Hello all, All I have to say at this point is that I hope you highly skill tool guys hurry up and find a good solution because I feel like one of the Three Stooges every time I try to pull the magnets free to turn the table!!!! LOL. My solution works--works me! Otherwise I'll have to buy maglocks and rig something to pin in the small gear.
Begat On Apr 30, 5:25 pm, "curt george" <curtgeo...@wowway.com> wrote: > http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=19597&filter=destayco%20clamps > > Hello Tim > Ive bought these before, thay are under 3/4" tall. I belive that thay would > sit just below or at the same level as the top of the table? > If not a key lach lock that could engauge the teeth of the gear would be a > much smaller profile. or a cam lock may also work. > Just playing around with some ideas. > I can wait to see your new turn table! > > talk to you more latter. > C.A.G. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Krause" <artmarb...@comcast.net> > To: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 5:02 PM > Subject: Re: Looking for a Means of Locking the Rotary Table to make > straight cuts > > I think any Destaco clamp would sit too high and interfere with the router > carriage, IMHO. That's why I've been looking for a really low profile > solution. Feel free to prove me wrong :-). > > -Tim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "curt george" <curtgeo...@wowway.com> > To: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 1:56 PM > Subject: Re: Looking for a Means of Locking the Rotary Table to make > straight cuts > > Hello Everyone! > Just got home. > I like the idea of locking the table onto the main spindle shaft. I find > that it makes everything much easer, the spindle or Indexing pin then can be > used to lock the table at any degree. And Mike's indexing gears concept also > comes into play with this method of controlling your table. > As far as a locking tool for the table? could you just use a small DeStayCo > push clamp with a rubber tip, Having the tip so that is can engage with the > large gear? that would lock your table in any locked position that you may > want. > Its just an idea. I have not tried it, up I believe it should work. > > have to run. > Good luck. > C.A.G. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Krause" <artmarb...@comcast.net> > To: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:25 PM > Subject: Re: Looking for a Means of Locking the Rotary Table to make > straight cuts > > All I can say is stay tuned. I'm working on a rotary table mod right now > and I'm going to make a lock and see if it works. It would be a simple > screw, one hole and a couple pieces of steel or aluminum. > > -Tim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "begatbrown" <darylmichaelsc...@gmail.com> > To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 11:06 AM > Subject: Re: Looking for a Means of Locking the Rotary Table to make > straight cuts > > Hello JWB and Tim, > > Thanks, I was able to get away without drilling holes! I have two > strong (really strong) magnets and they were able pin in the small > gear on either side. The small gear is the more important gear to > attack. If you can hold its teeth still, then it locks its teeth into > those on the larger gear. It also has the benefit of immobilizing the > handle. > > Tim, I can see why you didn't create a device to lock down the small > gear because it would be hard to get to. But if you could create a > clamp that is screwed into the table and folds down on top of the > small gear and meshes with its teeth, then it would truly stop all > movement. > > It would also be a smaller device with the need for fewer teeth. > > Begat. > > On Apr 30, 12:57 pm, "Tim Krause" <artmarb...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Begat, > > > First you might want to look into why your rotary table is so loose. > Tightening the four mounting screws and adding shims might tighten the table > up. > > > Locking the table is something we have talked about but never really found > a solution. One thing that prevents the table from moving is hooking it up > to the main spindle. With the gears engaged it will only move the amount of > the backlash in the rotary table gears. > > > Another simple idea that came up in the past is to use a "C" clamp between > the waste board and the base to hold it in place. simple, cheap but may not > be fast enough for you. > > > Using a pin to lock the table in place with the aid of the large gear > teeth gives you 2.25 increments. So you can index 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, > 20, 32, 40, 80, and 160 places. That might be too limiting. Is this what you > where thinking or do you have the guts to actually drill index holes in your > rotary table in the right place? > > > I've been working on a clamping idea for way too long that just grabs the > edge of the large gear but with my degree wheel that only leaves a small > portion of the teeth to grab. This could be adequate but I have not tried it > yet. I wanted something that would stay in place and is lever operated for > fast on and off response. It also needs to be low profile in my opinion. > > > On this same path, I came up with a way to mount index wheels on the > bottom of the table and use a spring loaded pin to index the table. I have > not decided how easy it was going to be to use so I've not taken it any > further than thinking. Along with that idea comes a way to disengage the > small gear from the table so it can be freely rotated quickly for the next > index. > > > Index plates added to the rotary table is not a new idea. I made a custom > index plate for one of our members that had a boat load of holes. Here's a > photo. > > > He made his own version of the rotary table that exceeded the cost of > legacy's but the design is more flexible and easier to use. The table can be > used in a freely spinning mode or driven by a gear. He made a custom spring > loaded arm that allowed him to index specific locations. The idea was to > avoid counting and just move to the next hole. The increments got smaller as > you moved inward. > > > Here's his adjustable arm. > > > It's a real piece of art what he came up with. > > > I hope this helps in some way to get you thinking. I think it's a great > topic to expand on. > > > -Tim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "begatbrown" <darylmichaelsc...@gmail.com> > > To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 8:50 AM > > Subject: Looking for a Means of Locking the Rotary Table to make straight > cuts > > > > Hello All, > > > > I've been working on the template to make glue spars for columns, but > > > have had problems with the rotary table drifting while I make cuts > > > without turning. There is no lock for the handle and it occurs to me > > > that I could drill a series of small holes in the table between the > > > teeth and place pin in them to fix the table. (Oh, you alter-the- > > > machine guys are a bad influence.) Before I get to drilling, I > > > thought I check in to see whether someone has found another solution. > > > I don't want to reinvent the wheel if I don't have to. > > > > Begat > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. > > > DSC05186.JPG > > 624KViewDownload > > > DSCN2815.jpg > > 92KViewDownload > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To post to this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To post to this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To post to this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To post to this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. 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