Rotary table on sale at enco

Do you have experience with this particular offering?, I don't think I'd want to put my name to pushing this stuff without knowing the quality. I ask as I've bought a couple of items on sale from J&L in the UK, 5C spin indexers, about 5-6 years apart, and the recent item while having the same spec and apparently meeting the same tolerances, seems quite a bit more poorly made. I'm happy with the first one for machining for what I do, but I suspect the inspection certificate of the 2nd was an English literacy test , ie enter a number between 0 and the maximum allowable. The 2nd one was bought for a welding fixture so was not critical, it was just a cheap way to provide the desired functionality, the index ring is superfluous. If I was to use it for machining though I would want to verify the 2nd ones accuracy, a few checks seemed to show the inspection chart, as vague as it is, is a fiction. A nice feature of items like the Suburban indexer, is the ground sides to allow easy location for normal machining. I was taught that and noted that the sides of the Chinese copies are unmachined. I located and machined the sides of my cheapo indexer and that works for me for a quick ad easy set-up.

Not with the rotary table, but Phase II stuff is generally pretty good.

Unka' George [George McDuffee]

------------------------------------------- He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

Phase II isn't a tool retailer house brand where the quality and sourcing is highly variable, Phase II is an established brand known for decent quality.

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oh come on - first, ENCO is a reputable outfit that stands behind their stuff, second it's phase II which is a well known second tier brand, and if it actually matters to you, I have one and on a sample of one basis it is fine -