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I think Steve hit it dead on. I upgraded from the Griz X2 to a Griz X3 this year and there is no comparison. If you lock down the jibs before you make your cuts, it is as rigid and any small machine. I think the guy in the story you posted is one who would never be happy with what ever machine...

Congratulations Stew, Now your going to wonder how you ever had time to go to work. Just pace yourself and stop and smell the roses. What ever you can put off to tomorrow, do it. enjoy Mel

:bow: :bow: :bow: I like it, I like it! Mel

Giles, I have posted a some photos of the gear hob in the "TOOLS" section under Gear Cutting Hob. Mel

I'm trying to post a video from my cell phone Mel Sorry for the poor quality but for now it's all I got.

Thanks for the good reviews guys! Paul the flywheels are cast. I think what your seeing is where I done a little filing on the spokes trying to clean them up a little. I plan to paint them and then turn the outside rim and hubs to remove the paint in those areas. I suppose the light reflection...

Jim ask what was the most difficult part to do. I think the crankshaft was the most difficult, I had to do two to get one that was correct. Next was getting that darn little plastic hose onto the inlet valve. Mel

I had to go out to the shop and try it and here are some photos of what I was talking about. I hope this helps Mel

Paul, I'm not a machinist,(not even close) but it would appear to me that if you put the tube in your mill vice and then come at it with the side of a larger mill cutter and procede the length of the slot. you would get the effect your looking for. Mel

I reached a milestone today! I've been slowly building a version of Chuck's Single. Had to stop and learn how to build a gear hob. Then learn how to cut gears. Best of all I got to use my new DRO on the X3 mill. I waited until I got the DRO before I started the build and it paid of big time! I...

Well I cut some gears tonight. Used some 6061 and took it slow and easy, taking only .015 on each pass. Every thing worked just great and I'm sure I will have to mess with the cam gear a little more to get the cam right. But the Hob I made worked great. The two gears are 32DP 32 and 16 tooth...

Nice job Kevin! You should be very proud. Mel

I don't remember where I saw this idea, I'm sure it was someone on this board. I made this little sawing jig to shorten bolts and it works great. I used a piece of 1/4 X 1 1/2 flat bar about 7 inches long and drilled and tapped a collection of all the bolt sizes that I normally use. I screw the...

John Stevenson is correct when says that the Hobbynut series on You Tub is a great learning tool for any one who thinks they might want to cut their own gears. I think there are seven session plus a couple of make up videos and all well worth looking at. Mel

Vernon, I set the bottom of the saw blade on center as indicated by my DRO. that should make the vertical edge of the tooth on center. I took measure of the diameter of the hob, then touched the bottom of the saw blade and zeroed the DRO, then lowered the blade 1/2 of the diameter and locked the...

Here are few photos of what I have accomplished so far on my gear hob project. I cut the tooth groves on the lathe to .09818 apart. I think that is the correct spacing??? I hope to cut some 32 DP gears. Then in the RT on the mill I indexed and cut with the saw, 8 groves down the length of the...

Hi Ryan welcome to the world of spending all your extra cash on tooling ;D here is a link to a good article on mill tooling. http://www.littlemachineshop.com/Info/getting_started.php?FileName=GS_MiniMill_01.htm&d=0|2|13 Mel

I'm at the point in my construction of the Chuck's Single engine that I need to cut the gears. I'm planning on using 32 Dp gears and I want to make a gear cutting hob. Does anyone have any ideas or instructions that would be willing to share with me? Mel

I don't know where I got this, and I hope it is usable. When I looked at this post something rang a bell and I looked into my collection of usefull things and found this: Hope it helps Mel

Here is what I ended up with for a chip guard. Used a piece of old pond liner rubber from a long gone project. I works. Mel