5C indexing tool and miniature indexing table

[mklotz]

Thanks for the kind words, Toolmaker; much appreciated.

It's a really useful tool. I make a lot of small parts that can be satisfactorily held in collets so this tool saves me from dragging out the rotary table on many occasions.

Nobody ever asked why the first couple pictures show two alignment pins in the collet chuck when only one is needed. The second pin is there to prevent mistakes. When rotating the chuck to a new angular position pulling out the pin can cause the absent-minded to lose track of where it was, which info is needed to decide where to place the pin for the next position. Counting off and placing the second pin before the first is removed prevents that sort of confusion.

Incidentally, no hard copy plans were ever made for the device. It's purely a product of mental design and evolutionary alterations as it was constructed.