Slooby

Got a lesson from Crankshaft on wiring up the motor on Wednesday Been down in Kent since Friday but have been distracted, till this...

Ahhh...sorry took me long enough to realise what was being said and now of course it's obvious! And of course I can now se how I could...

Oh and spray motorcycle chain lube is good for the gears. Dries to a waxy consistency so doesn't flick all over the inside of the covers.

Haven't used mine for metric for a while but as far as I recall the intermediate has a stacked 40 outer and either 60 or 63 inner (63...

I'm getting myself in a muddle here. My current set up goes 50 Tooth top, 50 Tooth (fibre) on the idler and 100 on the Norton gearbox...

Yes. Half the tooth count of the wheel you can see. There's a key in the middle idler shaft so both of it's wheels rotate together with...

A single middle aka idler wheel has no effect on the gear ratio, same in, same out so to speak. If you stack two wheels in the middle...

So in your second video there was another wheel behind the one on the intermediate shaft engaging with the top shaft? I can see why the...

I think yes. The topmost cog only just clears the back end of the spindle tube so that looks right. The size of the intermediate doesn't...

Here's the metric set first time I installed them. The clearances will be off so not all the noise will be due to metal on metal.

Now, something I could do with some help in understanding relates to the change wheels for thread cutting. I've labled up this pic with...

With any luck tomorrow I will get a tune out of my new motor on the bench

Let the fun commence :-)

3 Magnetic Linear encoders with cables and connectors plus 2m of magnetic scale strip ordered from Ali-express. I've also picked up...

Good point!