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Making hexagon nuts on a rotary table & mill.

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JasonB17/03/2021 15:15:32
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Looks like I forgot the link in my previous post. This will allow you to mount the lathe chuck onto the R/T

 

You can then have the table horizontal to do a longish length of hex or vertical for short lengths

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Edited By JasonB on 17/03/2021 15:17:47

Martin Connelly17/03/2021 15:21:28
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How about this as well. ER chuck on a rotary table. Does not even need accurate set up if you only cut on one side of the stock and the stock is oversize by a small amount. Drill, tap and use a slitting saw to cut off.

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JasonB17/03/2021 15:48:49
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Depends on what you want to spend, as you have the rotary table amd a chuck already the £12 adaptor is the cheapest option rather than buying a st of ER collets, blocks or chuck and quite quick to do with teh worm disengaged

My personal choice is a spin indexer but I had collets to suit before I got it.
Both are faster than collet blocks and had I not been holding the camera in one hand I could have done the job even quicker.
Phil Meaken18/03/2021 09:37:54
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Posted by JasonB on 17/03/2021 15:15:32:

Looks like I forgot the link in my previous post. This will allow you to mount the lathe chuck onto the R/T

You can then have the table horizontal to do a longish length of hex or vertical for short lengths

20210316_172841[1].jpg

Edited By JasonB on 17/03/2021 15:17:47

Phil Meaken18/03/2021 09:46:49
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Thanks, Jason, that's exactly what I want! Will be ordering it soon. You see, apart from hex and square, I will need to drill trundles of lantern pinions of all sorts of different hole sizes and numbers.

Thanks yet again,

Mike.

Phil Meaken19/03/2021 09:55:51
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I've ordered one (for my 3-slot rotary lable).

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