On 12/5/2012 7:24 AM, F.K. wrote:
On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:59:59 -0500, Tom Gardner Mars@Tacks wrote:

On 12/4/2012 8:40 PM, F.K. wrote:
On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:55:44 -0500, Tom Gardner Mars@Tacks wrote:

The wheel is 36" dia., .3125" thick and has a 14" hole in the center and
six equidistant mounting holes .375 dia. 1" from center hole. There
needs to be 118 teeth that are 3/8" deep and have a leg of the
triangular tooth that is a radian and the other leg is 60 degrees.

I see doing them with a hacksaw and a file after blued and laid out by
hand. (maybe a power saw) Any better ideas? I can't visualize mounting
it on the BP.


Hire a machinist :-)


Ain't that cheating?

Not really. I think I'd hire a welder if I was building a bridge.

Actually, since you posted the original message on the 4th and today
is the 5th, one would assume that the job would be finished already
:-)


I have a LOT to do on this machine, the ratchet wheel is near the end,
I'm just thinking ahead. There is still a small chance I can get a used
one cheap. It fits a standard machine that makes different products
according to the number of teeth, each tooth corresponds to a position
on an X-Y table. The machine makes wooden block wire brushes, I have 16
of these machines, think 2-ton sewing machine. This one will make a
6x19 row, the extra teeth are for resetting to the first position. I
already have a machine to make this but I need to double production so
I'm duplicating all that is involved in the set-up which involves table,
holders cams and ratchet wheel. About three man-months of work.