Alignment Tool and Procedure for Aligning a 4th Axis

This article presents an alignment tool plus procedure for aligning my tailstock to my rotary table. This arrangement gives me a 4th axis for my CNC system.

If you are interested, please see

http://rick.sparber.org/4AA.pdf


Your comments are welcome. All of us are smarter than any one of us.

Thanks Rick! We've added your Tailstock Alignment Tool to our Machining and Measuring and Marking categories, as well as to your builder page: Rick's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

<div id="blocks"> <div class="block b1 pngfix"> <div class="bimg"> <div> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/tailstock-alignment-tool"><img src="http://www.homemadetools.net/uploads/133026/tailstock-alignment-tool.jpeg" /></a></div> </div> <div class="head pngfix"></div> <div class="left pngfix"></div> <div class="right pngfix"></div> <div class="blockover b1 pngfix"> <div class="title"> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/tailstock-alignment-tool">Tailstock Alignment Tool</a> <span> by <a href="/builder/Rick+Sparber">Rick Sparber</a></span> </div> <div class="tags">tags: <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/alignment">alignment</a>, <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/measurement">measurement</a>, <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/tailstock">tailstock</a></div> </div> </div> </div>

Thanks Rick! We've added your Tailstock Alignment Method to our Measuring and Marking category, as well as to your builder page: Rick's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

<div id="blocks"> <div class="block b1 pngfix"> <div class="bimg"> <div> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/tailstock-alignment-method"><img src="http://www.homemadetools.net/uploads/133030/tailstock-alignment-method.jpeg" /></a></div> </div> <div class="head pngfix"></div> <div class="left pngfix"></div> <div class="right pngfix"></div> <div class="blockover b1 pngfix"> <div class="title"> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/tailstock-alignment-method">Tailstock Alignment Method</a> <span> by <a href="/builder/Rick+Sparber">Rick Sparber</a></span> </div> <div class="tags">tags: <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/alignment">alignment</a>, <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/square">square</a>, <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/tailstock">tailstock</a></div> </div> </div> </div>