Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan View Post
That's why I, almost immediately after getting mine, put a stepper motor on it. Gets tedious fast doing pulleys manually. I did one 16T that way...
Agree, stepper would greatly ease and speed up a job.
It's not cranking itself , but pulling back handle to unlock is painful as the spring is really strong- too strong.
My rotary has 4 slots and fits nicely to four mounting holes in a chuck
How about programming rotary table- looks like hand written G-code for me.
What about making some macro with some loop working until machine cut desired amount of tooth???? some no. of tooth variable in a macro??