I've been offered a surface grinder

[TomG]

(12-06-2014, 10:02 PM)Dr Stan Wrote: Here are a couple of images of my making a graduated dial for my Fray mill.  I used the same mandrel to both turn the OD and hold the dial to engrave the graduations.  I later used figure stamps to add the numbers.

First & only time I ever mounted a rotary table on a lathe.  Never ever seen it done before.  BTW, that's my old SB 14 1/2" lathe I traded in on my Logan.

I can't say I've ever seen a rotary table on the lathe either, but it is an interesting setup.

Why the lathe and not the mill? An axial cutter would have allowed you to use the quill to cut the graduations. That's how I cut them on my carriage stop.

Tom