :)
Cheers, Alan.