Todays Project - What did you do today?

[EdK]

That's definitely worth a

Nice job on the lathe cleanup though. That's a nice stout looking lathe. I'm glad I was able to influence someone, in a good way, for once in my life.

Ed

[stevec]

twice! For sure! Once for your score of STUFF! and now I feel like I'll have to do a shop and machine clean-up! (don't worry I'm on my 2nd home made Old English Bitter and there'll be no more foolishness in the shop today).
Tomorrow all this talk of cleaning will be long forgotten.

[f350ca]

Turned down some shafts for the golf coarse. They weld them up and I cut them down. The ends are internal tread so no easy way to support the far end unless you have a tailstock chuck.

[f350ca]

No matter how many tools you have you never have enough.
Back for a short time on the plasma table. Set up the lathe and made some #2 morse taper blanks, need one to hold the blanks to make pinions and timing belt pulleys (I know I should just buy them but thats metal buying not working). Got the blanks made then put the #7 -#5 cross over in the headstock followed by the #5 - #2 crossover to hold one of the blacks to finish the arbour. Got it cut down then turned to .250 to hold the blanks, went to drill the end for a screw to hold the blank when I realized the crossover to hold the drill chuck in the tailstock was in the headstock.

[EdK]

(04-01-2013, 07:23 PM)f350ca Wrote: ...Got it cut down then turned to .250 to hold the blanks, went to drill the end for a screw to hold the blank when I realized the crossover to hold the drill chuck in the tailstock was in the headstock.

That sounds like something I'd do.

Ed

[f350ca]

Yah another one of those where did I put that tool, I know its here somewhere. I'll see if the tailstock rotary chuck will close small enough to hold he tap drill I need. I can hold it from rotating with my hand.
The Colchester lathe was my first choice for this project but that #5 - # 2 crossover has a tang that won't fit in the back of the spindle.

[f350ca]

Hows this for a drill chuck?


Holding a #29 drill, about as small as it closes.

Turning a toothed pulley blank on the new mandrel. Will transfer the mandrel to the indexing head latter, to cut the teeth

[EdK]

That's a small pulley.

Ed

[f350ca]

.744 OD for 12 teeth on an XL timing belt, the mate is 2.272 OD for 36 teeth.

[f350ca]

The next step on the plasma table may be attempting to cut the racks. I installed digital readouts on the shaper, but a depth stop on the clapper box would be nice when plunge cutting all those teeth. I had this micrometer barrel, how strong are these? I started making up a mount but wonder if it will be robust enough for a depth stop.