Michael G
9th June 2013, 10:28 PM
First of all, I'd like to apportion the blame for this situation to Simon. I had made a set of metric change gears for my lathe and had made up a little rack for them. It lives in a cabinet drawer and everything was fine.
However, as part of making up a hob I needed to make up a pair of change gears. As we all know, change gears are like a box of chocolates - it's really hard to stop at just two. With most things shedish, having an incomplete set is a bit of an anathema too. It is likely that I'll end up making a set of them on the off chance that I have to cut some of the less common threads somewhere between 1tpi and 308tpi (apparently the lathe can cut those, although what a 308tpi thread goes on...).
The manual says there are 36 gears in total, all 16DP and range from 30t to 73t. These are 1/2" thick, so a stack would be 18" high, 18kg and (roughly) range from 50mm diameter to 120mm. But - I'm running out of cupboard & drawer space - so I was thinking of wall mounting them on pegs with perhaps a glass or plastic cover to keep the rust fairies at bay (although that might have the consequence of turning them into a yart work). I already have something similar looking that looks like one of those dart board cupboards that I use for my files to hang in - referred to of course as a filing cabinet.
Anyone done anything similar? Thoughts? Other ideas? Phone numbers for Shedaholics anonymous?
Michael
However, as part of making up a hob I needed to make up a pair of change gears. As we all know, change gears are like a box of chocolates - it's really hard to stop at just two. With most things shedish, having an incomplete set is a bit of an anathema too. It is likely that I'll end up making a set of them on the off chance that I have to cut some of the less common threads somewhere between 1tpi and 308tpi (apparently the lathe can cut those, although what a 308tpi thread goes on...).
The manual says there are 36 gears in total, all 16DP and range from 30t to 73t. These are 1/2" thick, so a stack would be 18" high, 18kg and (roughly) range from 50mm diameter to 120mm. But - I'm running out of cupboard & drawer space - so I was thinking of wall mounting them on pegs with perhaps a glass or plastic cover to keep the rust fairies at bay (although that might have the consequence of turning them into a yart work). I already have something similar looking that looks like one of those dart board cupboards that I use for my files to hang in - referred to of course as a filing cabinet.
Anyone done anything similar? Thoughts? Other ideas? Phone numbers for Shedaholics anonymous?
Michael