Difference between a T slot and a U slot?

Feb 15, 2006 3 Replies

I can't afford a mill right now and have some small projects that I need semi presision drilling for I was thinking about getting one of these milling/drilling tables for on my drillpress however they have U slots and im not sure what that is.



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sears also has one same thing basically this one is just cheeper. Anyhow hope one of you knows I want to play my enco order tonight got a bunch of other lathe stuff I need to order.



That's a typo in the Enco catalog.

GWE

The U slots are in the base for mounting to a surface. The T slots are in the table for fixturing work.

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