Your not. You just source the other wheelsThanks seadog
I only have a few gears that the lathe came with and these dont include whats needed.
Looks like im screwed.
Oh ok.Except he need the 127/135 to cut imperial on a metric Richard
Boxford use a 100/127 compound gear for metric conversion. You would be close enough for with 50/63 I guess. Unless you're cutting a screw of some length.
I was just going by your post
Im trying to cut a 8tpi thread on a metric boxford to duplicate the splndle for a little project. I thought a 3mm pitch would do it but it doesnt. Is there a way to do this without imperial change gears as i dont have any.
Cheers.
Quite right, I confused matters there
100/127 - Imperial to metric
127/135 metric to Imperial
Does this go for all lathes?
Fairly pricey. Not sure if it’s a good deal or not but once you’ve got them you’ve got them and it opens up many more doors.
List what changewheels you have.
3D printing is an option that may be worth investigating. Provided the print density is high you ought to end up with a serviceable gear.How much?
Probably worth it if you do a great deal of imperial but mainly metric, but to rich for me who would only like to do the odd imperial, as I mainly use it to make hard to find or expensive parts for European motorcycles, but occasionally the odd British bike,
I wonder if plastic gears would be suitable,I am kind of wary of plastic gears, though I understand many cheap lathes have plastic gears.