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GENERALDISARRAY

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Jan 3, 2019
I am thinking of making a subplate to mount on the table of my Robodrill.

When I use my Chick vises I use some adapter bars since the t slot spacing does not line up with the vise. The sobplate would have a grid of tapped holes

Also I can only fit one on if the rotary is on there.

I saw Brotherfrank post a picture of a cantilever mount rotary, but it had a tombstone type fixture on it with a support. So the load was still mostly centralized on the table.

What are the thoughts about cantilevering a rotary off the end of a small machine table with an oversized subplate?
 
Recently, We just put sub plates on all of our mills. We used Jergens ball locks and they work great! All of our vises/milling chucks/ collet chucks/ dedicated part fixtures & 4th axis are on jig plates with Jergens liners. One of the best decisions we ever made. No more indicating ANYTHING!!
 








 
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