This multipurpose workholding fixture combines some of the features of a bench block, V-block, vernier protractor, direct indexing fixture, tilting angle plate, rotary table, and clock wheel spoke layout jig.
The clock wheel spoke layout jig feature (see the photo at right below) allows you to lay out spoke patterns on clock wheels and similar items very accurately, and with a minimum of fuss and bother.
The size is just right for small (and some not-so-small) and tricky jobs that come up every so often in any shop.
It can be used in several different ways both on your milling machine, and in the headstock or the tailstock of your lathe.Besides detailed drawings, machining instructions and how-to-use info, several ‘extras’ are included, like how to make a lathe sub-faceplate that thinks it’s a magnetic chuck. The "power supply" costs about $2, and it works on ferrous and non-ferrous materials alike - this info alone could be worth the whole price of the drawings!
We can also supply a fine grey iron casting for this project, and while cast iron is considered the better choice for items like this, you can make your Octopus from a locally scrounged lump of steel, if you prefer.
CASTING for Lautard's Octopus:
US Customers: US$45 plus postage (SEE NOTE BELOW)
Canadian Customers:
(Price shown below includes applicable taxes, but does NOT include postage (SEE
NOTE BELOW)
$47.25 for AB SK, MB, QC, YT, NT,
NU
$50.40 for BC
$50.85 for NB, NF, ON
$51.75 for NS and PEI
Customers outside US or Canada: Price on application - SEE NOTE BELOW (We feel that the postage cost to destinations outside Canada or the U.S.A. is just too high to be feasible, but you may feel differently.
At the moment (March 2011) we have only 4 Octopus castings left, and it is unlikely
we will have any more made - having castings made has become very expensive. So
if you want one, you should place your order right way.