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.

really well explained!

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.

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

@enotsengineering

9 ай бұрын

Very welcome

Very interesting - Thank you.

Bonne vidéo, merci

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, 🇬🇧👍.

@enotsengineering

9 ай бұрын

Great tip!

Very interesting - Thank you.. Thanks my friend.

G'day Alan. Excellent video on the Devideing Head. Well done.

@enotsengineering

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks my friend

good video

Thanks, but how do I deal with the crank handle not moving freely? Thanks

@enotsengineering

5 ай бұрын

Check that the clamp is free on the opposite side to the handle