Tormach PCNC 1100 CNC Mill - New Fixture Table! Ch. 22

An introduction and overview of my new Tosa Tool Tormach-compatible Modular Fixture table! Approx 33x16x0.75" with 1/2x13 tapped holes and 0.5" bored alignment holes both on 1.25" centers

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[roddersauify]

Any update on the use of the table?

[saunixcomp]

@roddersauify I am overdue for an update - I'll try to post a video soon. Any specific questions that you would like me to cover?

[gbowne1]

Yeah, the key to this system is to plug the unused holes with set screws. Also make some sort of written index table to help you record your setups so that you can place everything where it was on all of your jobs that you run over and over again

[saunixcomp]

@gbowne1 Spot-on on both points.

[joleenmorganjohn]

You really cant beat the versatility of open T- slots. Clean the T-slots, slap a vice on (keyed in the Y axis) edge find the X axis 10-12 minutes for two vices. Cleaning 324 taped holes takes forever. You will also find the taped holes will slightly bulge above the work surface. I hope you have better luck with it than I did.My boss was ticked when I chucked the plate, untill he saw how much more time was added to all are setups.Just to clean holes All the plates where chucked within two months.

[saunixcomp]

@joleenmorganjohn It's not just the convenience of locating a vise. It's the ability to mount a vice, quickly & accurately, at various angles. it's the ability to use dedicated fixtures with G56+ offsets. It's the ability to "multiple" the size of my work envelope by using the extended X & Y length of the fixture plate to locate, accurately and quickly (again), part geometry. And I use the oversize table to clamp pieces outside the work envelope.

[roddersauify]

@saunixcomp Thanks for your candour in the follow up videos on the use of the plate IE clamping the fixtures into the vices and finding zero ...

[roddersauify]

@gbowne1 Perhaps a print out of a photograph of each job setup with a written index table and marked up arrows identifying the correct holes...?

[roddersauify]

@saunixcomp

Nothing too specific... it will be great to see the "increased capacity/range" beyond the standard envelope of the tormach.... and the repeatability of placing an example work-piece into various positions/segments that the 312 holes will allow

[gbowne1]

@saunixcomp Modular' fixturing is a great advantage to repeated setups. I have a mini version of this for my Kurt D-675/D-688 vise.. It's a small plate with the same pattern which is thenclamped in my vise(s). Now, I have a Fadal 4020 sized machine and it works great for very small parts. You might even look into a 2L vaccum plate..the drawback is that the rubber pads are expensive.. Yeah, open slots are ok for a lot of jobs set up ontop of 1-2-3 blocks or paralells.

[roddersauify]

Hi from Melbourne Australia...

Hoping to see a chapter 23 on the use of the tool table soon!

[danbye1]

See the new Tosa Tool Modular Fixturing Page for ordering information on the table and its accessories. tosatool dot com