6" Rotary Table
I am looking at the 6inch rotary table to go on the 1100S3. Who already has one? What is the backlash like? Can you adjust it out like regular rotary tables? If so how much and still have good movement?
I've got some parts coming up that would ideally be turned on a CNC lathe. In the past I manually indexed them between two spindexers face to face, 3D machined them one side at a time, and finished the registration surface and polished them on the manual 1440 lathe. I'd like to better semi-automate the process. I have a bunch of them to cut this time around. The customer liked the prototype run. I don't have an issue with manual finishing, but if I could do less of it and get to that stage faster it would be great. I think I could reduce it to mostly a 2D profiling operation with proper 4th axis setup. Just some emery polishing and a facing cut on the lathe. Rgidity of the part itself might preclude an actual finish quality pass on the mill, but I'd sure give it a try once or twice to see.
I did look at the MiniArc, but its out of stock, and I don't see this as being a permanent installation on the table. It will "probably" get used a coupe times a year for a batch job and then set on a shelf. Yes I am aware that once I have it sitting there I will probably take on more jobs that would use it.
Bob La Londe
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