I do use indexables but quite often I adjust the postion of my TP as well. The one David made looks nice though, he could simply remove the dowel pins & the fence to reposition the TP if needed. I'm curious about these as lots of people seem to be making them lately. However I use my compound slide quite often so I don't think I will be making one anytime soon.
Update: Since installing this on my PM1340 two months ago, I have yet to remove it and reinstall the compound. Of course, I haven't machined any tapers in that time, but I have enjoyed the additional rigidity.
I just finished mine last night. I used the t-slot which already had the holes drilled for the dowel pins.
There is a reason I did this that I'm too embarrassed to say.
Ha ha. We've all been there!Well, let's just say because you're excited to use your new spiral fluted tap doesn't mean you don't have to check for correct tpi. Idiot.