gear for an indexing head.

[MetalhackerParticipant @metalhacker]

Thanks Keith, Neil, and of course Harold. I will be sure to take that all into account when making the dividing head. One last thought. As I have the VSL Boxford lathe it would be very unwieldy to use an L00 mounted chuck. But I would think using a unimat chuck on an MT2 taper might be too small. Any ideas anyone?

Best Wishes

Andries

[Keith LongParticipant @keithlong89920]

Probably the most commonly available chuck fitting in the model engineering field is the Myford. You can easily pick up faceplates and chucks from EBay and elsewhere with this fitting. Otherwise just stick with the MT2 taper and use soft end blank arbors machined to take whatever chuck you want to use. Many dividing jobs such as gear cutting could be done on an arbor or mandrel directly fitting into the MT2, but to make sure the job doesn't slip use a drawbar to hold things snug.

Keith

Edited By Keith Long on 15/04/2013 23:25:19

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

If you make it compatible with C5 collets you have the precision on the small stuff but can mount a reasonable sized chuck on either a 1 in arbor in a collet or on a specific V5 arbor. These also transfer into the lathe.

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