[sdiy] X-Y table

[James Patchell]

http://www.grizzly.com/catalog/2004/483.cfm?

Ment to answer this one....here is a page from the grizzly catalog.

At 11:40 AM 3/27/2004 -0600, Paul Higgins wrote:
>Is an X-Y table the same thing as a machinist's/cross-slide vise?  I've 
>seen lots of examples of the latter, which bolt to the table of a drill 
>press and give you (kind of) a poor man's milling machine.  I've never 
>seen something called an X-Y table, though.  Who makes them, and what 
>price should I expect to pay?
>
>-PRH
>
>On Friday, March 26, 2004, at 06:59 PM, James Patchell wrote:
>
>>Minimum requirement for the precision drilling of holes, in my opinion, 
>>is a drill press with an X-Y table.  If you have a Drill Press, you can 
>>buy the X-Y table for around $50 or so.  Get one with the biggest travel 
>>you can afford.  Generally, in the Y direction, you can only go about 6 
>>or 7 inches (limited by the drill press), but in the X, you can go up to 
>>about 16 if you get a big enough table (more expensive).
>>
>>If you don't have a drill press, and want one, I recomend getting a 
>>Drill-Mill, if you can afford it (a good one will cost about $1000).
>>Not only can you drill, but being able to use end mills for cutting odd 
>>shaped holes in panels is really handy (plus many other metal working 
>>wonders you can do).
>>
>>With an X-Y table, you can locate holes to within 1 mil (0.001 inches).
>>
>>Now, if you don't want to do that, goto front panel express, download 
>>their program, draw up your panel, complete with an engraved legend, 
>>upload the finished drawing, get out your credit card, and a few weeks 
>>later you have a perfect panel....depending on the size, you can expect 
>>to pay anywhere from $50 to $400 for a panel.
>>
>>-Jim
>
>
>Paul Higgins
>email: higg0008 at tc.umn.edu

         -Jim
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