01-10-2018, 03:02 PM
The arbor in the first photo is cradled in this gadget
This pic was taken before the indexing apparatus was added. Still need to add a clamping arrangement to hold the arbor down into the vee.
Grinding the sides, the hold-down clamp for the 'proof of concept' run was the big fleshy lump attached to my right wrist. Holding the cutter down onto the jig is not so much an issue as preventing it rotating with the wheel, which wants to pull the tooth uphill and into the wheel. The indexing stop will have to be set up in a different way to my original plan in order to counter that unforeseen problem. I think that the hold-down will stay manual as I haven't been able to come up with a clamp with a low enough profile to clear the wheel.
This pic was taken before the indexing apparatus was added. Still need to add a clamping arrangement to hold the arbor down into the vee.
Grinding the sides, the hold-down clamp for the 'proof of concept' run was the big fleshy lump attached to my right wrist. Holding the cutter down onto the jig is not so much an issue as preventing it rotating with the wheel, which wants to pull the tooth uphill and into the wheel. The indexing stop will have to be set up in a different way to my original plan in order to counter that unforeseen problem. I think that the hold-down will stay manual as I haven't been able to come up with a clamp with a low enough profile to clear the wheel.
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.