[TheForge] Poor mans platen table

Sun Apr 6 21:50:00 2003

        Shannell,  The pins were 2" shafting I had.   I turned them down to
1 3/4 on the lathe.......so they just plug into the 1 3/4 holes in the
table.  This slight shoulder keeps them up.
        I use them as stop pins to set something against, bending pins used
in conjunction with a radius shoe, or with a portapower to go between them
for changing a long radius.
These are the ways they are shown in the four pictures depicting them.


Ralph

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Poor mans platen table


> Ralph you have some round pins in your table on your website, are these
> hammered in? or are they a perfect enough fit that you can just push them
> in? I was thinking of putting a plate under this 3/4" platen plate so I
can
> drop pins in and they will rest on the lower plate, looks like from your
> pics you dont have anything beneath yours?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ralph Sproul" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: 25 March, 2003 11:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Poor mans platen table
>
>
> >         Shannel, anything works that has holes to drop in fixtures.  It
> > sounds like the price is right.  The platen's have a benefit of wieghing
> > 2400 lbs so they don't move.  Your table will be about 400-500 so it
will
> > slide when pulling long stock against it.  a couple pins in the floor
> could
> > stop that.
> >
> > Ralph
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 8:00 PM
> > Subject: [TheForge] Poor mans platen table
> >
> >
> > > I found a 3/4" 5' x 5' plate the other day at a used machinery place,
> with
> > > looks like 1" square holes on a 5" grid. Would I loose anything using
> this
> > > as a platen table, being only 3/4 thick I mean? Was $200, Id like a
new
> > work
> > > table and this could be a good start.
> > >
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