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Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
6/27/22 3:22 p.m.

The game is simple. I'll answer yes or no questions only. First person to tell me what's in this box wins a gift card for a T-shirt from the GRM Store.

Toyman! GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/27/22 3:24 p.m.

Flywheel.

Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
6/27/22 3:25 p.m.

Gold bricks.

NY Nick GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/27/22 3:26 p.m.

Rotary Table

Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
6/27/22 3:28 p.m.

In reply to NY Nick :

Are you kidding me?! I didn't even post this anywhere yet. I haven't even taken it out of the box!

Congrats on the T-shirt!

stafford1500 GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/27/22 3:28 p.m.

I suspect a new machine tool accessory, based on the box construction. The height to length to width has me stumped though.

My guess is a small surface plate.

NY Nick GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/27/22 3:29 p.m.

oh wait we can ask questions;

Is it a machine took accessory?

NY Nick GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/27/22 3:30 p.m.

In reply to Tom Suddard :

LOL. I guess I figured it was the next step in the home machine shop journey.

Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
6/27/22 3:30 p.m.

Let's get this out on a tray...

Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
6/27/22 3:31 p.m.

This is like Christmas.

RevRico GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
6/27/22 3:33 p.m.

Yea I thought it was going to be a GRM shirt

Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
6/27/22 3:33 p.m.

You never know where old machine tools have spent their years, so I hit everything with a Geiger counter before it becomes a permanent fixture in my garage. Looks like I didn't accidentally buy a rotary table from Oak Ridge or anything like that. Woo!

Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/27/22 3:33 p.m.

I'd like to think that Christmas in the Suddard household(s) requires tools for "unwrapping".

Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
6/27/22 3:36 p.m.

Ooooh shiny

Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
6/27/22 3:40 p.m.

Success!

stafford1500 GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/27/22 3:57 p.m.

Ok now do the tramming and checking for flatness thru the full rotation. Next get the flywheel you need to lighten starpped down and lets make some chips.

Appleseed MegaDork
6/27/22 4:43 p.m.

I was hoping it was Gwyneth Paltrow's severed head.

Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/27/22 4:45 p.m.

Tom Suddard said:

Let's get this out on a tray...

Nice.

dculberson MegaDork
6/27/22 5:01 p.m.

Four minutes. That's nuts.

AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/27/22 6:42 p.m.

Well, it *was* Schroedinger's rotary table.

APEowner GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
6/27/22 7:04 p.m.

Nice!

A word of caution on keeping the rotary table on the end of the mill table like that. The weight can rock the knee slightly. In some cases locking the gib on the knee will pull it level again. In other cases you need to move the mill table to the left and lock the gib while the table is level and it'll hold just fine when you move it back to the right (that's how my mill is) and in other cases you just can keep it there if you want the vise and the left hand side of the table to be level.

Toyman! GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/27/22 7:09 p.m.

Tom Suddard said:

You never know where old machine tools have spent their years, so I hit everything with a Geiger counter before it becomes a permanent fixture in my garage. Looks like I didn't accidentally buy a rotary table from Oak Ridge or anything like that. Woo!

I never knew I needed a Geiger counter. Thanks for that.

Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
6/27/22 7:43 p.m.

In reply to Toyman! :

You probably don't, but I figure bringing home something radioactive is a very low probability event with very high consequences. Better safe than sorry.

Toyman! GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/28/22 9:28 a.m.

In reply to Tom Suddard :

Oh no, I absolutely do. A man can never have enough toy...er, tools.