-20F this morning again...........
This morning's project was to finish up on an indexing plate that I had started the day before. Not that I really needed
a project but wanted to test out the bolt circle feature on my Mitutoyo digital readout. As luck would have it I had a
steel disc or the right thickness but a little larger in diameter than the original indexing plates. I picked 40,44, 48, 50, 55, and
60 divisions but maybe using some prime numbers would have been better, not sure at this point. Anyway, I still have
the flip side to drill out. This is not a difficult process but rather a time consuming and requires one to be careful not to
make an error in drilling. I used a center drill for the whole process for the sake of rigidity. It was quite a bit of work
so had to show it off to all you HM folks. At least now I know that I can make pretty much custom make any indexing plate
I desire.
Here's a couple photos of the results:
This morning's project was to finish up on an indexing plate that I had started the day before. Not that I really needed
a project but wanted to test out the bolt circle feature on my Mitutoyo digital readout. As luck would have it I had a
steel disc or the right thickness but a little larger in diameter than the original indexing plates. I picked 40,44, 48, 50, 55, and
60 divisions but maybe using some prime numbers would have been better, not sure at this point. Anyway, I still have
the flip side to drill out. This is not a difficult process but rather a time consuming and requires one to be careful not to
make an error in drilling. I used a center drill for the whole process for the sake of rigidity. It was quite a bit of work
so had to show it off to all you HM folks. At least now I know that I can make pretty much custom make any indexing plate
I desire.
Here's a couple photos of the results:
