Great Wheel

This section summarises the machining of the great wheel, using a super glue arbor. This was the first time that I had this methodology, and I was really impressed. My only error was not heating long enough to fully break the super glue bond, before pulling the wheel off. This resulted in slight dishing of the wheel and several hours of sanding on the surface plate to bring it back to a perfectly flat configuration.

Superglue arbor mounted in chuck

Wheel blank with centre punch marking

Tailstock used to apply contact pressure during curing of the superglue arbor

Wheel blank turned to correct OD

Tooth cutting underway

Tooth cutting close up

Tooth cutting completed

Great wheel after boring