milling machine rotary table dividing head counter

counting the turns using a small mechanical counter.It helps old men like me who's memory is not so good

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Science & Technology

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• milling
• rotary table
• dividing head

[Kevutubex]

Good idea for those of us with a lot on our minds!

Thanks!

[EvilWeevilAnime]

... that's cleaver ... good idea even for those of us who aren't old men yet :o)

[marcosjsmenezes1]

If you can not count 10 laps to go home it's time to stop.If you have problem of distraction to get to divisions of "zero" degrees on the dial of dividing.

[OghamTheBold]

Us pro's knew what he was doing even before 0:01 - but the counter digits are not very visible to the audience - and no nod to the dial digits was made at the end

It might look like he was still counting the old way - to someone without a head

[donkey2lathe]

@hud42cdo Ha Ha Haaaa Know what you mean mate !

[aametalmaster]

Thats cool...

[EarlRausch]

Great Idea !

I know what you are saying. Now how many turns was that ?.

[oldtoolmaker]

Wish I'd thought of that years ago, had plenty of counters laying around too....

[jhareng]

Alternatively you could look down and see the increments of 60 degrees then line up on dividing plate.

[rlh450rr]

i done that once, but i side milled the 6 flats. rotary table sat vertical on the mill table, sweep in round work piece, call it x,0 y,0, rotation is number of sides divided by 360, machined in the y axis, conventional cut on manual mill, left .005 for finish pass.