Richard wrote:

On 7/14/2013 2:33 PM, Pete C. wrote:

Now complete: http://wpnet.us/change_gears.jpg

Nice!
Very nice!

What's the rest of the story on these, Pete?

The newest lathe I got, a Taiwan 13x40 was missing the change gears that
were not installed. Don't know why they can build storage into the lathe
base so parts don't get lost. At any rate I checked and it seems the
gears were not available from the manufacturer so I had to make my own.
Fortunately I had the installed change gears for reference which made it
a bit easier, and of course the thread chart listed the tooth counts of
the missing gears.

How long do they take?

Difficult to say since it was spread out over a number of different days
with me being out of town or sick along the way. I also wasn't rushing
since it was a new process. I probably spent 6-8 days overall on the lot
between the turning of the blanks, broaching the keyways and finally
cutting the teeth.