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Here is a picture of the worm as it was removed from a pump, and before I machined it for my rotary table.  Click here to see a picture of it being turned down in the mini lathe.

3-8-05

To the left is the lock collar that holds the worm shaft to the bearing block.  To the right is the dial.  I stamped the numbers 0-5 and will scrib a line above each number when the table is complete.   3-8-05

Here is the 5" dia crs slug I plan to widdle down for the table.  I had to run the lathe backward and use a boring bar to cut the O.D. down to the desired 4.5".  This took several hours becaue the lathe could only handle a .007 deep cut per pass at the required rpm.  As I was cutting I thought to myself "Marcus, you need a bigger lathe".  Click Here to see the O.D. and the MT 2 tappered hole after hours of machining.  Click Here to see me milling the t-slots in the table.

Above is the casting and turning of a dividing plate. I plan to make a few more plates with other number of divisions in the near future.

To the right are all of the finished components ready to be assembled.  Below are a few pictures of the completed rotary table and dividing head.

The four clamp blocks were cut from a piece of plate and milled on the mini mill.

4/28/05

Click here to see the finished project!