A little do-dad

Aukai

Aukai

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Just learning the lathe, and made a little clutch disc thickness measuring tool. This is for high maintenance, adjustable type performance sintered iron clutch discs to monitor clutch wear. I don't know what ACE has for set screws, so I still have to drill, and tap it. Kinda plane Jane looking, gotta get a knurling tool. Oh, and I made a round nose HSS tool too....

 
I'm going to be looking at an Eagle Rock scissors type knurling tool per Mikey.... my particular one is a little difficult to get, back ordered etc. I got behind in time zones today, try again tomorrow.
 
For those looking at an Eagle Rock scissors knurler, there are two general models, the heavy duty K1-44 and the lighter K1-201. The key differences are that the K1-44 retains the pins with set screws while the K1-201 requires you to press out the pins every time you want to change wheels. The K1-44 is also slightly heavier built and is a better tool, at least in my opinion. @darkzero can give you more info.
 
I have gotten conflicting part numbers for my PM 1228, so first call will be to Eagle Rock....
 
Yep the K1-201 is the more common one due to the price & is also the one that is copied by many. The K1-44 is their heavy duty model, as the name implies built much beefier. As Mike mentioned, aside from the added strength, the K1-44 uses set screws for the pins & the K1-201 uses press fit pins. I use solid carbide pins on my K1-44. I know someone on another forum who actually was successful at pressing in carbide pins on their K1-201 but it's not an easy task. I was surprised he was able to even do it. If you change knurling pitch often like I do pressing the pins in & out will get annoying very fast.

K1-201 is fine for most uses though. The K1-44 is one of those tools that are not hobbyist friendly due to the price. If you are patient & lucky you might find a K1-44 on ebay from someone not knowing what they have & get it cheap. I got mine for $80 shipped & it was brand new. Found @mikey one too for a similar steal.

You don't need carbide pins for general use though. I mostly knurl grade 5 titanium (all Ti shown below). I love my K1-44. This reminds me, I need to play with my cut knurlers still.

Edit: Sorry to the OP, pics deleted. I'll just leave this link instead.
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The lower knurled lock nut was an experiment - I removed one of the wheels from the knurl to make that pattern. I sort of like it and the pressure required was considerably less than with both wheels installed. I'm a big fan of single diagonal knurling. I still use 2 wheels to achieve the...
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That's drool material, BIG TIME....
 
Aukai said:
I have gotten conflicting part numbers for my PM 1228, so first call will be to Eagle Rock....
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Best to call them. There are different shanks and the knurls can be on one side or the other. Their website truly sucks so I would call them and make it clear what you need before laying down bucks.
 
Wow that's some nice work Will!
 
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