Should I get this Bridgeport rotary table?

At a local used machine outlet.
http://www.mckeanmachinery.com/inventory/product-detail.php?item=BT1256

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Nice looking table. iggy would buy it for $10.
Karl
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I would even buy it for $30.
i
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I have a smaller one for less.
i

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Tom Gardner wrote:

Well, depends. Now that I have a CNC mill, I have sold my rotary table. Not much need for a flat rotary table, except maybe for really large parts that exceed the machine's travel, or if you mount it on its side as an A or B axis. There are better units for that purpose, like a dividing head.
If you don't have a way to accurately position the machine in two axes, then maybe there is still use for such a table.
Jon
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I have a rotary table as a 4th axis, now. Definitely no need in a horizontal one.
i
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:42:58 -0500, Ignoramus21178

Tom doesn't do CNC. So, this table would be nice.
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On 10/20/2011 02:33 PM, Karl Townsend wrote:

Well, he should learn! I'll NEVER go back!
Jon
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wrote:

I'm curious, do you like to write clever CNC programs? Or just do it all with CAD?
I just wrote this little gem that will cut a taper on my lathe. Specify small diameter, taper angle, and DOC. I made it generic for any future needs (This wouldn't run on any other control without modifing)
* ' Program to cut taper pintle for M3 tripod ' input variables 'taper angle 'diameter to stop cut at 'final large end I.D. 'DOC
'calculated variables ' above calculates the number of passes 'starting diameter,changes in program
M6 T0101 G0 Z1.0 X M3 S500 G0 Z0
N100 'LOOP POINT
G0 Z0 X G01 Z X F.01 G0 Z0 M95 N100 'LOOP TO N100 M5 G0 Z2
Karl
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On 10/21/2011 06:30 AM, Karl Townsend wrote:

I almost never use CAD/CAM, ie. drafting in a CAD package and then converting with CAM. But, then, I so rarely do anything that isn't pure 2D work. Almost everything is cutting holes in panels.
So, I have a bunch of programs that write efficient G-code to cut rectangular and round holes in sheet, and stitch the output of these programs together to make one program for the entire part. I find this to be WAY faster than CAD/CAM. The program has built-in figures for roughing feeds and generates the roughing and finishing passes from just a few supplied values. I have versions for cutting the whole shape and trepanning, but almost always use the trepanning version when the cut goes all the way through.
Jon
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Sure, just make sure you have a hydraulic lift cart for transporting it from storage to the mills table. I was using a 15" today at work to rework part of an assembly line.
At home I have a 12" rotary still sitting where I unloaded it many years ago. I'm not picking that sucker up until I need to use it. I'll eventually get my own lift cart for home.
Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller
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Wes wrote:

I have a 10" tilting RT - bloody heavy - I use an engine hoist to lift it on/off the Bridgeport.
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Just keep it on a cart and there is no need for a lift.
i
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Ignoramus21178 wrote:

A cart takes up too much space, I tuck it on the bottom shelf of a cabinet (former tape library roll up door cabinet).
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wrote:

have you considerred something i call a die cart? It looks kind of like this pic except its just a cable and crank to raise. http://tinyurl.com/3fcs678
I have two, one slides under the roll-in saw when not in use, and the other sits under the end of the large mill.
Like you, floor space is a concern with anything I buy. I already got two pounds of shit in a one pound area.
Karl
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wrote:

I keep one on my boat as a back-up anchor
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