Chris999
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Feb 11, 2005
- Location
- Vancouver B.C.
I recently acquired a very nice Hermle UWF801 with the uber cool indexing table so I thought I’d post some pics of the table. Hermle machines are rather scarce over here and this table has some unique features as well as being the same mounting bolt spacing as manual Deckels.
This way if another turns up on Ebay or something one of the Deckel owners may take a closer look at it.
I’m not going to get into a discussion of Deckel vs Hermle or whatever. I just want to try to show the quality of a make that’s very obscure in North America.
One of the nicest features is that the table is removable with a 40 taper socket underneath.
The drawbar is M16 so it of course only works with #40 DIN 2080 tooling. I’m guessing that’s the only #40 taper with the extended bit that’s threaded M16, please correct me if I’m wrong. BT40 won’t reach the drawbar.
The drawbar is actuated through a bevel gear setup and a hex attachment on the front of the table. The manual makes reference to the M20x2 Deckel thread so I guess that was an option, I can’t find any more info to that end.
My machine also came with the original support that bolts to the table allowing a center to support long work pieces.
The table top comes off by removing the center two bolts and removing the four nuts that are on the circular clamps to clamp the rotation. There’s a thumb screw for light duty clamping of the rotation.
Another neat tidbit is the eccentric bolt that clamps the slotted part of the table to the drive bar on the table spindle. Even came with a special torque wrench for putting the correct amount of pressure on the drive bar. In the next pic you can see the eccentric towards the top right of the mounting recess.
Another nice feature is the very substantial index pin that engages onto a gear for direct indexing of the table. 48 positions or every 7.5 degrees.
The worm engages by the usual eccentric mount for rotary milling or indexing.
The direct index pin utilizes a gear with v shaped teeth, separate from the worm gear.
Index plates are also another example of the level of quality, the index pin is tapered as is the holes in the index plates for precise engagement.
It also has the indicators for tram which seem to be very accurate or repeatable from the tests I’ve done so far.
When I get things cleaned up better I’ll take some pix of the machine itself, the range of #40 tooling it can use is worth a separate thread.
I’ll also be selling my FP2, I’ll post that soon.
Chris
This way if another turns up on Ebay or something one of the Deckel owners may take a closer look at it.
I’m not going to get into a discussion of Deckel vs Hermle or whatever. I just want to try to show the quality of a make that’s very obscure in North America.
One of the nicest features is that the table is removable with a 40 taper socket underneath.
The drawbar is M16 so it of course only works with #40 DIN 2080 tooling. I’m guessing that’s the only #40 taper with the extended bit that’s threaded M16, please correct me if I’m wrong. BT40 won’t reach the drawbar.
The drawbar is actuated through a bevel gear setup and a hex attachment on the front of the table. The manual makes reference to the M20x2 Deckel thread so I guess that was an option, I can’t find any more info to that end.
My machine also came with the original support that bolts to the table allowing a center to support long work pieces.
The table top comes off by removing the center two bolts and removing the four nuts that are on the circular clamps to clamp the rotation. There’s a thumb screw for light duty clamping of the rotation.
Another neat tidbit is the eccentric bolt that clamps the slotted part of the table to the drive bar on the table spindle. Even came with a special torque wrench for putting the correct amount of pressure on the drive bar. In the next pic you can see the eccentric towards the top right of the mounting recess.
Another nice feature is the very substantial index pin that engages onto a gear for direct indexing of the table. 48 positions or every 7.5 degrees.
The worm engages by the usual eccentric mount for rotary milling or indexing.
The direct index pin utilizes a gear with v shaped teeth, separate from the worm gear.
Index plates are also another example of the level of quality, the index pin is tapered as is the holes in the index plates for precise engagement.
It also has the indicators for tram which seem to be very accurate or repeatable from the tests I’ve done so far.
When I get things cleaned up better I’ll take some pix of the machine itself, the range of #40 tooling it can use is worth a separate thread.
I’ll also be selling my FP2, I’ll post that soon.
Chris