05-31-2015, 07:30 AM
Your perseverance is legendary, I have no doubt you'll get the adjustments down and be satisfied.
Strange faceplate indeed. I'd call it a spindle mounted fixture plate. You could get it on the machine at some point and check the surfaces for runout on the face, take a clean pass on it if needed. A heavily interrupted cut, you'd need a tough tool. It may be a good application for a toolpost grinder. You also have a milling machine now, so it would be easy to cut T-slots in it. Well, not really easy but doable.
Keep at it!
Strange faceplate indeed. I'd call it a spindle mounted fixture plate. You could get it on the machine at some point and check the surfaces for runout on the face, take a clean pass on it if needed. A heavily interrupted cut, you'd need a tough tool. It may be a good application for a toolpost grinder. You also have a milling machine now, so it would be easy to cut T-slots in it. Well, not really easy but doable.
Keep at it!