Have you forgone the pleasure of building a small geared engine simply
because the thought of having to cut your own gears brings a shiver down
your metalworking spine? Even if can muster up the nerve, you realize that
so called involute gear cutters cost an arm and a leg. Then you need a
set of eight cutters to enable you to cut the entire range of teeth for
12 to Rack. The cost in cutters alone can reach well over $200 before you
even begin thinking about arbors to hold them.
It's no wonder many of us will simply go to the nearest gear vendor
and put down $50 -$60 for a pair of brass spur gears.
In this video you will learn the secrets of the HOB. You will not only
learn how to use a hob, but you will also learn how to build one from scratch
right on your small to medium size lathe and small milling machine. For
a total cost of about $3 in materials you can make a hob that will not
only enable you to EASILY make any number tooth spur gear as well as even
a worm and worm gear.
You will be amazed at how simple gear making can be!
You can make any diemetral pitch hob by simply following the easy Diemetral
Pitch chart that is included as part of the video. The video shows a 1/10
pitch spiral and straight hob being made and then used to make gears of
various diameters. You will not need to compute anything. All basic diameters
for gear blanks for gears of any numbers of teeth will also be included
in the package. If you rather use a calculator to figure out diameters,
easy formulas for that are also included.
Once you have used a HOB to cut a gear you will wonder why you would
use anything else!!!
"Making gears the easy way"
4 hours $38+ $3.20 1st class shipping
Could you just kick yourself for having missed this great event! No need
to worry any further. The complete event along with the sights and sounds
and almost the smells has been captured on video to enjoy and your leisure.
Examine and enjoy these spectacular marvels of model engineering up
close and "IN YOUR FACE", in every glorious detail. Marvel at the intricate
linkages and movements of these amazing creations.
The show was not only models. There were also numerous tool and machinery
dealers there, as well as a large "live steam " train layout and you can
enjoy it all when you view this video.
Cabin Fever 1999
55 min $20 + $3. 20 S/H 1st class mail anywhere in the USA
Watch the author as he builds a fully operational and capable boring head.
In this almost two hour video you will learn in full detail how to make
a boring head with micrometer adjustment feature with very little material
and equipment. In fact, although the author uses his home made milling
machine to build it, it could be easily built using the TAIG lathe plus
milling attachment. You will see the dovetailed components being built
from layout to finish. The unit takes 1/4" shank shopmade boring bars which
you will see as well, although commercial 3/8" bring bars could be substituted
instead. The idea here was to make a miniature version of a commercially
available boring head complete will all the normal features found on them,
but only about 1/2 the overall size. Small machines such as the Taig Micromill
and Sherline milling machines will vibrate when a full size boring head
is installed with the head offset even a small amount. This unit is small,
compact, but extremely strong and stiff. This will be evident at the end
of the video during the actual test, boring out of an existing bore on
a workpiece. The head itself is adjustable in thousands of an inch with
its graduated screw and its male dovetail is kept snug or fully locked
during cutting by three gib screws. This unit has a real brass gib rather
than the usual practice of slitting the female dovetail to create a pseudo
gib. All in all, for the cost of a pack of cigarettes you make build a
great addition to your tool shelf that will perform for you for a lifetime!
MAKE A MINIATURE BORING HEAD $25+$3.20 1ST CLASS S/H.
