Stu's Guide to Indexing Part 2: The Spindexer
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- The Spindexer or Spin Indexer is one of the more common indexing tools out there today. It is cheap, small, takes 5C collets, and lets you index in 1 degree increments. Who could ask for anything more?
Link to the Spin Indexer: amzn.to/2R2SAPj
Link to the Horizontal/Vertical Collet Indexer from part 1: amzn.to/2QSghK1 (Wow, these have gotten a LOT more expensive than I remember. Check the used tool market. I got mine from a tool dealer for $125 with collets about 4 years ago)
Thanks for the very clear introduction to this tool. I've never used one but just picked up a second hand Yuasa.
You're going to love it!
I was looking into getting one, but your comment about mill interference was a factor I didn't think about. Thanks,
Thanks, very informative!
Your video was recommended to me by Jim/Tangent Engineering.
I'm glad it helped. Thanks for watching and Thanks to Jim for the recommendation.
Thank you for sharing
Wonderful video... 😎
Another great and useful video. Thank you.
Good overview
Stu, anything stopping you refitting the spindle with the 5C taper sticking out the current handle-end?( For extra clearance) BTW reference marker is called the Fiducial marker
Ooooo... Fiducial marker. Stuart has learned a new word and he will use it if he can remember it later. As far as changing the orientation of the spindle, I remember someone doing that a few years back and I want to say it was in one of the magazines (Home Shop Machinist or Machinist's Workshop), but I've slept since then so for all I know I might have seen it on teh interwebs someplace.
@@KW-ei3pi I've not , but if Stuart has seen it done on the internet then it was probably by the late John Stevenson , a search for the John and indexer might find it
@@KW-ei3pi I had quick look pictures on the web and it seems that the index plate is clamped to the spindle with a threaded nut against a shoulder. So, to move the plate will require a new mounting method which might make it tricky.
if i wanted to cut 24 teeth do i start on 0 or 15 degrees. because starting on 0 gives 25 teeth im a bit confused
Start on zero and then go every 15 degrees. If you go all the way back around to zero you'll be back in your original cut.
Good for 60-2 trigger wheel machining?
I had to look up what that was. Does the 60-2 mean it would have 60 teeth but 2 are missing? If so, that would be doable. 60 teeth would mean a tooth every 6 degrees (360/60). You might have to hold the blank, but a good option for that would be a 5C fixture plate. It's a solid disk on a 5C shank. They're available in a bunch of sizes and you would machine it to fit your blank. Face it, turn a boss to fit the bore, drill some clamping screw holes, etc. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for watching!
Por favor eu quero saber onde posso comprar esse produto
você pode comprá-los da maioria dos fornecedores industriais, bem como da Amazon ou Aliexpress. Basta procurar por "spin index" ou "spin indexer".
Hello, I am from Brazil, I would like to build a similar, the scale of 10 fixed holes do you know how many degrees has each spacing?
The 36 holes would be spaced 10 degrees apart. First the vernier holes, there are 10 holes in the same space as 9 on the main disk. That should make the vernier holes 9 degrees apart.
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hello thanks for replying. So to build this 10 hole vernier, so they are spaced the same distance from each other, with 9 degrees, correct?
Yes. The vernier holes work by having one more hole than the main plate in the same amount of space. If each hole on the main plate is 10 degrees apart, then 9 of those holes would take up 90 degrees. On the vernier holes, you would have 10 holes in that same 90 degree arc, each of them 9 degrees apart. I hope this helps.
@@StuartdeHaro
Helped a lot, excellent explanation. God bless you for your help.
Can you use a 5c chuck?
Yes. They make 3 and 4 jaw chucks that have a 5C shank and you can easily put those in the indexer. They'll take up a bit more space though so it could be problematic on smaller machines.
I've seen a post with the idea of using locking pins with half the normal diameter at the ends to enable 0.5° increments.
The chap theorised that you would have two such pins in neighbouring holes for zero backlash, but I suspect it would need to be something like 5 holes apart (10° plate division Vs 9° locking pin spacing)
Which would it be?
@@prawny12009 That’s an interesting idea. I'll have to find where mine is packed away and take a peek at it. That might make for a good video. I will, of course, give you a shout out if I make it.