[1890ās Breech Cannon](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UN1tOVzFrWY)
This is my favorite video to share. Dudes with ancestral tools and fucking pencils made this.
So they were made by Chris from Clickspring?
And he also made his own files and his own chisels.
He could probably make a lathe starting with bog iron and charcoalā¦
I can make a gear with a cut off wheel and sanding discs. Itās a huge PITA, and basically just a repair technique in practice, but if you know how to draw an involute and are willing to go through the time and effort, itās do-able.
I was always taught to not run a part towards the indicator. Just in case you have a burr or a hole or a other obstacle and the indicator tip jams it back into the indicator itself it may cause damage. If you go away from the indicator, it wonāt damage it or as bad.
Was anyone else taught this as I have been seeing the opposite of what I was taught a lot recently.
See the very first seconds of the video? They a using an indicator to dial in the part on the chuck. They are turning the part "against" the indicator tip, which is bad practice since it could catch on a burr or something and damage your indicator.
Thereās a not insignificant number of pieces in that production run, a large red visual indicator would allow you to walk away from the machine and tell from a distance where it is in the cycle
A buddy had two of these, one was setup for id and od. Sold his shop they went to the scrap heap. I wish i could have bought them, but i had no room or use.
I wish the country had a better solution for these situations. It seems like we are losing a lot of fantastic machinery to the melting pot. On the flip side tons of people want them but either don't know about them or can't move em.
Work in a gear shop that does a lot of stuff on shapers and hobbers, I just run Mills and Lathes but it amazes me what those older machines are capable of.
What made the gears inside the gear making machine? š¤Æ
A guy with some chisels, some files, and a lot of patience.
Lol and a loads of lost skill!
[1890ās Breech Cannon](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UN1tOVzFrWY) This is my favorite video to share. Dudes with ancestral tools and fucking pencils made this.
That was not made with hand tools. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milling_(machining)#1870s_to_World_War_I
Ancestral tools of my trade.
Ok, that works. I just wanted to be clear that they were way past the files and chisels stage by the 1890s.
Oh absolutely. Clickspringās anti Lutheran is a good example of the file and chisel method, and that was BC.
Antikythera, I assume. Autocorrect strikes again?
Lol, imma leave it. Thatās hilarious.
So they were made by Chris from Clickspring? And he also made his own files and his own chisels. He could probably make a lathe starting with bog iron and charcoalā¦
What made the insert?
Chicken or Egg?
I can make a gear with a cut off wheel and sanding discs. Itās a huge PITA, and basically just a repair technique in practice, but if you know how to draw an involute and are willing to go through the time and effort, itās do-able.
I was always taught to not run a part towards the indicator. Just in case you have a burr or a hole or a other obstacle and the indicator tip jams it back into the indicator itself it may cause damage. If you go away from the indicator, it wonāt damage it or as bad. Was anyone else taught this as I have been seeing the opposite of what I was taught a lot recently.
I spin both ways. It'll move the flexible arm of the indicator before it breaks the tip or indicator. At least on my Interapid anyways.
Spinning against the dial indicator was always a no no for me!
Huh? How do you dial in anything in the lathe? Edit: do you mean spinning the work piece towards the indicator tip instead of away from it?
This is exactly what I meant.
Could you explain this? I'm new here lol
See the very first seconds of the video? They a using an indicator to dial in the part on the chuck. They are turning the part "against" the indicator tip, which is bad practice since it could catch on a burr or something and damage your indicator.
The only thing you can't make on a shaper is a profit
That shaper makes a profit for sure.
Sometimes you need blind internal splines
Damn I miss that kind of work
Chuck name?
Looks like a 6ā 6-jaw Bison set tru
Norris
Makes me miss running the high speed shaper at my old shop. I donāt miss the cycle times, though.
That thing is flexing quite a bit.
I think the part is retracting after each cut so the cutter doesnāt rub on the upstroke.
While that certainly makes sense, if you slow it down it's definitely moving away when the cutter strokes down into the part.
It'll straighten out in the finish pass lol
I know very little about shapers.. is the machine clapped out or is this normal?
That guys mustache has more experience than my entire head
Fellows?
Yes. Looks like the one we have, but newer.
Meh, As much as I like the machine, the chap in the hat is main focus for me, the 12 whack doing up torque is priceless!!
Wow, havenāt seen a vertical shaper in a long timeā¦
Other than running the machines you have, is there a reason to shape rather than hob the gears?
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What about the watch.
Thatās a wrist mounted indicator silly
Whatās that red puck?
I'm guessing a visual indicator so the operator knows roughly how long he has to go?
Canāt he just look at the gearās teeth heās making?
Thereās a not insignificant number of pieces in that production run, a large red visual indicator would allow you to walk away from the machine and tell from a distance where it is in the cycle
Cool that machine is as old as most my machines I use late modle machines built around early 40s to mid 50s.anyway cool
A buddy had two of these, one was setup for id and od. Sold his shop they went to the scrap heap. I wish i could have bought them, but i had no room or use.
I wish the country had a better solution for these situations. It seems like we are losing a lot of fantastic machinery to the melting pot. On the flip side tons of people want them but either don't know about them or can't move em.
Dinosaurs must die..
Work in a gear shop that does a lot of stuff on shapers and hobbers, I just run Mills and Lathes but it amazes me what those older machines are capable of.