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AdeV:

--- Quote from: John Stevenson on January 24, 2011, 05:24:13 PM ---
I don't hate all shapers, only the ones made the wrong way.
This is the way they should be made :poke:

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How come you can see the floor? Must have taken weeks to clean up around that thing, just for the photo...

John Stevenson:
Photo took whilst being installed. :(

AdeV:
I'm guessing you can only see the top of it now? ;)

HS93:

--- Quote from: Rob.Wilson on January 24, 2011, 05:11:19 PM ---Cheers Lads :thumbup:

Gerhard and Jason ,,,,, The swan neck (some bird anyway ) tool is a very old idea ,, i first laid eyes on one in an old tool catalogue , along with a few other lathe tool ideas that have been long forgotten ,some i will have to try out , :D, What it dose is eliminate tool chatter , as you can see in the photos ,, thats 1/8 deep in stainless and just the ruffing cut . no sign of any chatter :dremel: ,, the tool dose this by raising the centre of the bend radius , so when its under load the tool is deflected away from the work and not into the work as with a normal tool ,, with a normal tool under cutting load it will be deflected into the work , taking more off the work and setting up vibration ,, CHATTER :med: ,, The tool holder needs to be made from a tool steel , mild steel will not do as it will have no spring to it .
Another good thing it the tool uses old worn out milling cutters as the cutter bit :med: ,, well worth an hour or so to make one .

Also a good tool for the shaper . as John (i hate shapers) has just said :thumbup: :lol: :lol:

A few ideas :D ,, old catalogue dose not scan to well :doh:

Rob

Edit .. ye oldie original tool ,, were a forging , not cut from solid as i have done ,,, a forged tool were the grain of the steel follows the bend would be a better job .

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As I have been told I am a bit thick, is this a simmilar idea of toll it looks to easy so is it any good

thanks

Peter

Rob.Wilson:
Hi Peter

It is a copy of an old tool and yes its the mutts nuts :D

I got a chance to do a bit in the shop today ,,,, first off was to replace the gears i bust :doh: ,, John S kindly sent me a very well made set of gears :dremel:

Cheers John :D

I finished cutting the worm without any miss hap ::) ,, this is were it will be going ,

Here it is up against the myford lead screw , for size

Then the outer bearing end was turned

Then the shaft was removed from the lathe and the carrier fitted the the outer bearing end ,, fitting a bit split copper pipe to the just turned end ,, the copper pipe stops the carrier from marking the job .

Then the shaft was ruffed to size

Then finish turned and screw cut ,, 1/2 16TPI and 3/8 20TPI

job done

Cheers Rob

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