This sounds like the beginning of something amazing. I needed this technology to my disposal 25 years ago. Now maybe I can revisit some old concepts I had back when you would have to buy 10,000 of them in order for them to set up machinery to make something that might not even work. I like what your doing🙂👍 thanks for sharing.
Now you have me regretting selling my 1986 Craftsman GT6000 with a personally upgraded Electric Actuated Sleeve Hitch! It just got to the point that attaching/taking off the Fabricated 44" (3-blade) deck was too much for my back to handle... Damn I miss that Opposed Twin 22 HP Kohler engine!
Great video Neil!! You are certainly doing some great research and getting stuff done.. I am restoring a milling machine and when it is done I would love to build a gear setup. That will not be for a while. I am building a 1928 Morgan RIP special GN race car from scratch. It is the one that is built like an airplane. I may need an opposed twin (horizontal-the one that has the shaft coming out sideways and not the bottom) that runs at some point so I will be getting in touch with you
The big hurdle does not seem to be the gear cutting at this point its the inner spline part. The originals are sinthered steel made by baking in a mold. This seems to be the ongoing problem including in modern day machines.
I have had hundreds of parts laser cut, from thicker materials they never looked like this. we spec tolerances of -.000 + .005 for the parts and they hit the dimensions right on. I have parts water jetted and the surface finish is close to a mirror finish, tolerances close to the laser. As for the AR500 it is abrasion resistant the welding requirements are super critical, and it can become brittle especially with small parts. Good luck with your endeavors.
That was another idea was making each gear 2 parts. One solid and the other with 4 weld in points to combine the gears. Would be very easy to design once the basic cut is sorted.
@@redneckcomputergeek Can they not flip over the gear and go back and re laser cut clean up the splines? I mean if the laser can cut most of the way nicely then sure to god they can flip it and clean up the splines..
Wondering about the hardness of the materials? Plus heat treating to adjust to be most optimal? I'm not sure what gears hardness for application are optimal. Maybe someone can send you one of those scratch hardness kits if someone doesn't have a Rockwell Brinell tester somewhere.
I like what you are trying to do were about do you live I have a Laser cutting place that I think they could do wat better than that or look into EDM cutting them.
That was another idea was making each gear 2 parts. One solid and the other with 4 weld in points to combine the gears. Would be very easy to design once the basic cut is sorted.
I have 2÷ parts "Roper 633A" Transaxles if you need some good gears. Just pay me for shipping from Western Washington State... Let me know what gears that you need!
Drop me an Email mainemudmower@yahoo.com I extrapolated mathematically what the 2 exploded Hi log gears should be. But real ones to compare to would be best.
This sounds like the beginning of something amazing. I needed this technology to my disposal 25 years ago. Now maybe I can revisit some old concepts I had back when you would have to buy 10,000 of them in order for them to set up machinery to make something that might not even work. I like what your doing🙂👍 thanks for sharing.
Do wish you luck And thank you for the video
Now you have me regretting selling my 1986 Craftsman GT6000 with a personally upgraded Electric Actuated Sleeve Hitch!
It just got to the point that attaching/taking off the Fabricated 44" (3-blade) deck was too much for my back to handle...
Damn I miss that Opposed Twin 22 HP Kohler engine!
Nice, it's a whole new world
Best of luck. I'm just starting to put a locker in that transaxle so maybe I'll wait now..
Good luck!
Great video Neil!! You are certainly doing some great research and getting stuff done.. I am restoring a milling machine and when it is done I would love to build a gear setup. That will not be for a while. I am building a 1928 Morgan RIP special GN race car from scratch. It is the one that is built like an airplane. I may need an opposed twin (horizontal-the one that has the shaft coming out sideways and not the bottom) that runs at some point so I will be getting in touch with you
The big hurdle does not seem to be the gear cutting at this point its the inner spline part. The originals are sinthered steel made by baking in a mold. This seems to be the ongoing problem including in modern day machines.
I wish you best of luck to get it done in 7 days
You might want to try their Waterjet cutting service next time.
Very informative 👏
I have had hundreds of parts laser cut, from thicker materials they never looked like this. we spec tolerances of -.000 + .005 for the parts and they hit the dimensions right on. I have parts water jetted and the surface finish is close to a mirror finish, tolerances close to the laser. As for the AR500 it is abrasion resistant the welding requirements are super critical, and it can become brittle especially with small parts.
Good luck with your endeavors.
Good info!
nice job, just curious, to get better cuts on the gears, use two thinner gears instead of one thicker gear.
That was another idea was making each gear 2 parts. One solid and the other with 4 weld in points to combine the gears. Would be very easy to design once the basic cut is sorted.
@@redneckcomputergeek Can they not flip over the gear and go back and re laser cut clean up the splines? I mean if the laser can cut most of the way nicely then sure to god they can flip it and clean up the splines..
@@FukTheGovernment465no, thats not gonna work,😢 the blowout is conical
@@D3rron08 Oohhhhh well shit ha ha.
why not 2-4 thinner gears that you stack?
Wondering about the hardness of the materials? Plus heat treating to adjust to be most optimal? I'm not sure what gears hardness for application are optimal. Maybe someone can send you one of those scratch hardness kits if someone doesn't have a Rockwell Brinell tester somewhere.
Wishing you logic and luck! 🙂
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I like what you are trying to do were about do you live I have a Laser cutting place that I think they could do wat better than that or look into EDM cutting them.
I have couple of spare 6a33's if you need anything
I got a flymo, i need better parts availability... its a jlo 2stroke
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it's too thick for LASER --- #1 Waterjet cut them or #2 lasercut them in 2mm steel and stack em and silver solder them together.
That was another idea was making each gear 2 parts. One solid and the other with 4 weld in points to combine the gears. Would be very easy to design once the basic cut is sorted.
@@redneckcomputergeek 4 parts, u can make holes and weld or hammer in rivets too, no forces that way
Find a company that offers EDM prototyping.
I would pay more if its cut right . the ones you had cut from that Co. i say they are nasty cuts
I have 2÷ parts "Roper 633A" Transaxles if you need some good gears.
Just pay me for shipping from Western Washington State...
Let me know what gears that you need!
Drop me an Email mainemudmower@yahoo.com I extrapolated mathematically what the 2 exploded Hi log gears should be. But real ones to compare to would be best.
water jet cut the gears
I'm trying to think of a spur gear that you can't buy, and I can't. Your looking in the wrong place.