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Posted by BRW on November 9, 2007, 1:21 pm
wrote:
> A Few Questions:
> I recently made a v-belt pulley but
> with some difficulty because I had
> trouble setting up a 20 degree angle
> on the inside surface closest the
> lathe head. I suppose I could turn
> the pulley around but then it might
> not run true.
> Anyway, seems like I should be able
> buy an off-the-shelf tool bit with
> a snubbed 40 degree included angle.
> Just plunge a certain depth and I'm
> done. Is there such an animal?
> Second, I could go for a smaller
> belt but can't seem to find anything
> smaller than 2L. Where should I look?
> And if I can't go smaller, how come?
> Third, I once got machine shop info
> from some other usenet group alt.
> rec.something. What was it?
> Brad Smallridge
> AiVision
The 7x12 Minilathe group on Yahoo is also very good.
The approach I would take on your problem is to grind my own tooling
to the desired pulley shape. It's a skill every machinist should have
for situations like this.
BRW
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>from some other usenet group alt.
>rec.something. What was it?