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I've put it off for a couple of years, now I have an imminent project to justify buying a rotary table. I'm figuring on a 6" one because anything larger would seem to be too much for my Jet 15 mill/drill. Don't want no name cheapo ($150), can't spend big bucks, Phase II and Vertex seem right, and from what I've heard the Vertex sounds like the way to go. I'm looking at this one on ebay. It's billed as "Accura/Vertex. I asked, and the seller says, "It is from the VERTEX factory in Taiwan... it is a VERTEX product we sell and own ACCURA but source these from VERTEX." So presumably it's like many others; one manufacturer and many different name plates depending on who's selling it.
I don't need a chuck or dividing plates, I want it mainly to cut curves and such (I can XY any bolt circles). I don't own a lathe, I turn small short parts in the mill, with a rotab I can make larger round parts and larger holes in any workpiece small enough to clear the column as I rotate it.
Newbie question: Like most rotabs, it has a MT2 center hole. , so how do you use the center hole? Can I get a MT2 plug to go in the hole with a projecting cylindrical button that I can use to center my work? Or is that the wrong approach?
I don't need a chuck or dividing plates, I want it mainly to cut curves and such (I can XY any bolt circles). I don't own a lathe, I turn small short parts in the mill, with a rotab I can make larger round parts and larger holes in any workpiece small enough to clear the column as I rotate it.
Newbie question: Like most rotabs, it has a MT2 center hole. , so how do you use the center hole? Can I get a MT2 plug to go in the hole with a projecting cylindrical button that I can use to center my work? Or is that the wrong approach?