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Pete, I lost the conversation thread. Did you cut those gears? Nice job if you did.
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On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:33:15 -0500, "Pete C."
wrote: Now complete: http://wpnet.us/change_gears.jpg Bravo Sir!! Bravo indeed!!!! My respects and compliments on a very nicely completed project! -- ""Almost all liberal behavioral tropes track the impotent rage of small children. Thus, for example, there is also the popular tactic of repeating some stupid, meaningless phrase a billion times" Arms for hostages, arms for hostages, arms for hostages, it's just about sex, just about sex, just about sex, dumb,dumb, money in politics,money in politics, Enron, Enron, Enron. Nothing repeated with mind-numbing frequency in all major news outlets will not be believed by some members of the populace. It is the permanence of evil; you can't stop it." (Ann Coulter) |
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On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:33:15 -0500, "Pete C."
wrote: Now complete: http://wpnet.us/change_gears.jpg =============== Great job!!!!! Thanks for sharing. Any hints or tips to share? |
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"F. George McDuffee" wrote: On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:33:15 -0500, "Pete C." wrote: Now complete: http://wpnet.us/change_gears.jpg =============== Great job!!!!! Thanks for sharing. Any hints or tips to share? Dunno, it was pretty straightforward, just a bit tedious. Using the CNC mill in conjunction with the manual indexing worked well since it got me flood coolant as well as eliminating the manual work of cutting each tooth. Being able to manually index the dividing head, then press cycle start and not have to do anything for a minute was nice. Of course since the change gears are all different tooth counts, nothing was the same, I had to turn each blank to the appropriate diameter for it's tooth count, change the dividing head setup for each gear, and reset the Y zero for each new gear blank. |
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On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:33:15 -0500, "Pete C."
wrote: Now complete: http://wpnet.us/change_gears.jpg clap,clap,clap Never thought you'd get the clap through the Internet, didja, Pete? -- However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. -- Sir Winston Churchill |
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On 2013-07-14, Pete C. wrote:
Now complete: http://wpnet.us/change_gears.jpg Nice looking set. Congratulations, DoN. -- Remove oil spill source from e-mail Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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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? How long do they take? |
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Dunno, it was pretty straightforward, just a bit tedious. Using the CNC mill in conjunction with the manual indexing worked well since it got me flood coolant as well as eliminating the manual work of cutting each tooth. Being able to manually index the dividing head, then press cycle start and not have to do anything for a minute was nice. Of course since the change gears are all different tooth counts, nothing was the same, I had to turn each blank to the appropriate diameter for it's tooth count, change the dividing head setup for each gear, and reset the Y zero for each new gear blank. Great job Pete, Next time, put a stepper or servo on your indexer and call it a 4rth axis. My "extra" servo does double duty, its on the knee most of the time to raise/lower for tool changes. I can also bolt it to the table and use a timing belt to the Yusa indexing head. Karl |
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On Sunday, July 14, 2013 9:28:48 PM UTC-4, Pete C. wrote:
"F. George McDuffee" wrote: On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:33:15 -0500, "Pete C." wrote: Now complete: http://wpnet.us/change_gears.jpg =============== Great job!!!!! Thanks for sharing. Any hints or tips to share? Dunno, it was pretty straightforward, just a bit tedious. Using the CNC mill in conjunction with the manual indexing worked well since it got me flood coolant as well as eliminating the manual work of cutting each tooth. Being able to manually index the dividing head, then press cycle start and not have to do anything for a minute was nice. Of course since the change gears are all different tooth counts, nothing was the same, I had to turn each blank to the appropriate diameter for it's tooth count, change the dividing head setup for each gear, and reset the Y zero for each new gear blank. How did you make the key slots - broached or milled & filed? If you motorized your indexing head, as Karl suggested, you could "turn" the blanks on the mill. Two setups for the whole job - one for the center hole & lettering and another for all the circuferential stuff. I'm envious (my mill is a pretty much clapped out piece of junk). |
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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. |
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Nice!
I've made gears a couple of times. Once on my horizontal mill, using a re-ground cutter. Embarrassingly bad. Also, on the lathe, using a hobbing cutter. Better, but not great. You almost inspire me to try again, doing it right. G Bob |
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