Gleeeeeeen? you were suppose to give that Brown lathe to me to
restore.? BuggerJ? To bad we can’t find a really good Dandy lathe to go with your
Brown.? Dennis the trouble maker.
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From:
DaltonLathes@groups.io [mailto:DaltonLathes@groups.io] On Behalf Of Glen
Linscheid Sent: Monday, January 17, 2022 4:51 PM To: DaltonLathes@groups.io Subject: Re: [DaltonLathes] Head stock spindle questions
On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 08:50 AM, Dennis Turk wrote:
"Also the back gears are 14 pitch which is an obsolete
size tooth size now days. The gears are also 14 ? degree tooth profile and
modern gears are usually 20 degrees these days."
I think I have the 14 set, plus one of the old Haas stepper
driven rotary tables, accuracy to 1/360th degree. To me it's better to either
replace the gear with a ductile iron blank shrunk and screwed in place with 4
setscrews (Turn the old teeth off plus twice again the depth, bore the DI blank
to .003" under or so and shrink it on, and run the setscrews between the
parting line, little #10s) and then cut the teeth. That's what I did on that
Brown lathe but I made the whole gear out of ductile iron, far stronger than
the original.
?Having said that I should say the better way would be to talk with a gear
hobber, because a generated tooth will be a smoother and quieter tooth.
?Cost maybe $400.
Glen