vmipacman
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Nov 21, 2014
- Location
- Virginia, USA
I am trying to make our bridge mill more versatile. We have seen a few similar parts come through to quote that are disk shaped and need minimal OD work to them. Like a finishing pass or a funny angle chamfer. Clearly a VTL or VBM would be the best option. But I am thinking we can get close with a big rotary table.
We have 52ish Y travel and 58” between columns. The parts we are seeing are 54 to 56” diameter. So doable but with a second setup.
I found some tables 42” to 50” diam on EBay. Standard worm driven, maybe 4-5rpm max.
Should I stick with that and use a rotary tool in the mill?
Or is there a type table with a different drive that could spin up a few hundred rpm? It would be cool to hold a lathe tool in the locked spindle?
General thoughts of making a bridgemill more versatile are welcome.
Thanks
We have 52ish Y travel and 58” between columns. The parts we are seeing are 54 to 56” diameter. So doable but with a second setup.
I found some tables 42” to 50” diam on EBay. Standard worm driven, maybe 4-5rpm max.
Should I stick with that and use a rotary tool in the mill?
Or is there a type table with a different drive that could spin up a few hundred rpm? It would be cool to hold a lathe tool in the locked spindle?
General thoughts of making a bridgemill more versatile are welcome.
Thanks