Tool Grinder (maybe)
#11
Greg,
Looking very smart - the graduations look excellent what sort of tool did you use?
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#12
Found an engraving bit in some cutter I was given. Basically a D bit with a point, cut surprisingly well at about 3000 rpm.
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#13
Where's this "split cotter" and where does it go?
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#14
Its still the imaginary split cotter, two of them, to lock the tool angle and the assembly to a shaft. Maybe today, we'll see.
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#15
Sorry, Does a "split cotter" look like this?

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#16
Nope Steve, pictures to follow. Interesting screw up today. Machined a pin to old two of the parts together. Machined two diameters and a shoulder then single pointed a 7/8 14 tpi thread on the end. Cleaned it up with a solid die, then parted it off. The thread is crooked to the pin. HOW!!!!!! The die should have followed the existing thread, I do this all the time lacking full profile inserts. As you thread the pin in the top makes a lovely circle about 30 or 40 thou out.
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#17
The offending pin. Still no idea how the threads got cut crooked. Ended up cutting them undersized with a split die then locating the pin in a counterbore above the female thread. Probably the way it should have been done in the first place. The split cotter Steve.

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How it clamps the shaft.

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And the assembly, need to make a handle with thread to tighten the clamp but a bolt works for now.

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#18
Ok, getting the situation now!! (Great pics!!)
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#19
ah, it's all starting to make sense to me. Well some of it!
I do like that locking mechanism! very nice,
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#20
We call that split pin you made a Binder here. I was wondering myself what you were referring to. Crystal clear now. Thanks.
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