In this nearly 12 hour long two part video marathon, you will witness the
seemingly impossible!! Observe the author as he builds a fully operating
and capable 80 pound variable speed milling machine with existing TAIG
Micro lathe components and readily available stock aluminum material. A
commercial heavy duty X & Y milling table is utilized to complete the
project. This is definitively not a "TOY" but a complete milling center
that will out perform just about anything in its class. For a total expenditure
of less than $300. You too could have a tool that will perform better than
milling machines costing more than twice as much. This video will take
you through every step from its initial conception and planning to and
beyond its very successful conclusion in painstaking detail so that you
too will be able to easily duplicate this achievement! As an extra bonus,
you will be treated to a fully narrative and visual step by step presentation
on the building of a 60:1 geared dividing head that with the addition of
a simple shop made indexing accessory will allow it to divide anything
into as many as 21,600 equal divisions and for that matter, any other number
divisible into that. You will also learn how to easily cut perfectly fitting
dovetailed sliding joints with the simplest of equipment. This two items
alone would be worth the price of this video set. See how to produce a
professional quality engraved dial with nothing more than a small lathe
( TAIG ). You will see each component being worked, fitted and assembled
as the unit is magically transformed more and more into a "REAL" milling
machine. The final two hours or so will be devoted to a full battery of
milling operations performed on real components that make up part of the
geared dividing head including other milling goodies. During the filming
of the final milling tests, cuts where routinely taken on 6061-T6 alloy
to depths of over 90 thou with a common imported 1/4" diameter four flute
end mill. We do not recommend that you routinely cut to those depths but
it sure is nice to be able to so when needed.
This a definite "MUST" for anyone who has grown tired of using alternative
milling methods but either is not ready to invest the big bucks for a commercially
available bench top milling machine or simply not satisfied with what's
presently available out there.
" MILLING MACHINE'S SPECIFICATIONS AND FEATURES "
Are you tired of avoiding machine projects simply because you do not own or have access to a milling machine? Learn some of the secrets to successful milling techniques utilizing your existing lathe as well as a drill press. I know what you must be thinking. This guy must be crazy!!! Milling on a drill press???? I as well as none other than Rudy Kouhoupt have been doing just that very thing for years now with entirely good results in finish as well as dimensional accuracy. You will also see the Taig Microlathe being put trough its paces milling a workpiece held on the cross slide as well as with the vertical milling accessory. See the Taig with the externally mounted modified micro drill press to convert it into a miniature 3 in 1 machining center. See the 7 x 10 Minilathe in conjunction with the Taig Vertical Milling accessory performing milling cuts with hardly an effort. We finish the presentation with the 8" modified drill press performing milling on a rough block of stock held on a great little shopmade milling vice. This the only drill press with a micrometer operated locking spindle. See it being used and you too will marvel at its simplicity.
After viewing this tape, you too should be well on your way to the pleasures
of milling without having to own a milling machine.
"Milling without a Milling Machine" $28 +$3.20 1st class
S/H
Finally the mystery of thread cutting has been made simple enough for the
first time user! In this two hour video tape you will see and learn the
easy way to cut with taps, dies as well as perform external and internal
single point threading operations. Learn the secrets of that "DREADED"
threading dial as well as how to avoid using the dial altogether if you
chose to. The perfect companion to have along when you are ready to produce
extremely true running threads for all your projects!
"Threading on the lathe" $28 + $3.20 S/H
Finally it is done! See the Taig Microlathe perform some of the most unorthodox machining techniques most thought were impossible. Learn how to make 60-50-40 hole indexing plates and how to use it of the Taig.
Get that tail stock set to within a few tenth in a couple of minutes
with a simple shop made test bar and TDI. See a heavy duty motorized cross
slide drill rig that will perform any radial drilling as well as milling
job. See a 50 division graduated dial being engraved with the use of a
simple device. Turn the Taig into a miniature 3 in 1 machining center.
Would you like a graduated carriage lead screw for your Taig? After viewing
this video tape set, you will be able to make one in one evening. Learn
to make and use several flex shaft milling and grinding units for both
the cross slide and the vertical milling attached. How about auto feed
for the carriage and cross slide! These are just some of the fun subjects
that will be covered in this new and unique production. Hundreds of $$$
were invested in the production of this video to give the customer the
best possible value. The video and audio quality of this tape is excellent.
There were some technical quality problems ( audio and video ) with the
original Basic Taig Tape and this tape has since been discontinued and
a new high quality version produced.
Basic Taig Microlathe Techniques:
$28 + $3.20
Advanced Taig Microlathe MicromachiningTechniques: $38 + $3.20
Would you like to be able to see for yourself what can be done on a Taig Micro Lathe, with just minimal tooling and expense? Are you somewhat undecided about acquiring one of these small but very capable tools and somehow wished you could just see one being put through its paces before opening your wallet?
