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So you are buying a CNC plasma table?
I'm buying a whole CNC machining center, a Learjet, and a castle. Just as soon as I win the lottery.
So you are buying a CNC plasma table?
Don't forget we are your friends.I'm buying a whole CNC machining center, a Learjet, and a castle. Just as soon as I win the lottery.
I do own a scroll saw, but I want to avoid using it as much as possible. I think the main problem is the motor is just so anemic that the only way to cut is to move at a snail's pace. I have a tendency to force things, even when I'm trying not to force things, and that's why I break so many blades. My horizontal bandsaw used in table mode has extremely serious limitations, but I've almost always managed to get the job done using that thing over the scroll saw, and that's my go-to. It won't work for crossing out wheels though, and I'm going to have to make some kind o peace with the little saw I never loved. Maybe we need couples therapy.A scroll saw is often overlooked in the home workshop, I think, if a little slow. Great for cutting odd shapes too.
After I decided to skip a rotary table, it dawned on me that the plan I intend to follow calls for lantern pinions. I spent some time pondering different ways to tackle that problem, and the two most promising approaches I come up with are a rotary table or drilling a calculated bolt circle. I could probably use the hand wheels to do a good enough bolt circle for something like a dually wheel spacer, but not something this precise.You'll find an RT useful for all sorts on a clock build, I'm sure.
I spent just a stupid amount of time scratching my beard and clicking through catalogs and forum posts. I am way less concerned about the tedium of cutting the circles now that I have really looked at the lantern pinions.The rotary table is an excellent investment, though.