Cutting axle splines on a lathe?

[great white]

I have indexed a 6 sided spline before but just drilling out a large nut and loctite'ing it onto the shaft to give me six sides. Worked surprisingly well.

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/mill-collet-holder-attachement.37891/#post-326798

Now that's interesting.

Might be something I can use there.

Thanks.

 

[great white]

just ran acorss this on a fiero forum:



Interesting.....but no real details other than the picture....

 

[MozamPete]

just ran acorss this on a fiero forum:

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Interesting.....but no real details other than the picture....

That is basically how I would do if I only had a lathe. But instead of using a form cutter you could just use a slitting saw and make two cuts per spline.
- Set the axial slightly off center to cut one side of the tooth, rotate the axial 1/6 of the turn and cut the next slot, etc
- Reset the axial off center in the other direction to cut the other side of the tooth, rotate & repeat

 

[great white]

That is basically how I would do if I only had a lathe. But instead of using a form cutter you could just use a slitting saw and make two cuts per spline.
- Set the axial slightly off center to cut one side of the tooth, rotate the axial 1/6 of the turn and cut the next slot, etc
- Reset the axial off center in the other direction to cut the other side of the tooth, rotate & repeat

I'll have to read up on slitting saws. Ie: hss or carbide, tooth count, etc.

I havent used one before....