Rotary table problem

I'm with John on this one, in fact I cannot see a MT hole having any advantages.

Downside of MT is the height needed to install the male MT part (whether its carrying a chuck, plain spigot, faceplate or whatever). Its OK if the mill has plenty of daylight and you want to machine something that say, has come part from the lathe, if the part was held in the lathe by a Morse arbour. I suppose a lot depends on the type of work the RT is being used for but I tend to think of RTs as being mounted with the axis vertical and work clamped to the tee slots.

If the RT has a female Morse how does one remove whatever is stuck in the taper?

I created an accurate parallel hole in my table using a long end mill and rotating the table by hand (a bit laborious but its only done once) and make close fitting spigots or bushes to suit the job in hand.

Ian P

John,

With the HV6 in vertical mode, you slacken the drawscrew, and give it a tap, to break the taper, (This was how I found that the 2MT sleeve was removable!)

With it in the Horizontal mode, unless the 2MT male part has a means of gripping it, such as a thread, the Table has to be removed to allow access to the rear of whaterever item is in the taper.

In my book, the MT is , or SHOULD be, consistent and concentric, location. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be the case for Larry; hence this thread.

Howard

Yes Howard,that is another option, I think it is removable ,since it seems to be made from a different material,unlike the cast iron of the table.. Once out,it will stay out,a plain bore will do me,as long as it see,s-eye-to-eye with the rim.

I intend to stick with this now since it,s no use to me as it is.

I will keep you posted,good news or bad.

Watch this space !!

I made a parallel bore in mine and made the threaded bar to fit and secured it by drilling a hole at the end of a tee slot with the spindle in place and drilled into it and a long piece of bar which protrudes over the end of the tee slot is pushed in to lock it in place works for me.To drill the hole I silver soldered a drill into a long rod.

Frank