Well here is the Heilcal gear progress report.
The gears cutters arrived on Wed :ups: and I made an arbor for them on Thurs and started preparations for cutting the gears. I cut a couple of practice gears and called it a night as I was not happy with them at all.
I woke up at 1 am thinking about the problem I was having with the gears. :thinking: I tried to go back to sleep but gave up about 3:30 am. I got up, had some coffee and went to the shop about 4:30 am and started cutting again. Still no joy. :think1:
Here are my setups. The first is the 63 degree setup.
http://s661.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/DSC03092.jpg.html][/URL]
Trying to get the cutters centered on the gear blanks was a real chore with the head set like this.
This is the 27 degree tilt.
http://s661.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/DSC03094.jpg.html][/URL]
A shot of the 27 degree 16 tooth gear being cut.
http://s661.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/DSC03095.jpg.html][/URL]
This is the 63 degree gear blank after one pass of the cutter. Sorry ,can't see much.
http://s661.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/DSC03093.jpg.html][/URL]
These are practice gears that didn't survive.
http://s661.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/DSC03097.jpg.html][/URL]
I found out you had to really make sure the aluminum angle was real tight against the disc on the fixture. Any play and it did weird things to the gear teeth. Also I had t make sure I had positive conrtol of the shaft as I rotated it into the cutter.
On the left are the “learning” blanks and the ones on the right are keepers. :thumbsup:
http://s661.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/DSC03096.jpg.html][/URL]
Here is a real crappy video. Sorry but its the best I can do. :whiteflag:
http://media.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/MOV03099.mp4.html][/URL]
Well all in all in was productive day as far as the gears went I'm really happy with them. But there is a down side as my lathe motor decided to give up the ghost. anic:anic: :angry::angry:
It started running loud and got real hot.
Anybody got an extra motor for a g0602 10x 22 lathe? Grizzly say it will be Aug before they have any.
Hope you enjoyed this.
Ron
The gears cutters arrived on Wed :ups: and I made an arbor for them on Thurs and started preparations for cutting the gears. I cut a couple of practice gears and called it a night as I was not happy with them at all.
I woke up at 1 am thinking about the problem I was having with the gears. :thinking: I tried to go back to sleep but gave up about 3:30 am. I got up, had some coffee and went to the shop about 4:30 am and started cutting again. Still no joy. :think1:
Here are my setups. The first is the 63 degree setup.
http://s661.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/DSC03092.jpg.html][/URL]
Trying to get the cutters centered on the gear blanks was a real chore with the head set like this.
This is the 27 degree tilt.
http://s661.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/DSC03094.jpg.html][/URL]
A shot of the 27 degree 16 tooth gear being cut.
http://s661.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/DSC03095.jpg.html][/URL]
This is the 63 degree gear blank after one pass of the cutter. Sorry ,can't see much.
http://s661.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/DSC03093.jpg.html][/URL]
These are practice gears that didn't survive.
http://s661.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/DSC03097.jpg.html][/URL]
I found out you had to really make sure the aluminum angle was real tight against the disc on the fixture. Any play and it did weird things to the gear teeth. Also I had t make sure I had positive conrtol of the shaft as I rotated it into the cutter.
On the left are the “learning” blanks and the ones on the right are keepers. :thumbsup:
http://s661.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/DSC03096.jpg.html][/URL]
Here is a real crappy video. Sorry but its the best I can do. :whiteflag:
http://media.photobucket.com/user/ozzie46/media/MOV03099.mp4.html][/URL]
Well all in all in was productive day as far as the gears went I'm really happy with them. But there is a down side as my lathe motor decided to give up the ghost. anic:anic: :angry::angry:
It started running loud and got real hot.
Anybody got an extra motor for a g0602 10x 22 lathe? Grizzly say it will be Aug before they have any.
Hope you enjoyed this.
Ron
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