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    Hello from NYC

    Hi Drillrod, Wish I had met you a couple of years ago when I lived on E 38th on the 44th floor, with no workshop..had my lathe and mill at princeton Airport in NJ where I was building an airplane.......love RC boats and airplanes. However, we may be back in a year or so, so maybe we will meet...
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    Cut internal teeth on ring gear

    Airbus is right, although Smith doesn't cut a separate tooth from the cutter, but holds the whole cutter rigid in another rotating wheel, held in a frame which fits into the internal ring centre, and is driven from a small motor outside the frame. One tooth is then aligned to suit the internal...
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    Cut internal teeth on ring gear

    WR Smith actually uses the gear cutter of the correct module to cut the teeth for the internal ring gear. As said before, he has builders fabricate a small gear holder, and an attachment which holds the cutter to a small wheel, this is then driven by a belt from the right side of the lathe, and...
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    How to post a picture.

    Let's see if mine works - uploading an avatar, that is. I had problems until I resized the picture...
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    6 Inch Shaper

    Thanks Gang, think I've got it - if Part 1 is the plans and Parts 2 and 3 are the photo's. Looks great and something I can review over the weekend. Any comment on the replacement of al parts with steel? Allan
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    6 Inch Shaper

    Can anyone help or repost the plans for this shaper? I've downloaded the supposed plans from a couple of directories, but all that I find are photographs. Or redirect me (or e-mail) to the plans somewhere. An alternative would be to buy the Gingery Shaper book, but as I have no casting...
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