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I wanted to mount my Unimat collet chuck on my Mk2 lathe; the spindle has a MT2 taper. I have a MT2 x 1/2" collet and drawbar so I needed to make a 1/2" shank to 12mm x 1 male thread arbor to mount the chuck.
I found a metric chart for the Atlas 10F which uses the same change gears as the little lathes but I found several problems including the fact that I only have two of the required double keyway bushings, and it looked like the banjo wouldn't accommodate all the gears called for anyhow. Hmm, how do I do this?
Suddenly, I got it. Eliminate the 64T idler gear at position A and flip the remaining gears around, driving from the 32 tooth spindle gear instead of the 16. This drives the gear train at 2X speed which is exactly what is needed since the leadscrew is 16tpi instead of 8 on the 10F. Slick as bat guano on a shingle
Looks like this trick would work for several of the other pitches as well. I wouldn't try for 4.0 or higher- a 20 tooth gear on the leadscrew makes me nervous.
-Mark
I found a metric chart for the Atlas 10F which uses the same change gears as the little lathes but I found several problems including the fact that I only have two of the required double keyway bushings, and it looked like the banjo wouldn't accommodate all the gears called for anyhow. Hmm, how do I do this?
Suddenly, I got it. Eliminate the 64T idler gear at position A and flip the remaining gears around, driving from the 32 tooth spindle gear instead of the 16. This drives the gear train at 2X speed which is exactly what is needed since the leadscrew is 16tpi instead of 8 on the 10F. Slick as bat guano on a shingle
Looks like this trick would work for several of the other pitches as well. I wouldn't try for 4.0 or higher- a 20 tooth gear on the leadscrew makes me nervous.
-Mark
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