I live in this hell , trust me 'Belgium, man Belgium!' is right...! Patrick, Flanders (the Rotten state of Belgium) peter.chadwick@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >How much error is to be expected on a rotary table in terms of >eccentricity? With a #1 Morse tapor arbor fitted into the thing (the end >of the arbor is about 1 inch diameter) I get a peak to peak eccentricity >of 0.004 inches. Is this a normal level of error? The error does seem to >be mainly semi circular, although there may be a bit of quadrantal error >as well: that's a lot less, though. >I did have things a lot worse: the mounting plate supplied for the three >jaw chuck proved, on inspection, to not have had the holes for the bolts >holding the chuck down to have been counterbored sufficiently. As a >result, the chuck wasn't square to the table. Another reason why I'll >never go back to that supplier for anything but spares. A colleague who >had multiple problems with that firm now claims that the Hitchhiker's >Guide to the Universe worst curse of 'Belgium, man Belgium!' should >actually be 'C^&*$£ UK Limited'! > >Peter Chadwick >Swindon >MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > >To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, >modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.