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  1. 12-10-2012, 03:52 AM #1
    outsider787
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    G0704 5th axis

    I've been looking at Hoss's videos on the 5th axis and am thoroughly impressed and jealous.

    I get how the head is attached to the "table" part of the rotary table; through the 3 bolt mod, but how is the rotary table is attached to the slide (on the column side)?

    I don't recall any details of that in the videos.
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  2. 12-10-2012, 02:43 PM #2
    hoss2006
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    4 carefully placed mounting holes and machining the flange down to fit inside the rotary.
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  3. 12-10-2012, 04:01 PM #3
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    Haha.. Clamping the head on a vise! That is brilliant, I would never have thought of that!
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  4. 12-14-2012, 12:44 AM #4
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    Thanks Hoss.

    Holding the head in the vice IS brilliant!

    It would have made the assembly simpler if the rotary table had 3 T-slots instead of 4, would it not?

    Did the under-side of the rotary table need to be modified much?
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  5. 12-14-2012, 01:04 AM #5
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    Did the under-side of the rotary table need to be modified much?
    Nope, not a bit.
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