Best Yet Knurling Tool

[Wawoodman]

Tom, any chance of a view of the front of it? Approximate dimensions? It looks pretty straightforward (even to me!) but I would need some details about how the knurl carriers are made and fitted into the body.

[stevec]

Tom, did you say the rollers were Stainless? if so what grade?- -
Why no, officer I'm only interested in machining, not production of alcohol!

[TomG]

(11-09-2012, 07:11 PM)Wawoodman Wrote: Tom, any chance of a view of the front of it? Approximate dimensions? It looks pretty straightforward (even to me!) but I would need some details about how the knurl carriers are made and fitted into the body.

Mike,

The carriers just ride in slots cut in the main frame, capped by the "L" shaped pieces. If you look at the MSC link that Bill provided, you'll see an exploded view. The capacity is 2". None of the dimensions are very critical.

Steve: What have you been smoking?

Tom

[EdK]

(11-09-2012, 07:28 PM)TomG Wrote: Steve: What have you been smoking?

Tom

And not sharing.

Ed

[petertha]

I'm curious how you set this up? I think with the typical scissor style, you clamp down the main nut after establishing pattern tracking, so it puts equal pressure on both knurl wheels. The big $ toolpost kind like attached pic appears to do this same action with opposed threads on a tension knob.

But how do you set both knurl wheels the same depth simultaneously with what looks like independant screws or whatever on either side? Or is it a pre-set adjustment thing, then use the carriage feed in?

[TomG]

(11-09-2012, 08:14 PM)petertha Wrote: I'm curious how you set this up? I think with the typical scissor style, you clamp down the main nut after establishing pattern tracking, so it puts equal pressure on both knurl wheels. The big $ toolpost kind like attached pic appears to do this same action with opposed threads on a tension knob.

But how do you set both knurl wheels the same depth simultaneously with what looks like independant screws or whatever on either side? Or is it a pre-set adjustment thing, then use the carriage feed in?

All you do is rough center the tool and then run the knurls against the stock, snug up the locks and feed each knurl in an equal amount with a hex key. Normally I can hit the depth in one pass, but it's been a while since I used it and it took two tries this time.

Tom

[Mayhem]

(11-09-2012, 05:49 PM)sasquatch Wrote: Umm,, so Tom , HOW was the Homebrew!? Lol

I can vouch for its quality

[Wawoodman]

(11-09-2012, 07:39 PM)EdK Wrote:

(11-09-2012, 07:28 PM)TomG Wrote: Steve: What have you been smoking?

Tom

And not sharing.

Ed

And now, it's gonna be legal here in Washington. The old hippies ride again!

[Wawoodman]

(11-09-2012, 07:28 PM)TomG Wrote:

(11-09-2012, 07:11 PM)Wawoodman Wrote: Tom, any chance of a view of the front of it? Approximate dimensions? It looks pretty straightforward (even to me!) but I would need some details about how the knurl carriers are made and fitted into the body.

Mike,

The carriers just ride in slots cut in the main frame, capped by the "L" shaped pieces. If you look at the MSC link that Bill provided, you'll see an exploded view. The capacity is 2". None of the dimensions are very critical.

Steve: What have you been smoking?

Tom

That view on MSC helps a lot. Thanks.

[stevec]

(11-09-2012, 07:28 PM)TomG Wrote: Steve: What have you been smoking?

Tom

Tom, Ed, I don't toke but do enjoy a few home brews.
The neat thing are the surprises the next morning when I read my own posts