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Run it!
If your talking about the pitting inside the bore, the pits will just hold more oil.

Mike -

edma194 wrote: Wed Mar 19, 2025 2:51 pm

SteveMaryland wrote: Wed Mar 19, 2025 2:20 pm I see Grainger also sells them. Might have to buy a new compatible pinion also.

I agree steel or aluminum is preferable to any plastic.

Do you know the pitch and height for the Mark VII?

I measure my MVII rack at 4tpi.
As best I could measure the gear is 12 tooth, 1.165" OD.

Mike -

As with most technology, developers just cant seem to leave well enough alone. Example: cell phone apps especially. I cringe every time I am forced to update an app wondering what part will actually work worse than before. I am sure someone will say that this is done with progress and overall ...

Thanks for the pics. Nice little dividing head. I've been searching for one myself, would prefer to not go Chinese. I bought a small import rotary table and it had over 20 thou run-out brand new. Pretty much worthless.

Mike -

I can get Pictures of that.
I made a head for the Shaper that holds the Gear cutter.


Yes, please.
So are you:
1. Grinding a custom cutting tool to match the module of the gear and simply down-feeding to depth for each tooth, then rotate the dividing head to the next tooth? (I have heard this is ...

Here's my shaper. To be honest, wood working tools scare me more. My SS table saw especially. It sounds like an F-16 about to take off, and the whistle of the saw blade adds to the pucker factor. LOL

Mike -

I'm interested to find out why the shaper is better than an endmill on a vertical mill with a motorized table. Is there less cost in the cutting tool for the shaper?


I am by no means an expert, but my understanding is that gear cutters come in sets of 8 per diametral pitch, and each cutter is ...

I have made gears on in with a Dividing head set up on the table. :)


I know this is off-topic, but the dado washers didn't really impress anyone anyway, LOL. :rolleyes:

If you have pics of that gear making setup on your shaper I would love to see them, and know what dividing head you have to ...

GetterDone wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:51 pm I noticed in your signature that you have an Atlas Shaper.

I have one in my artillery also.

Yes, well, that makes two people left in the world with a metal shaper! Just kidding of course. A bit of an obsolete machine, but still very useful. I use mine a lot.

Mike -

Yes, apparently so. Impressively made really.
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