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Thread: Neat Knurling - Swiss Style
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15th August 2012, 09:49 PM #16
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The knurling tools usually used in a home shop are inexpensive knurl FORMING tools.
Originally Posted by Anorak Bob
I imagine it's one of these Gregory. Nice.
Though it does look like you'd need a pilot's licence to operate the thing.
BT
The knurling tool shown on the picture belongs to the category of knurl CUTTING tools. It produces very much crisper knurls.
If you marvel at a perfect looking industrially made knurl, it was invariably made with a knurl cutting tool. Formed knurls, like those that can be found on some old tools, look immediately less crisp and perfect - but they have a warmer look, more like hand made. There is also a difference in the feel, formed knurls have less sharp edges.
I believe that the Austrian Quick invented the knurl cutting tool. Nowdays there is at least half a dozen makers, probably more. In the simplest form, these tools have only one knurling wheel. Then there are two wheeled ones like in the picture. The angle at which the wheel is presented to the workpiece is different for every workpiece diameter. The lool has setting indexes and must be adjusted for the work diameter. And then there is the three wheeled type, this is used in the tailstock, it looks like a small 3-jaw chuck with one knurling wheel on the tip of each jaw. I have been looking for several years on ebay, but all these knurl cutting tools are very much in demand and sought after. Old and worn looking ones still sell for several times the price of a good quality brand new knurl forming tool..... Chris
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15th August 2012, 11:56 PM #17
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The three wheel Quick tailstock knurler is also employed on CNC machines more readily I am told. It took me about 18 months to find my Quick which is exactly the one in Bob's photo. And the seller had two of them! Now I need to add to my wheel collection and/or sell my Aloris knurler and wheels.
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16th August 2012, 11:21 AM #18
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Originally Posted by Greg Q
I now understand why the search took as long as it did. Not a cheap item GQ.
Knurling Tool, NEW! Quick LA/KF X-775 | eBay
The Quick wheels currently listed on US Ebay are not stiffly priced though.
BT
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16th August 2012, 11:41 AM #19
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Originally Posted by Anorak Bob
I now understand why the search took as long as it did. Not a cheap item GQ.
Knurling Tool, NEW! Quick LA/KF X-775 | eBay
The Quick wheels currently listed on US Ebay are not stiffly priced though.
BT
Yikes! It will perhaps come as no surprise to you that I paid a small fraction of that. Something tells me that Guy Lautard sells plans for a clone...I recall him mentioning it in one of his "Bedside Reader" books.
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16th August 2012, 01:47 PM #20
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Thanks for the heads up on the wheels Bob. The UK seller had some listed also for reasonable money...which I needed to complete the basic set up. Too bad the US seller is selling boxes of the same wheels. Originally Posted by Anorak Bob
I now understand why the search took as long as it did. Not a cheap item GQ.
The Quick wheels currently listed on US Ebay are not stiffly priced though.
BT
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16th August 2012, 01:49 PM #21
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Originally Posted by Greg Q
Yikes! It will perhaps come as no surprise to you that I paid a small fraction of that. Something tells me that Guy Lautard sells plans for a clone...I recall him mentioning it in one of his "Bedside Reader" books.
Greg
Model Engineer's Workshop issue 147 - Dave Fenner, knurling tools - cutting and crushing.
Chris
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