I have a access to a maxi cut, not much tooling though. Cutters seem to be big ££££ and dont have a full gear change set yet. Do your change gears have an odd kind of 3 sided centre hole to drive them?
I paid £100 quid for a 127/100 gear for my Southbend(=Boxford) in 2019. Quite a big American market with all those Southbend owners across the pond too. Postage shouldn't be a killer on something that size either.
Is it worthwhile to have a lathe which will do both ?
Lathe breakers are vermin because they destroy good machines causing a shortage driving up prices on complete machines and overcharging for easily made parts Parting out junk I understandI put one on eBay for £50 I think. Got a snotty message from one of the lathe breakers that it should be £120 because that's what they usually sell for. I told him him that £50 was fair enough by me and I wasn't here to help keep his prices up.
Yes they doI have a access to a maxi cut, not much tooling though. Cutters seem to be big ££££ and dont have a full gear change set yet. Do your change gears have an odd kind of 3 sided centre hole to drive them?
Depends what you make.As a great many of the old Boxfords were Imperial, and as present day & future parts will be Metric, I would be confident that there would be interest in the 127/100 main conversion gear as they are not easy to find, and you will have to dig deep in your wallet to acquire it if you are fortunate to find one; that's the main drawback for most Imperial Boxford owners.
But then, you will also need about eight or so other gears to cut all of the metric threads currently available. I already have the 127/100 conversion gear ( sorry Pressbrake1 ) and seven of the eight threading gears, which are 48, 44, 40, 36, 32, 28, and 24. The only one I'm missing is a 26 tooth gear.
Is it worthwhile to have a lathe which will do both ?
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Is it worthwhile to have a lathe which will do both ?
It was late when I posted, but what I should of ended my last sentence with was " For me its a Yes. "Depends what you make. ……………………………………………….
Fascinating things, those Fellowes shapers, but I never had the chance to use one.Does your shaper come with cutters? They are bloody expensive just like hobs.
Yes please, if we can get a cutter for our change gears we can cut the ones we dont haveIf that's for me, no. I can take a pic tomorrow if you like?
Yes they do
Yes please, if we can get a cutter for our change gears we can cut the ones we dont
I wonder what The centring ability of such a broach would be especially considering the size.That tri-lobe centre would cut easily with a mill then a wobble broach. The only real effort being in making the broach but it doesn't look too difficult.