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The Shop => Tools => Topic started by: Gerhard Olivier on October 22, 2009, 04:20:09 PM

Title: Radius knurling?
Post by: Gerhard Olivier on October 22, 2009, 04:20:09 PM

On the lathe im fixing is a lot of knobs with knurled heads but they are knurled on a radius not flat -so how do I

After a while of  :scratch: I figured I already have the tool for it.

(http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt161/geroli/NART10.jpg)

So I took a knob cut a small radius at the end and indented the top as the old ones would be leaving something that look like a pumpkin.

(http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt161/geroli/NART9.jpg)

The mod of the toool looks like this.  Knurling wheel ( fine straight) on a mount with a brass pin to rotate on.
(http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt161/geroli/NART11.jpg)

After setting the tool and some (lots) of WD40 applied some presure to the tool and after some gentle rotation it looked like this.

(http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt161/geroli/NART12.jpg)
(http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt161/geroli/NART13.jpg)

Gerhard

Title: Re: Radius knurling?
Post by: sbwhart on October 22, 2009, 04:34:09 PM

Neat Job Gerhard  :clap: :clap:

 :beer:

Stew

Title: Re: Radius knurling?
Post by: Darren on October 22, 2009, 04:36:44 PM

Excellent, that was a really nice bit of brain power there  :bow:

Looks terrific  :clap:

Title: Re: Radius knurling?
Post by: DavesWimshurst on October 22, 2009, 10:09:42 PM

Gerhard,
The ball turner strikes again, nice mod! :nrocks:

Dave

Title: Re: Radius knurling?
Post by: websterz on October 22, 2009, 11:04:47 PM

Ball Turners...is there ANYTHING they can't do?  :thumbup:   :nrocks:

Title: Re: Radius knurling?
Post by: dsquire on October 23, 2009, 02:14:49 AM

Gerhard

Thinking outside the box again? Job well done :ddb: :ddb:

Cheers  :beer:

Don

Title: Re: Radius knurling?
Post by: Gerhard Olivier on October 23, 2009, 04:03:24 AM

Thanks for the comments.

It is a wonderfull feeling when you do a small simple mod AND it works so well.

Back to the other current projects  :proj: ITS SO CONFUSING.

Gerhard

Title: Re: Radius knurling?
Post by: jim on October 23, 2009, 04:30:07 AM

impresive :clap:

Title: Re: Radius knurling?
Post by: CrewCab on October 23, 2009, 12:13:26 PM

More thinking "Outside the box"    ..............  nice one Gerhard  :thumbup:

I need to make a new ball turner to suit the Boxford, looks like I'll need to get my "Design Head" on first to incorporate all these great ideas  :smart:

CC

Title: Re: Radius knurling?
Post by: cedge on October 23, 2009, 11:40:44 PM

 :thumbup:
Gerhard
It's the small nuggets of pure gold, like this one that keep me watching the forums. This one is a solution I'd been looking for for quite some time. Well done!! Now I hope you'll understand when I steal it and add it to my own arsenal of tools....LOL

Steve

Title: Re: Radius knurling?
Post by: Gerhard Olivier on October 24, 2009, 03:10:17 AM

Quote from: cedge on October 23, 2009, 11:40:44 PM

:thumbup:
Now I hope you'll understand when I steal it and add it to my own arsenal of tools....LOL

Steve

Thanks and steal all you want.  It would repay some small part of all the ideas I have stolen over time.

Gerhard.