Re: Tiny clock hands - advice please
I did think check Manufacture calculations.? When did back 1880¡¯s they always right this first time.
Even when I am cutting gears? I do a dry run and mark where the tooth goes before making the
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davesmith1800
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#64535
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drilling small holes on a unimat
I had to make a new worm gear for an N gauge loco, 5mm dia 1mm pitch in brass, the only issue was it needed a 0.8mm (32 thou) hole for the motor shaft.
the first one i made I threaded the outside of
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Peter ashby
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Re: Tiny clock hands - advice please
Thank you
I found the chart by manufacturer web site. After doing a lot calculations yepy . Thank you finding that error.
I could not edit post so deleted
This one I work on and off? for days.
I
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davesmith1800
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Re: Tiny clock hands - advice please
Take care guys with that Toolmaster division table posted by Dave. It is full of errors and inaccuracies. To take a couple of examples the 43 division figures will give you 40.5 divisions (approx) and
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Richard H (from Lincoln UK)
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Re: Tiny clock hands - advice please
LASER CUTTER ? PCBWAY ?
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clankennedy2004
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Re: Tiny clock hands - advice please
I see is clocks and watches
Here a chart for the mini rotary table 36 tooth worm and cutting a 59 tooth moon phase.
The second file is for simple indexing 3, 4 ,5 and 7 indexing drum
Dave
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davesmith1800
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Re: 24V DC motor
#unimat3
It is current you have to watch for and cooling
Some will put current limiting resistor and a threamal switch.
The rule of thumb on motors max 10% over voltage.
I have always like this lathe
A year
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davesmith1800
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Re: Taper pins
Buy extra pins that size, then. You'll likely chew them up getting them out if you do it frequently.?
Bill in OKC?
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by:Good judgement comes
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: Taper pins
To add to my last comment about tapping a dowel for removal, standard dowel pins are only case hardened so they can easily be drilled and tapped.
Dick
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OldToolmaker
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Re: Taper pins
Peter, I have tapped dowels to allow them to be removed.
Dick
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http://www.homemadetools.net/ forum/s...995#post112113
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OldToolmaker
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Re: Taper pins
Many thanks everyone!
My immediate (and very temporary) use is to register the fingerboard on a classical (nylon strung) guitar before removing and re-shaping it (and the neck). I¡¯ll be adding some
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Peter Brooks
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Re: Taper pins
Peter,
Straight dowels will likely give you all the accuracy you need. Since wood changes size with humidity and the seasons, one usually needs to allow for this by locking two pieces together at
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Gerald Feldman
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Re: Taper pins
There are two ways to use dowels for location. The traditional way is to assemble your mechanism, or whatever, and when it is right drill and dowel the joints so it can be dismantled and rebuilt to
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Keith S. Angus
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Re: Taper pins
Hi Peter:
McMaster-Carr has a excellent online catalog, and will ship overseas. I think they would get you good rates.
Also they sell dowel pins with tapped holes so you can pull them from blind
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Carl
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Re: Taper pins
Thanks Dick, I¡¯m in the UK though¡
I can see a blind hole being a problem for a pin that is tapped all the way in - to fix a handwheel for instance. My purpose would be to repeatedly locate two
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Peter Brooks
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Re: Taper pins
Good call I forgot to mention that.
Phill
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phill005
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Re: Taper pins
A blind taper pin cannot be removed.
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http://www.homemadetools.net/ forum/s...995#post112113 (
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OldToolmaker
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Re: Taper pins
Peter, look at MacMaster Carr for taper pin reamers and taper pins. This is a great source and they have anything.
Dick
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OldToolmaker
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Re: Taper pins
Brilliant, thanks Phil, just what I needed.
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Peter Brooks
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Re: Taper pins
Yes no problem pre-drill a hole to depth then use the reamer to depth, you might have to do a test cut in some scrap to achieve a snug fit for the pin as you don't want the pin to bottom out.
Have a
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phill005
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