06-15-2016, 06:54 PM
Not only do I not have an excuse to not make gears, I now actually have another excuse to make some- in order to properly use this new gadget I need a whole mess of them. I just got hold of a set of charts for this dividing head that covers every number of divisions from 2 to 400 and of course it is all about gears. Also i'll need to make the banjo, stub axles and the drive shaft for indirect dividing where the spindle is driven from the rear. Think I'll have to retire to get time for all this.
I tried undoing the chuck plate with the spindle locked, no go- the friction lock is not strong enough and I don't want to use the worm gears for this. Does it sound reasonable to apply some heat to the chuck plate to loosen the thread?
We just need to get the Vertex unit (with tailstock) over to Darren's place now, we're both in Australia so shouldn't be far, right? I just had a bit of a play on Google Earth and the distance from my place to his is roughly similar to Los Angeles to Mobile, Key West to Nova Scotia, or for our UK friends Penzance to Constantinople
I tried undoing the chuck plate with the spindle locked, no go- the friction lock is not strong enough and I don't want to use the worm gears for this. Does it sound reasonable to apply some heat to the chuck plate to loosen the thread?
We just need to get the Vertex unit (with tailstock) over to Darren's place now, we're both in Australia so shouldn't be far, right? I just had a bit of a play on Google Earth and the distance from my place to his is roughly similar to Los Angeles to Mobile, Key West to Nova Scotia, or for our UK friends Penzance to Constantinople
Lathe (n); a machine tool used in the production of milling machine components.
Milling Machine (n); a machine tool used in the production of lathe components.
Milling Machine (n); a machine tool used in the production of lathe components.