[TheForge] acorn plate

[Ray Miller]

I finally got my 5ft x 5ft  Acorn platen table into the shop. I have 
made mounting plates for my large machinist's vice, bending forks, and 
my Locksafe(?) compact bender. (The one HF copied). I acutally 
disassembled the bender from the pedestal and made a new mounting plate 
from 1/2" plate with a 1 3/4" square tang that snugly fits the holes of 
the table. The possibilities are endless!!!! The other ideas to build, 
similar to the photos Ralph Sproul posted. Mountings for bench grinders, 
beverly-like shears, bending fixtures, forming jigs, etc. etc etc.

I AM SO HAPPY I BOUGHT IT!!! (Ya'll may recall when I got it for 
$300!!!). I can't believe I lived without one for so long.
I still have to develop a gang of clamping devices, plates, etc. as my 
assortment of Vice grips aren't much help on an Acorn table.


Ray Miller
Cincinnati

northwoods wrote:

>I've been thinking about purchasing a platten table and have been trying to
>determine what types of uses I could put it to. I can think of a few reasons
>rite off the bat, but am wondering if there are a lot of possibilities that
>I haven't considered. Do any of you use one, and if so what for?
>I seem to remember that Ralph Sproul was going to post some pictures to the
>photo site of his and some of the related tooling. Think I'll take a look at
>those.
>
>Thanks for any ideas,
>T. Clark
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