Four video's uploaded to You Tube on the X3 mill.
http://www.youtube.com/user/John5tevenson
Enjoy.
John S.
Four video's uploaded to You Tube on the X3 mill.
http://www.youtube.com/user/John5tevenson
Enjoy.
John S.
Good work John.
Is that the bench wobbling or the camera?
Greg
Yikes, that would be the bench shaking!
On all equipment there are 2 levers...
Lever "A", and Lever F'in "B"
It's the stand, These were shot whilst it was on it's show transport stand C/W castors.
Rapids on this are about 120 in / min so it does throw itself round a bit.
John S.
Hi John,
What type of cutter were you using for the herringbone and helical gears.
Thanks:cheers:
Phil
Phil,
Actually it was a bit of a bodge as it's a straight sided rack cutter off another job. It was done more to test the software program than to generate a correct gear.
I have since ground up some D bits with the correct involute but as yet haven't cut any more gears, maybe next week as I have a machine to test.
.
Hi John
Thanks for the feedback.
Have you considered to use the mill to produce the involute, with the blank in the spindle and a single point lathe tool in a vise on the table.
Also it seems to me there are a whole range of possibilities to produce gear cutters using a CNC mill, especially with a 4th axis.
Phil