Author Topic: Harrison L6 change gears  (Read 2837 times)

Offline graham

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Harrison L6 change gears
« on: October 22, 2016, 01:19:30 PM »
Hi guys, have got a L6 lathe i bought it with a set of 60 and 120 tooth threading gears fitted,it cuts imperial threads ok,also a set of 85 and 130 tooth gears came with it would this set of gears cut metric threads? as i have very little no how on threading gear setups cheers.

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Re: Harrison L6 change gears
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2016, 12:41:50 PM »
Graham,I have an L6 with a comprehensive set of back gears including the metric threading train.

I'll have a look in the L6 owners manual later and report back which gears are required to cut the full range of metric threads. I recommend you get hold of a copy of the operators hand book/user manual.

I'llreport back soon.....OZ.
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Re: Harrison L6 change gears
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2016, 02:50:19 PM »
I have one, there is no mention of the 130t and the 85t gears just cant imagine what these change gears are used for. Graham.

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Re: Harrison L6 change gears
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2016, 03:44:15 PM »
I see what you mean. They are probably for generating some obscure special thread additional to those shown in the threading charts. I have seen some odd numbers of teeth on gears that the Plane Iron Shop had for sale on ebay....OZ.
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