"Ivan Vegvary" wrote in message
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Hi Gunner,
I looked at the link that you provided and am totally confused.
Quote:
"Suppose you want to impress a diamond knurl on a 1"-dia. shaft and the
distance between each tooth of the knurling tool measured, with calipers,
along the roller's axis is 0.060"

How do you measure the distance between each tooth "along the rollers
axis"? The teeth are on the rollers circumference aren't they? What am I
missing?

Thanks,
Ivan Vegvary

In spite of anything you may read, any diameter can be successfully knurled,
assuming you're not using a straight knurl. ANY DIAMETER!

Secret to success is all in how you start the knurl. I've written an
article on that subject in the distant past. Pick up on the technique and
you can start a successful knurl virtually 100% of the time.

While it's true that a knurl is, in a sense, a gear of sorts, it is also
true that it can wander side to side, which compensates for pitch anomalies.

Harold