Kempsmith Dividing Head

rhpope · Jan 29, 2007

I have a Kempsmith dividing head like this one on ebay. What the bevel gear used for on the input? Is this so that it can be used for external gearing a mill to cut helical gears? The fact that it is a bevel gear is what makes me not sure since all the others I have seen use spur gears.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150086574421&fromMakeTrack=true

earlypearl · Jan 29, 2007

Got some Kempsmith literature that states: "For general purpose indexing and with the addition of spiral cutting mechanism, gives a continuous range of leads from less than 1/8" to 100 inches"

They made 3 models of dividing heads.

vmil3 · Jan 30, 2007

Hi rhpope,
You are correct in your thinking, but besides cutting helical gears, it is used for differential indexing and cam milling. But you will need the rest of the dividing head attachment which consists of a bracket with the other mateing bevel gear, a swing arm bracket to mount the loose gears on, the 11 change gears to get the desired rotation, and 3 spindles to mount the looses gears on. They look something like this set of mine, made by Vilh Pedersen

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