Tom Senior? 8" Rotary Table Rebuild

[indy4x]

@Rannsachair did you clock against the front or rear face? Only asking as ive got a Hoffman rotary table and it looks like someone has used it for metal bashing, its on the to do list and will probably attempt something similar

 

[Rannsachair]

@Rannsachair did you clock against the front or rear face? Only asking as ive got a Hoffman rotary table and it looks like someone has used it for metal bashing, its on the to do list and will probably attempt something similar

I clocked against the rear face, as that is the one it sits on.

 

[indy4x]

@Rannsachair guessed so, not had one apart but assumed you would need to clock off the rear

Thanks

 

[Rannsachair]

Finally got around to scribing the dial, locked the mill spindle with a sharp fly cutter fitted:

Used the rotary table to mark every 20 degrees, 1 turn of handle = 3 degrees, so 120 degrees per degree.

Then Marked the 10 degrees in between as a shorter scribe.

Drilled and tapped a grub screw and poorly stamped 0,1,2 degrees and 20, 40 seconds:

Works fine, relatively happy with it:

 

[Rannsachair]

Put my vice back on the mill today, so took an after photo the same as the before:

 

[magnet]

Wow, just wow.

 

[zeppelin builder]

is that from the argyle car w shop

 

[Rannsachair]

is that from the argyle car w shop

Aye, the Calipers were too, was on a shelf back left:

I was also given a race Cam profile he made for Triumph in 1976 for Triumph on his Churchill cam grinder:

 

[zeppelin builder]

are they having a roup soon

 

[Munkul]

Nice work! From a rusty lump to a lovely piece of equipment.

I was also given a race Cam profile he made for Triumph in 1976 for Triumph on his Churchill cam grinder:
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Wow, that's some lump! Had they heard of m/s^3 when they came up with that?

 

[Rannsachair]

are they having a roup soon

I put a note up on here if folk were interested in machines, think they will be sold with the buildings, likely end up in the scrap

 

[Rannsachair]

Nice work! From a rusty lump to a lovely piece of equipment.


Wow, that's some lump! Had they heard of m/s^3 when they came up with that?

Race cam for TT entries I believe.

 

[Rannsachair]

are they having a roup soon

Not sure if you can see this, more pics of the workshop: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1687664214819261/permalink/3141410176111317/

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Not sure if you can see this, more pics of the workshop: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1687664214819261/permalink/3141410176111317/

Just a blank page here, Tom.

 

[Rannsachair]

You possibly need to be a member of the Machinists museum on Farcebook

Just a blank page here, Tom.

 

[E T]

You possibly need to be a member of the Machinists museum on Farcebook

I'm not a member but I can see it.

I would love to have a browse through there.
I can just picture the old guy in my mind rummaging through the shelves looking for that one tool he needs and knows he has somewhere.

 

[Rannsachair]

I'm not a member but I can see it.

I would love to have a browse through there.
I can just picture the old guy in my mind rummaging through the shelves looking for that one tool he needs and knows he has somewhere.

Bob was a sharp cookie, spoke his mind and had views on everything, you would not have guessed his age when he was in his 90s