Rotary Table

[Alan GirvanParticipant @alangirvan88520]

I have a rotary table with no name on it but it looks identical to Warco HV6 6inches. i also have 3 dividing plates for it to make it into an indexer the trouble is the clip that holds the sector arms is missing. An ordinary C clip keeps coming off, would anyone know where these clips can be purchased. Thanks in anticipation for any help you can provide. Alan.

[Alan GirvanParticipant @alangirvan88520]

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Should be easy enough to file one up from a bit of brass as that is all they are.

[Alan GirvanParticipant @alangirvan88520]

This clip is made out of spring steel with a springy curve in it to hold it tight against the brass washer

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

So it is now I've had a look, same applies a bit of annealed spring steel and a file then clamp between some rods to put the wavy bends in it. You could even do it with thin steel sheet a sit does not need a lot of spring.

Or make a flat clip and add a belleville washer or similar to get the spring.

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Ask Warco?

[Paul LousickParticipant @paullousick59116]

Instead of searching for a "C" clip try "E" clip.

Lots shown on ebay or from industrial fastener suppliers.

Paul.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

E clip won't work, it needs to provide some spring tension when compressed.

It's the "C" shaped part to the right of the quadrant in this pic

[larry phelan 1Participant @larryphelan1]

I had a similar problem with my table where I found that the spring clip did not always hold the arms in place,so I replaced it with a circlip. That solved the problem,but as has been said they are easy enough to make from a small piece of brass. I made a special sector arm when I found that I could not obtain one particular division using the existing arms [one of several mistakes I found in the tables ],so they are quite easy to make.

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

If you have a chart with the 6 inch Rotary table, do be wary, and check. The Vertex HV6 chart had eight errors or omissions, at one time. (Has it still?) One of the errors cost me a week in three scrap workpieces, and then working out what was wrong, before finally making what I had set out to do.

Howard

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