daredo222
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Mar 8, 2007
- Location
- Norwich U.K. & Marvao, Portugal
I had to make a shaft extension for the motor shaft, photo 1, 20ø, 6mm keyway, 32mm blind bore.
Photo 2 is the extension before cutting the keyway.
No cutter grinder or surface grinder.
I had a piece of ¼” square HSS, long enough to reach down the hole & be clamped but it looked a bit weak to get to the bottom of a 32mm deep hole. I thought about trying to cut a short piece of & clamping it in a bar but couldn’t come up with a sensible arrangement that would let me get right down the blind bore to the centre line of the cross-hole. I came up with the following:
With a carbide endmill I took .33mm off one side of the ¼” square HSS, cut like dream & got the size to 6.02 mm. Then I made the “shoe”, photos 3 & 4, turned & milled from a piece of mild steel, the slot was size to size with the 6.02 dimension. With this the HSS tool cannot deflect left or right or spring back without bending the supporting shoe. The clamping screws on the slotting head on my Schaublin 53 go straight in from the front so they clamp the tool into the shoe, Photo 5. I had to come away from the cutting position a couple of times to get the swarf out with a magnet but other than that went like dream. The keyway cut & the extension on the shaft, Photos 6 &7.
I could have done one of many bodge-ups with grub screws, etc, but my reputation is on the line here.
Ray
Photo 2 is the extension before cutting the keyway.
No cutter grinder or surface grinder.
I had a piece of ¼” square HSS, long enough to reach down the hole & be clamped but it looked a bit weak to get to the bottom of a 32mm deep hole. I thought about trying to cut a short piece of & clamping it in a bar but couldn’t come up with a sensible arrangement that would let me get right down the blind bore to the centre line of the cross-hole. I came up with the following:
With a carbide endmill I took .33mm off one side of the ¼” square HSS, cut like dream & got the size to 6.02 mm. Then I made the “shoe”, photos 3 & 4, turned & milled from a piece of mild steel, the slot was size to size with the 6.02 dimension. With this the HSS tool cannot deflect left or right or spring back without bending the supporting shoe. The clamping screws on the slotting head on my Schaublin 53 go straight in from the front so they clamp the tool into the shoe, Photo 5. I had to come away from the cutting position a couple of times to get the swarf out with a magnet but other than that went like dream. The keyway cut & the extension on the shaft, Photos 6 &7.
I could have done one of many bodge-ups with grub screws, etc, but my reputation is on the line here.
Ray