Group Project: Dividing Head - The Build

[Shotgun]

I got the video done. The spindle clamps are right at the start. Like I said, just need to finish out with the clamp bolts.

Turn a cheap angle vice into a turn table

I repurpose a broken angle vice into a table to turn an outside radius on parts.

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[Flyinfool]

Looking good.
I like seeing people understand the design and get creative with things.

 

[Shotgun]

Just got to bake them at 400* for a while and then dunk them in motor oil, and the spindle clamps are functional.

There are a few oopsies. I relieved the wrong side for the indexing pin socket on the one on top right. And the one on top left, the mill got away from me when I was putting on the outside radius. A couple have one corner relieved. That came from re-purposing the main base sections I screwed up.

I'll now set about making the Crank Arm, I think it is called.

 

[Flyinfool]

They all look great from here.

 

[erikmannie]

I am going to finish the spindles this Sunday. I will post plenty of pictures.

 

[erikmannie]

Here is an overload of pictures from today’s work.

It took me 3 hours just to clean the garage and figure out the work holding. My machinist’s jack was too tall for this job.

I had a friend over who was working on bicycles, and that was a bit of a distraction. At one point, I was talking to him and crashed my edge finder into the work piece; this ruined the edge finder. It is hard for me to work and talk at the same time.

I won’t continue work until I receive the new edge finder that I just ordered. In the future, I’m going to have an extra edge finder on hand.

 

[erikmannie]

My new Mitutoyo Edge Finder arrived. I will mill the rest of the slots a week from this Sunday. I.e., 10/17.

I’m going to buy a spare Edge Finder right now so I don’t get hung up again. That is definitely one item where you want to have a spare.

Edit:
Here it is; it was $16.33 delivered:

 

[ErichKeane]

So I managed to ruin another wheel attempting to hobb it. I think this is just something I'm not going to be able to do. Is there someone I can just send the wheels to who has experience doing them? I've got the wheels themselves done except for the hobbing.

 

[Winegrower]

Erikmannie, that is a clever use of mill clamps to support your spindles. I have to remember that.

 

[Ianagos]

I’ve been trying to get good results for the engraving of the trunions. So far it’s looking decent im trying to do this with a 1/32 ball endmill. This is just on some scrap material

I only have one extra part so I really don’t want to screw them up.

Wish I knew how or had time but I do know my machine can be setup for Hobbing but I have no clue how not the time to sort it at the moment honestly


For the dividing plates I have the material on hand but I actually wanted to heat treat it to get it a bit harder. It is 4340 steel plate.


Also been learning to cylindrical grind and even learned how to case harden parts with great results.