Todays Project - What did you do today?

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Finished up my weld positioner 3-jaw chuck mounting last night.

Started by setting up the .188" plate on the mill to drill four holes @ 90-degrees apart for mounting the plate to the turn table and three holes 120-degrees apart to mount the 3-jaw chuck to the adapter plate.


Both bolt patterns drilled.


I am so glad I let my son talk me into getting the DRO on my mill.  The bolt hole feature is awesome.  Find your center, plug in the diameter and how many holes you want plus where you want to start and end and the DRO spits out the X and Y locations of each hole.  As long as you enter the correct measurements the bolts drop right in to their respective holes.  GREAT feature.


Machining the chuck adapter.  I just purchased the cheapest one I could find as I knew it would require machining.  This one just happened to be for a threaded spindle but seeing as how it won't be being used for that I will just machine it down to work.


Chuck adapter completed as I welded it to the mounting plate.


A couple close ups of my TIG welds.




Chuck bolted to the adapter and mounting plate as well as bolted down to the turn table on the weld positioner.  All bolt holes lined up perfectly.


Overview of the completed mounting on the weld positioner.  Ready for years of use.


Mike.