Rotary Table Mounting Method

[NortonDommi]

Hi LMMasterMariner,
I had the same problem on my mill/drill but used an alternative method which was to mount the R/T to a large angle plate and mill the mounting slots closer to center. This of course made the slots enter the relieved area under the head. Another problem was that the slots in the R/T are M14 and my mill table has M12 slots.
I used some scrap to make some T-shaped reducing sleeves to fill from M14 to M10 and also provide a flat bearing surface. The reason for M10 was twofold.
1: A lot easier to get bolts in place. 2: More room to maneuver a spanner.
Other mods were new T-nuts tapped for M10 and milling the locators from M16 to M14 to fit the slots.
One day I might get around to milling a flat where the sleeves sit but for now it works just mighty fine.

- Cheers.