Direct Indexing Sharpening Fixture

[rossbotics]

On my last post I had designed and built a dividing fixture for cutting some metric gears, Well that all came out fine and dandy, Now the cutters are dull !!
So I designed a fixture to resharpen the cutters using my surface grinder, In the photos you will notice I have set the surface grinder up with a flared cup wheel, That's just to show the process, I have ordered a 30° dish wheel which will do the actual grinding of the cutters.

The majority of the fixture was made from 1018 C.R.S. All except for the indexing pin which is O-1 drill rod that has a hardened point, The 2 knobs were made from 360 brass round. All surfaces were precision ground before assembly.

I decided to use the direct method of indexing instead of the blade type, Which uses an existing tooth for indexing, This type of indexing will allow me to do a lot of different things other than just sharpening, This fixture can also be clamped in the Mill vise or on the table as well.

I'm using a NEW 36 tooth gear for dividing, Which will also allow me to make a lot of different divisions that are equally divided, Such as 2,3,4,6,9,12,36, I also have a variety of other NEW gears with the same pitch with different numbers of teeth which will make this a very useful tool.

Below are some photos

As always thanks for looking and happy machining

Doug

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Above photo shows all parts made and ground ready for assembly



Above photo shows a side view of the fixture block, note the slots in the 3/4" arbor hole. There is a 5/16' SHCS installed for clamping the arbor after each index



Above photo shows the indexing pin housing mounted to the fixture



Above photo shows the arbor installed in the fixture along with the 3/4" N.F. split shaft collar, The threaded split shaft collar is for adjusting all the end play out of the arbor then locking it down with the provided screw.



Above photo shows the dividing gear installed onto the arbor with the indexing pin in the tooth



Completely assembled



On the grinder

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