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Re: QCGB banjo needed


 

Hi Bill

I had the travers housing and reverse gears printed in metal like I said I planned to do. I am not happy with the quality/finish though; not sure if it was the chinesium manufacturing or the technology that is the culprit as I am getting conflicting?information. I have installed the parts but yet to cut anything since so I am holding off on sharing my CAD and experience until I have a couple of cuts made.?

Fo anyone interested; I took Bill's diagram from a couple of years ago and created a CAD model out of it. His was the only model that fit my lathe; many others' did not for some reason. Happy to share with anyone; I printed it in plastic?to gauge fit and it looked good. My aluminium printed version resulted in more backlash on the carriage?hand wheel than expected even though neither the rack or the gear seems to have a lot of wear. What is normal here? I have something like 1/5th of a turn before?it engages...?

On Tue, 5 Nov 2024 at 09:14, Bill in OKC too via <wmrmeyers=[email protected]> wrote:
Back before milling machines became common, such things were sawn out by hand, or cast in iron, brass, or even aluminum, then filed or chiseled out. Look at some of the old books on what was called "benchwork" for how it was done, and the tools used. Burghardt was one of the authors who wrote about it in the late 19th & early 20th Century.

has a section describing use of chisels for "chipping" and filing, and in the Bench Work section.

another from the 19th century...

Cutting from sheet metal, and riveting would work, too. Laser, or jigsaw, or hacksaw & filing g...??

Could also 3D print something. Or use the print as a pattern to cast in sand or investment. Lots of ways to get where you want to be.

Bill in OKC?

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On Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 12:15:46 AM CST, Natius van der Watt <vnatius@...> wrote:


This could be handy; where is this section with drawings Mike?

I also need a banjo but I do not have a mill. So I figured if I could draw up the banjo in CAD, I could split it into layers and have separate pieces of sheet metal laser cut and the, rivet these together to get the profile with slots and grooves.?
Any thoughts on this?

On Tue, 5 Nov 2024 at 04:15, mike allen via <animal=[email protected]> wrote:
I forgot to mention that if ya contact Clausing who bought Atlas Press way way back & they no longer have the part for sale they will send ya a copy of the print so ya can make yer own . Also if ya check in the files section under17 Drawings, Atlas or Craftsman Machine Parts?
there are a bunch of drawigs for lathe parts .
animal

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