Cleaning up a rotary table

[dschwandt]

Snagged this off C/L last weekend and have been cleaning it up and making some TEE nuts for it.

Worked on some more the other day, I think it cleaned up nicely.
Last pic is the slug I machined yesterday for the TEE nuts, have yet to drill, tap and cut 'em off.

 

[mfrade]

That came out very nice. Horizontal & Vertical is a handy tool to have onsite. Congrats.

 

[wh cc guy]

Those were one tool you had to have a few years ago but became obsolete if cnc machine was available. Very nice to have for a home type shop.

 

[dschwandt]

Price was right as well!
Could not believe what they want for a new on that size, 9" Dia.
Tapping the TEE nuts now, 3/8" coarse thread.

 

[dschwandt]

TEE nuts and a couple "outriggers" probably make another one of those.

 

[RAllison]

Nice table Dave,very handy to have!

 

[tkhoffman]

Snagged this off C/L last weekend and have been cleaning it up and making some TEE nuts for it.

Worked on some more the other day, I think it cleaned up nicely.
Last pic is the slug I machined yesterday for the TEE nuts, have yet to drill, tap and cut 'em off.

Surface rust cleaned off real nice

 

[RAllison]

Dave we have all different sized pins like this to locate parts with various center holes in them,great for setting up a part in center really fast.

 

[dschwandt]

Center hole appears to be a #3 morse taper.

 

[RAllison]

Yeah but if you tighten the half in pin in a collet and lower the plug down into whatever piece or even a lathe chuck,you can clamp it down and be in center with your spindle. If you need closer you can indicate it in.

 

[RAllison]

We have a ground plate with various drilled and tapped holes clamped to ours,it rarely has to come off, if you're ever interested in doing something like that. That table is a nice score and I like those out riggers!

 

[Rgausman]

Nice score Dave. Hope you got the special rust discount price!

Can you take picture of the data plate?

Just started milling and slowly tooling up as going along.

Bob G.

 

[ffgosda]

Just curious what you used to clean it up. Thanks in advance. I have some saw tables and drill press tables that need cleaned up.

 

[dschwandt]

I used some Evaporust and 1000 steel wool as well as 400 grit wet paper on a flat steel block with rubbing compound
Then sprayed it all down w/WD-40
Soaked strips of folded rags in Evaporust and laid them on it for a couple hours to soften the rust.
Should come in handy for drilling the holes in dual lower 3 point hangers/brackets

 

[dschwandt]

Got the TEE nuts done yesterday, 10 of 'em.
Going to make up a few sets of studs for them, different lengths.
I think 3 of each will suffice for now. This one is 3" long.
Found some smooth 3/8" flange nuts on the bay, so ordered 10 of them.

 

[RAllison]

Nice!

 

[Greg Riutzel]

When ScotchBrite 1st came out, we used 68 machine oil and ScotchBrite to clean and shine. Worked on aluminum, steel, and copper. In the Navy it was a neat way to spruce up an engine room. COs for whatever reason loved shiny stuff. Many sins were overlooked when an engine room had shiny stuff for an inspection.

 

[RAllison]

When ScotchBrite 1st came out, we used 68 machine oil and ScotchBrite to clean and shine. Worked on aluminum, steel, and copper. In the Navy it was a neat way to spruce up an engine room. COs for whatever reason loved shiny stuff. Many sins were overlooked when an engine room had shiny stuff for an inspection.

Especially those brass coolers in the engine rooms!

 

[Greg Riutzel]

Ha. I was in Auxiliaries where the SSTGs were. The one I took care of I shined all it's copper condensate lines on the lower level. I wasn't too popular after that. The CO liked it so much he commended our LPO. The LPO turned around and made the other guys "shine" the other SSTGs.

 

[RAllison]

Ha. I was in Auxiliaries where the SSTGs were. The one I took care of I shined all it's copper condensate lines on the lower level. I wasn't too popular after that. The CO liked it so much he commended our LPO. The LPO turned around and made the other guys "shine" the other SSTGs.

Snipe?