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(07-08-2012, 09:19 AM)Sunset Machine Wrote: That is a bit much, but I don't know if it's that critical. Eyeballing the cutter to a center is close enough, although you're a bit out in the field at .080...

I've had bad luck with tapered arbors, the gear blanks are too narrow and tend to cock off to one side. The pressure/hammering of the cutter on the workpiece doesn't help. Better, I think, is to make a stepped arbor, and even your beat up lathe can make them. They force the blank to be square, up against a shoulder like that.


Threads are optional, a press fit if you want. I prefer using a nut though.

yes I was out far enough that I could see it without moving the cutter to the center of the shaft, but its what I get for using the same center height as I used on the part I was working on in the pictures I posted earlier. lesson learned don't trust previous setups.

And yes I can make arbors like that, just have to get it in gear and make a couple I have a couple feet of 1 inch 1018 should work ok can put a couple different shoulders on one shaft.

Thanks for the picture I was visioning the shoulder being in the middle of the shaft. got to make up a couple dogs I don't have any, guess I could just drill a hole in the shaft and bend one end of it the grind a couple of flats on it.

thanks

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cutting gears - by dallen - 07-01-2012, 10:48 PM
RE: cutting gears - by TOM REED - 07-01-2012, 11:02 PM
RE: cutting gears - by Mayhem - 07-01-2012, 11:37 PM
RE: cutting gears - by Mayhem - 07-02-2012, 06:06 AM
RE: cutting gears - by Sunset Machine - 07-02-2012, 12:16 PM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-02-2012, 09:28 PM
RE: cutting gears - by EdK - 07-02-2012, 06:18 AM
RE: cutting gears - by Bill Gruby - 07-02-2012, 06:50 AM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-02-2012, 08:00 AM
RE: cutting gears - by Highpower - 07-02-2012, 08:11 AM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-02-2012, 09:10 AM
RE: cutting gears - by krv3000 - 07-02-2012, 08:32 AM
RE: cutting gears - by EdK - 07-03-2012, 05:40 AM
RE: cutting gears - by b4dyc - 07-03-2012, 06:19 AM
RE: cutting gears - by Mayhem - 07-03-2012, 06:28 AM
RE: cutting gears - by EdK - 07-03-2012, 06:52 AM
RE: cutting gears - by Mayhem - 07-03-2012, 07:01 AM
RE: cutting gears - by b4dyc - 07-03-2012, 08:07 AM
RE: cutting gears - by EdK - 07-03-2012, 08:40 AM
RE: cutting gears - by Sunset Machine - 07-03-2012, 08:56 AM
RE: cutting gears - by EdK - 07-03-2012, 09:27 AM
RE: cutting gears - by Sunset Machine - 07-03-2012, 12:14 PM
RE: cutting gears - by EdK - 07-03-2012, 12:23 PM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-03-2012, 09:47 AM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-05-2012, 09:38 AM
RE: cutting gears - by Mayhem - 07-05-2012, 09:40 PM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-05-2012, 09:51 PM
RE: cutting gears - by Sunset Machine - 07-07-2012, 10:43 AM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-07-2012, 10:59 PM
RE: cutting gears - by gramps51 - 07-22-2012, 08:42 AM
RE: cutting gears - by Sunset Machine - 07-08-2012, 09:19 AM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-08-2012, 10:52 AM
RE: cutting gears - by Sunset Machine - 07-08-2012, 11:28 AM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-09-2012, 10:34 PM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-11-2012, 09:09 PM
RE: cutting gears - by Sunset Machine - 07-15-2012, 11:52 AM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-15-2012, 02:01 PM
RE: cutting gears - by Rickabilly - 07-27-2012, 03:39 PM
RE: cutting gears - by Sunset Machine - 07-16-2012, 10:05 AM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-20-2012, 09:02 AM
RE: cutting gears - by Sunset Machine - 07-20-2012, 09:08 PM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-21-2012, 01:31 PM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-17-2012, 07:25 AM
RE: cutting gears - by DaveH - 07-20-2012, 01:02 PM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-20-2012, 02:51 PM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-20-2012, 10:23 PM
RE: cutting gears - by DaveH - 07-21-2012, 02:23 PM
RE: cutting gears - by stevec - 07-22-2012, 09:36 AM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-23-2012, 04:59 PM
RE: cutting gears - by dallen - 07-27-2012, 09:02 PM
RE: cutting gears - by Rickabilly - 07-28-2012, 04:33 AM
RE: cutting gears - by stevec - 07-28-2012, 06:40 AM
RE: cutting gears - by EdK - 07-28-2012, 09:43 AM
RE: cutting gears - by Rickabilly - 07-28-2012, 01:38 PM
RE: cutting gears - by stevec - 07-28-2012, 01:45 PM
RE: cutting gears - by Rickabilly - 07-28-2012, 02:04 PM



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