gears...
Anyone have any experience cutting mycarta gears? I'm thinking that
if might be fun to cut replacement gears for the older geared Emco Maximat headstocks. I know little about cutting gears in general so it might be a good opportunity to learn. Thoughts anyone? Thanks, Charles |
gears...
Anyone have any experience cutting mycarta gears? I'm thinking that if might be fun to cut replacement gears for the older geared Emco Maximat headstocks. I know little about cutting gears in general so it might be a good opportunity to learn. Thoughts anyone? I trashed a micarta gear in the head of an EMCO mill like what goes on the Maximat. Replacement would be about $110, IF a replacement was available. I took the job of cutting a replacement as a good learning project. I made the replacement out of aluminum and it works fine. It's a lot of fun, but it took several evenings of study, tool making, and set up. If your time is important, consider going to a gear catalog and buying a generic gear with compatible diameter, tooth count, and pitch angle. Modify it by trimming the thickness and pressing in a suitable hub. And, yes, I know that the micarta gears are used to provide a sort of fuse which will fail before you overload the machine to the point of turning the whole gearbox into shrapnel. |
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