beckley23
Titanium
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2003
- Location
- Louisville, KY, USA
Last summer or fall I got casually interested in the Variator after I turned down a job because of travel limitations of the TA on my 16"CY. I was looking at a catalog cut sheet that happened to have a picture of the Variator, and said "there's the answer", and "this looks simple enough". At the time I posted about the Variator and Russ was kind enough to send me a link to the patent# 2,184,377. I made a print out, and in March designed my version.
Before you ask, no I don't have a driving need for one, the refused job wasn't a big ticket item, and I hardly ever use the TA's on my lathes. It looks like a neat attachment and I want one, the only obstacles to get over was the cost of the gears and the lathe's 54" centers, a bit on the short side to really take advantage of the capabilities a Variator offers.
As with all of my "homebrew" designs this is a weldment. I am approxiamately 60% finished.
All the gears are 16 DP, 20 deg PA. There are 3 24T, 1 32T, 2 48T, 1 64T, 1 72T and 2 4' racks.
The weldment is 5-1/2" wide, about 3-1/2" tall and about 11-1/2" long and currently weighs about 20 LBS, it started out at about 35 LBS. All the mill work, thus far, has been done on the K&T's.
With a couple exceptions, I don't think that the pictures that follow need comments, they were taken in the order work progressed.
Harry
Before you ask, no I don't have a driving need for one, the refused job wasn't a big ticket item, and I hardly ever use the TA's on my lathes. It looks like a neat attachment and I want one, the only obstacles to get over was the cost of the gears and the lathe's 54" centers, a bit on the short side to really take advantage of the capabilities a Variator offers.
As with all of my "homebrew" designs this is a weldment. I am approxiamately 60% finished.
All the gears are 16 DP, 20 deg PA. There are 3 24T, 1 32T, 2 48T, 1 64T, 1 72T and 2 4' racks.
The weldment is 5-1/2" wide, about 3-1/2" tall and about 11-1/2" long and currently weighs about 20 LBS, it started out at about 35 LBS. All the mill work, thus far, has been done on the K&T's.
With a couple exceptions, I don't think that the pictures that follow need comments, they were taken in the order work progressed.
Harry