Thread: Harold Hall rotary table

This is a neat project I think

A Simple Rotary Table Without a Worm Drive (Direct Turning) - Projects In Metal, LLC

His bio is interesting

Contributing Author Bio: Harold Hall - Projects In Metal, LLC

What is interesting is the simple machinery he has in his workshop , nothing too big .

Harold Hall's website index. A to C

And, his main web site has been upgraded



Mike

Hmmm. Another project maybe. Thanks Mike.

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That Rotary Table project will be in #200 of MEW according to the preview in #199.

That bloke has an impressive body of work and he's no spring chicken either, born in 1933!

I realise that this thread relating to a rotary table of mine has been dormant for some time, but I have now added a video to the web showing it in detail with an example of it being used.

The table has some features that are not normally available on commercial tables. One being a method of centralising a part for radiusing its end, typically a conrod. Very useful, especially if more than one part is to be made as it is very quick to set up and use.

For a link to the video see this page on my website.

Harold Hall

Harold is indeed very clever. How did he continue a thread that is 3 1/2 years old? Have I missed something.

I have a couple of your books Harold, and enjoy reading your website. One thing that really impresses me is that you have not filled your website with useless bling. It is one of the few sites I can load, and read almost straight away. This forum's pages have to be loaded several at a time while I go and do something else.

Dean

Thanks Dean for your coments about my website. Regarding adding to a old thread, reference to it came up in "Similar Threads" as at the bottom of this page. This happened when I was contributing to another thread.

Harold

Harold, apologies for the off topic response and also posting on an old thread but I just wanted to say a heart felt thank you for the time, effort, patience and love you have put into your MEW articles and projects over the years. Being relatively new to machining I must admit I am now quite an MEW tragic. Your years as editor of MEW were indeed great years. I have amassed quite a number of older magazines going back to #1 and am on my third round of pouring over them one by one. Your projects have been practical and well considered and thoughtfully targeted at people like me. I'll be doing a number of them. A grinding rest being the first - not sure whether to go for the easy or hard one as yet. )

Again, thanks. You have been quite an inspiration.

Greg,

Thanks Greg
Such comments have helped me to keep going over some 25 years.

As to which grinding rest to make there is very little difference in what they can achieve. The advanced one is though a little easier to use and is also a little easier to achieve accurate results. Having said that, the differences are small.

Harold

Thanks Harold,

Now subscribed to your youtube channel. Nice to see the diving head for real. That is another great project.

Greg.

I too would like to say that I wholeheartedly agree with Gregs comments in post #6, and would like to add my thanks for all the great articles over many years, that you have contributed Harold. Welcome to this forum, and I hope that you pop in regularly to share some of your considerable wisdom with us. I also feel that your approach is very useful to the novice members, with concise explanations as to why you used a particular method, and often you mention other methods which may be more appropriate depending on equipment available or skill level etc.
Well done for all the great information and inspiration over the years
Rob