I'd like to do some 4th axis work on my Tormach 1100, but the big unit they sell would be overkill for my purposes. Has anyone used a 5C collet indexer on theirs? Anybody seen one around the web that might work? Thanks!
I'd like to do some 4th axis work on my Tormach 1100, but the big unit they sell would be overkill for my purposes. Has anyone used a 5C collet indexer on theirs? Anybody seen one around the web that might work? Thanks!
You looking for a cnc-driven indexer? If the 6" 4th axis that Tormach sells is too big, than maybe take a look at the Sherline or Taig 4" rotary tables. Of course, you would have to add a 5C chuck to that.
Or maybe something like this, designed with a native 5c taper? All it is missing is a drawbar...
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ebay DeepGrove cnc rotary 5c table
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0R24pSDNGE
I have no experience with those, but I read some favorable comments on the vendor (DeepGroove) here on the zone.
Yes, sorry, should have been more specific...looking for a CNC driven unit. I like the setup you've got with the Bison chuck, Don.
Looking for something like this (and wondering why Tormach doesn't offer one):
So I don't have to break the rotary table with 5C chuck down in order to use a three jaw chuck I added a 5C arbor onto a 5" Bison 3 jaw chuck with homemade adjusta-tru backplate. Shown below is the 3-jaw chuck mounted in the 5C chuck on the 8" rotary table I used today for indexing the triangular plate.
Don Clement