Cheap Tom Senior Rotary Table

[RannsachairParticipant @rannsachair]

I picked up this scrap looking rotary table cheap, a few bits missing but tuned smoothly.:

Stripped it down and derusted in Citric Acid:

Plugged the holes in the table:

clocked to ..0002" and skimmed on lathe:

Had some fun figuring out how to make the sale, ended up locking the spindle on the mill and using a sharp flycutter:

Works fine now:

And a bonus being a Tom Senior like my mill:

I can get back to rebuilding motorbikes now….

[RannsachairParticipant @rannsachair]

[Thor 🇳🇴Participant @thor]

The rotary table certainly looks much better now, well done.

Thor

[RannsachairParticipant @rannsachair]

Posted by Thor 🇳🇴 on 14/06/2022 17:29:30:

The rotary table certainly looks much better now, well done.

Thor

Thanks, it is a nice low profile, I picked it up a week after I bought a second hand Vertex.

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

It's amazing what a little careful restoration can do, I'm glad to see that you did not try to "over restore" like many people do.

[BountyboyParticipant @bountyboy]

Excellent job, a useful addition to the mill. 😀

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