I have a Novakon Torus Pro. I'm soon going to be at the point where I will be needing to make some parts that will be near the limits of the machine. It looks like I'm going to need a tooling plate. One of the things I do not like about the Torus pro is that the spindle stops too high above the table. I cant see being able to bolt a tooling plate directly to the table as the tools will not come down low enough to work.
So here is a 2 part question. For those of you using a tooling plate how did you attach it to the table? I'm thinking maybe some sort of riser blocks with bolts going through the plate to a t slot nut. Would it be feasible to clamp a long 36" or so tooling plate in two vises set up in parallel? Photos would be nice!
Second question would be did you buy or make your own tooling plates? If you made it can you point me to any resources you used to design it? I have made fixtures in the past but this will be my first tooling plate.
Thanks
Tom