Windley Bros cast iron surface table value ?

[pressbrake1]

Drilled these old cmm bed plates for local fabricator

 

[tom2207]

I agree it does seem sacrilege to drill them but on the other hand a siegmund table is 7 grand and not as strong as the 2 surface tables i gave £1500 each for and spent a day drilling out

The only thing I'd like would be 90 degree sides so they could be drilled aswell to bolt extensions on

but depending on what your doing you can throw a g clamp on the edge of a surface plate ,,, very quick and handy too
swings and roundabouts ..
personally Id have the grinder out by now , sad it may be , but have to makes a hard master , and its going to be better than anything you can buy for the price .

 

[s410man]

but depending on what your doing you can throw a g clamp on the edge of a surface plate ,,, very quick and handy too
swings and roundabouts ..
personally Id have the grinder out by now , sad it may be , but have to makes a hard master , and its going to be better than anything you can buy for the price .

I went for years using g clamps and carvers but once you've used a fixture table theres no comparison

The clamping is only a small part of the benefits, the adjustable stops and squares etc are big time savers aswell

 

[tom2207]

I went for years using g clamps and carvers but once you've used a fixture table theres no comparison

The clamping is only a small part of the benefits, the adjustable stops and squares etc are big time savers aswell

all true ,, but as it is you have a good right angle and a surface to clamp to very fast ,,, and there is nothing to stop holes being drilled ,,, all im saying is that for a days bother you could save a grand ,,, I dont often make a grand a day anymore , so its not loosing a big table to work on , but gaining a table you can use.

 

[s410man]

all true ,, but as it is you have a good right angle and a surface to clamp to very fast ,,, and there is nothing to stop holes being drilled ,,, all im saying is that for a days bother you could save a grand ,,, I dont often make a grand a day anymore , so its not loosing a big table to work on , but gaining a table you can use.

I agree thats why i drilled 2 out to make fixture tables it was other people saying dont drill them!