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Universal Table Adjuster for Euro Mill
Ken made a comment a while back when he viewed a photo of the universal table on my mill set at an angle. It was about the need to accurately realign the table after each acrobatic manoeuvre. The realignment is tedious. Plenty of tapping with a hide mallet and checking with an indicator. Found a use for the cable release on the Mahr indicator. I had been using a Chinese parallel to straddle the tee slots until I found out on Sunday that the parallel didn't live up to it's name.
Deckel produced a series of technical bulletins for their machine owners. These bulletins contained a lot of useful information and included tips from users. One tip was a fine adjuster for X axis rotation. The catch with the design is the inability to install and remove the adjuster without either leaving a tee nut in place which limits the amount of rotation, or having to completely dismantle the table to remove the nut. I think I have worked out a way around this by having a nut that would twist into place.
I think at least four forum members have these tables. Phillip "metalman" has come up with a different style of adjuster based on using a nut and bolt as a screw jack. This is placed between the table and a cast rib on the table mount. My understanding of Phillip's device is that two spanners are required for adjustment. The other adjuster uses a single hex key.
Here are a few photos. I might have a go at this over the weekend. A nice cast iron project.
BT