Handy Cam tool for cutting timing pulleys
28 Jul 2013 03:00 #37103
by mariusl
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Marius
www.bluearccnc.com
Handy Cam tool for cutting timing pulleys was created by mariusl
I found this software for cutting timing pulleys that I thought was very handy. It is only a couple of dollars but worth it. The guy who writes it, Bob Adamns, made special changes, on request, to be Linuxcnc compatible.
You can find it here. www.cad2gcode.com/pulley/
I am not affiliated with this software or Bob in any way. I just found it to be handy and wanted to share with all.
You can find it here. www.cad2gcode.com/pulley/
I am not affiliated with this software or Bob in any way. I just found it to be handy and wanted to share with all.
Regards
Marius
www.bluearccnc.com
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28 Jul 2013 09:04 #37124
by andypugh
Certainly cheaper than buying the right cutter and doing it "properly"
However, now that I do have the cutter, I am happy to tooth any supplied blanks for LinuxCNC users, for free
Replied by andypugh on topic Handy Cam tool for cutting timing pulleys
I found this software for cutting timing pulleys that I thought was very handy. It is only a couple of dollars but worth it.
Certainly cheaper than buying the right cutter and doing it "properly"
However, now that I do have the cutter, I am happy to tooth any supplied blanks for LinuxCNC users, for free
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28 Jul 2013 13:44 #37130
by mariusl
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Marius
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Replied by mariusl on topic Handy Cam tool for cutting timing pulleys
That's very impressive Andy. I wish we all had such fancy machines as that but for the plebs, we have to make other plans. The software allows you to use the blade type gear cutter that is shaped correctly or the right size tool with a second pass to bevel the teeth. It is actually just an indexer program, the rest is up to the user.
May I ask what the hobb cutter cost you?
May I ask what the hobb cutter cost you?
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28 Jul 2013 16:09 #37135
by ArcEye
Looks like you have the Harrison up and running.
Still seems to have a 'hand-draulic' X axis, or is it manual or CNC as suits?
Replied by ArcEye on topic Handy Cam tool for cutting timing pulleys
Certainly cheaper than buying the right cutter and doing it "properly"
Looks like you have the Harrison up and running.
Still seems to have a 'hand-draulic' X axis, or is it manual or CNC as suits?
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28 Jul 2013 17:44 #37138
by andypugh
I think I paid £32.
The same guy has several others, but I don't recognise the belt profile on many of them.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310370873373
For example.
Replied by andypugh on topic Handy Cam tool for cutting timing pulleys
May I ask what the hobb cutter cost you?
I think I paid £32.
The same guy has several others, but I don't recognise the belt profile on many of them.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310370873373
For example.
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28 Jul 2013 17:46 #37139
by andypugh
The pulley I am making there was for driving the X axis, so I was having to drive it manually.
I will have the choice of auto or manual on all axes when I have finished (which isn't far away, might even be today)
Replied by andypugh on topic Handy Cam tool for cutting timing pulleys
Still seems to have a 'hand-draulic' X axis, or is it manual or CNC as suits?
The pulley I am making there was for driving the X axis, so I was having to drive it manually.
I will have the choice of auto or manual on all axes when I have finished (which isn't far away, might even be today)
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28 Jul 2013 18:42 #37147
by mariusl
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Marius
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Replied by mariusl on topic Handy Cam tool for cutting timing pulleys
That is very reasonable. I looked his stuff but that was the only 5mm pitch hob. The others are all 8mm or some other funny pitch.
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29 Jul 2013 03:02 #37182
by andypugh
Hurrah! This is the pulley that I am making in the video in-use:
www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum...-configuration#37181
Replied by andypugh on topic Handy Cam tool for cutting timing pulleys
The pulley I am making there was for driving the X axis, so I was having to drive it manually.Still seems to have a 'hand-draulic' X axis, or is it manual or CNC as suits?
I will have the choice of auto or manual on all axes when I have finished (which isn't far away, might even be today)
Hurrah! This is the pulley that I am making in the video in-use:
www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum...-configuration#37181
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29 Jul 2013 21:19 #37226
by ArcEye
Replied by ArcEye on topic Handy Cam tool for cutting timing pulleys
andypugh wrote:
Very good, just need some music playing and it could be a choreography!
Have you got a big motor on the knee or just high gearing?
Because my spindle is not fixed, I left my knee on the manual handle and move the table up to the spindle to touch off as required.
Hurrah! This is the pulley that I am making in the video in-use:
www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum...-configuration#37181
Very good, just need some music playing and it could be a choreography!
Have you got a big motor on the knee or just high gearing?
Because my spindle is not fixed, I left my knee on the manual handle and move the table up to the spindle to touch off as required.
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29 Jul 2013 23:27 #37235
by andypugh
They all have pretty much the same gearing too, about 4:1. I think that the machine could probably run faster but I am hitting the limitations of software commutation.
(And, anyway, this is a Universal machine so I need a motorised knee when using the horizontal spindle)
Replied by andypugh on topic Handy Cam tool for cutting timing pulleys
All the motors are the same size, 750WHave you got a big motor on the knee or just high gearing?
They all have pretty much the same gearing too, about 4:1. I think that the machine could probably run faster but I am hitting the limitations of software commutation.
I suspect that motorising a quill is somewhat easier than a knee, but there was no choice here.Because my spindle is not fixed, I left my knee on the manual handle and move the table up to the spindle to touch off as required.
(And, anyway, this is a Universal machine so I need a motorised knee when using the horizontal spindle)
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