Patent ID: 7094012

Claim:
A quick set up tilt table for securement to a precision vise of a tool, said precision vise having a pair of jaws forming a flat upper surface, said quick set up tilt table comprising: a plate of metal having a top, a bottom, a front side, a back side, a right side and a left side and having a thickness of at least ¼ inch between the front side and the back side and having the shape of one half of a cylinder or polygon on the bottom of as viewed from the front side thereof and a top configured to provide securement of a workpiece, said front and back sides being formed perfectly flat and parallel to each other and perpendicular to said flat top; a series of a first and a second set of holes forming a precision machined arcuate hole pattern are formed in said front side and in said back side so that the holes in the front side match the holes in the back side; and a plurality of indexing pins are insertable in holes in said plate of metal so that a first set of indexing pins extends from one of said first set of holes in said front side and a corresponding opening in the back side, a second set indexing pins extends from one of said second set of holes in said front side and a corresponding opening in the back side, whereby when the tilt table is clamped between the jaws of the precision vise, the indexing pins rest on the flat upper surface of the vise and the top of the tilt table is set at a desired angle from the flat upper surface of the precision vise.