Well explained. I have the BS1 model with a 6" chuck. Quite happy with it. I totally disassembled it and was surprised it was fairly clean inside. I purchased it to make some change gears. & to tell the truth just to prove I could make gears. To make gears requires making a tapered arbore and mounting the work blank between centers. I purchased a set of gear cutters for the tooth pattern I needed. For a one-off gear I've hand ground a tool and made a holder similar to a fly cutter to mount it. Not perfect but the gear runs well enough. Each tooth is cut to full depth in a single pass. I have ruined a couple of gears by losing track of rotational counts. (Pay close attention, it gets boring after multiple teeth cutting!) Keith Rucker has a good video on making bevel gears. I've used Acetal for some gears, and it works well. Both fun and challenging. Even though it can be turned straight up it takes a lot of Z axis space on a mill. Much better off with a rotary table that takes indexing plates for that use.
Thanks myfriend, I've just bought one last week. Same as you I've not used on since I was 16 years old. Now I'm 62, but really you cannot go wrong for £200.
I like the dividing head, when using holes for dividing I put chalk marks on every 4 holes before I start afterwards easy to wipe off. Thanks for the video, 🇬🇧👍.
Great help thanks
I always wondered how a dividing head worked. Now I know. Thank you.
Well explained. I have the BS1 model with a 6" chuck. Quite happy with it. I totally disassembled it and was surprised it was fairly clean inside. I purchased it to make some change gears. & to tell the truth just to prove I could make gears. To make gears requires making a tapered arbore and mounting the work blank between centers. I purchased a set of gear cutters for the tooth pattern I needed. For a one-off gear I've hand ground a tool and made a holder similar to a fly cutter to mount it. Not perfect but the gear runs well enough. Each tooth is cut to full depth in a single pass. I have ruined a couple of gears by losing track of rotational counts. (Pay close attention, it gets boring after multiple teeth cutting!) Keith Rucker has a good video on making bevel gears. I've used Acetal for some gears, and it works well. Both fun and challenging. Even though it can be turned straight up it takes a lot of Z axis space on a mill. Much better off with a rotary table that takes indexing plates for that use.
Thanks myfriend, I've just bought one last week. Same as you I've not used on since I was 16 years old. Now I'm 62, but really you cannot go wrong for £200.
Very interesting - Thank you.
really well explained!
I like the dividing head, when using holes for dividing I put chalk marks on every 4 holes before I start afterwards easy to wipe off. Thanks for the video, 🇬🇧👍.
Great tip!
That's an excellent piece of kit Alan, and a very good price. Nice demo as well Alan, and clearly explained. Thank you. Cheers Nobby
Very welcome
Very interesting - Thank you.. Thanks my friend.
G'day Alan. Excellent video on the Devideing Head. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks my friend
Bonne vidéo, merci
good video
Thanks, but how do I deal with the crank handle not moving freely? Thanks
Check that the clamp is free on the opposite side to the handle