Traveling Sherline Show

Tooling Plates

These fit the Sherline T-slots, are about the width of the table, and are 1/2" thick. The concept is to drill holes, tap and machine pockets as needed. Then parts can be clamped to them and machined to and/or below the plate surface a few thousands. When the plates are too cut into to find a flat spot they can be surfaced, fly cut. When they look like Swiss cheese and you can't find spots to drill holes, they are replaced.

The T-nuts I've made stay below the table surface so they can be clamped solidly to the Sherline's table.

Quite useful.