Well,, wait no more!!! Finally there is a video that will answer most of your basic questions about this lathe. Initial setup hints will be discussed, during a thorough tour of the lathe and its basic components. This will be followed with a complete hands on demonstration of all the basic machining operations possible on this tool. These will include: Facing - Turning - Grooving - Cut off or parting cuts - Chamfering - Center drilling - Drilling- Reaming - Tapping - Thread cutting with a die - Boring cuts - Milling and much more!
ONE TWO HOUR VIDEO TAPE & INSTRUCTIONAL BOOKLET
$28 + $3.20 1st class S/H
This one has been a hot topic in recent months on the Net, the various
metalworking newsgroups and mailing lists. Now all of your questions, doubts
and anything else you may have been wandering about this tool will be answered
in a four hour, no holds barred video presentation. The tape will begin
with a full tour of the tool, followed by a complete machining presentation
that should put to rest any fears or reservations you may have had about
this tool once and for all!!! Not only will you be shown just about every
basic machining cut a lathe is able to do, you will also see a complete
"milling on the lathe " demonstration adapting the Taig vertical milling
slide to the minilathe's cross slide. An extremely informative presentation
that will also double as a perfect machining minicourse.
"Machining Operations on the 7 x10 Variable Speed Minilathe"
One TAPE 4 HOURS $38 + $3.20
This video just had to be to done in order to show most beginning micro machinists and even some not so new, that if you simply cannot yet afford to add a "REAL" milling machine to your shop, you can still perform just about every type of milling operation in the book by using a small to medium drill press after some of the special modifications you will learn on this tape. That's not to say that you should forego ever obtaining a milling machine. Instead, the goal of this video is to show you that you simply don't have to wait for years until the funds for that 1000 pound monster are raised. There are no special camera effects, cut-always as workpieces are substituted. You will see the author performing: End milling - Side milling - Cutting shoulders - Slots - Slitting cuts - Spot drilling - Drilling Tapping Basic indexing on 5C spin jigs - X & Y coordinate locating with wigglers and edge finders and much more!
Shop made tools will be shown as well as construction information. You will also learn the simple but very effective tricks used to transform this 40 pound weakling into a capable milling tool. You will see the author's special micrometer spindle / quill feed, accurate to .001" and locking feature he built into this tool and how it is used.
Don't avoid those projects requiring milling. Learn right now how it
was done and begin milling in less than a few days with the help of this
new video.All in all, probably the best video on this very "TABOO" subject
of milling in the drill press!
"Yes You Can Mill on the Drillpress"
TWO TAPE SET 4 HOURS $38 + $4.20 1st class S/H
Make all the spindle accessories you will need for your lathe with a simple, easy to make spindle gauge. This tape will take you through a full two hour, detailed demonstration on how to make a precision spindle gauge directly on your 7 x 10 that you can then use to machine matching spindle tooling not presently available for this lathe. All this without having to remove the chuck! You will need to remove it only once in the beginning to take two initial micrometer measurements for the diameter and thickness of the mounting back plate / flange. The author has adapted a four jaw chuck for it, has made a slotted face plate, a driving catch plate and dog clamp and is presently working on a collet chuck with frontal collet closer that will directly mount to the spindle. A must have for those wishing they could have more spindle tooling than just the three jaw chuck the lathe comes equiped with!
"Make a Spindle Adapter"
2 HR $28 + $3.20 1st class s/h
Detailed look at ten scratch built operating steam engines built solely on
TAIG Microlathes and 7 x10 Minilathes. This will be the answer to the question
" yeah,, they look and seem to work OK but can they actually make something
that will work???? " The author will take through each individual project, highlighting
all important construction details as well as types of material required to
build them. After talking about them, they are put through their paces, happily
running on just a few pounds of compressed air. Following the steam engine talk
and demo, you will get to visit the author's home shop for the rest of the full
two hour program. A whole lot of machining talk and fun, all for a special price.
"Steam Engines and Shop Visit"
$25 2hr +$3.20 1ST CLASS s/h
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