From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 12/18/2025 10:31 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 12/17/2025 4:44 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >> "Snag"  wrote in message news:10huu93$j7c2$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >>    I know I'm chiming in ait late here ... but my bench top mill is an   
   >> RF45 clone , and it's been more than enough mill for all my projects .   
   >> Including multiple gears cut , end mills sharpened (with a fixture) and   
   >> all kinds of other projects . I highly recommend a rotary table for   
   >> indexing , mine's 90:1 gear ratio .   
   >> Snag   
   >   
   > For gear cutting (precision anyway) an indexing head might be far better   
   > than a rotary table.  In either case advance to every position in the   
   > same direction and with light pressure on the handle lock the rotation.   
   >   
      
      I've never used an indexing head so I have no basis for comparison   
   but my RT with the index plates does as precise a job as I've ever   
   needed . I used the RT to make a 50 hole plate for a project that needed   
   one ...   
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   Snag   
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