{"id":7272,"date":"2025-10-10T10:29:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7272"},"modified":"2025-10-10T10:29:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:29:34","slug":"my-journey-into-model-gear-cutting-continued-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7272","title":{"rendered":"My Journey Into Model Gear Cutting Continued"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A friend and fellow Guild member fell soft and offered to have a go at 3D printing my 29 hole division plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It turned out really well with all the indexing holes fitting perfectly and the main bore just requiring a little scraping with a 3 cornered scraper to enable it to ease onto the shaft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"966\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate-1024x966.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7273\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate-1024x966.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate-300x283.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate-768x725.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate-318x300.jpg 318w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate-1-1024x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7274\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate-1-1024x618.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate-1-300x181.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate-1-768x463.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate-1-497x300.jpg 497w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-hole-Division-Plate-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Had I been quicker on the uptake I might have added the numbers to the STL file before sending it but it only occurred as I was fitting it to the Spin indexer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those that don\u2019t know what a Spin Indexer is, this is mine fitted with the 29 hole division plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7275\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer-449x300.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer-1-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer-1-1024x670.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer-1-300x196.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer-1-768x502.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer-1-459x300.jpg 459w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-29-Division-index-plate-fitted-to-Spin-Indexer-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eagle eyed will note that the label says \u20185C\u2019 5C is the type of collet what these indexers come equipped to accept as standard. I don\u2019t have any 5C collets nor am I likely to make use of any so when I saw the Spin Indexer offered at a discount price already fitted with a 5C to ER32 collet adapter I decided that I could make wider use of ER32 collets so I bought the indexer and a set of ER32 collets. Since then, I have added an ER32 collet chuck for my lathe so now I can use the ER32 collets in both the lathe and spin indexer alongside my more often used ER25 collets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means that I am now set up to have a go at cutting the 2 x 29 tooth gears that I need for the Shogun gearboxes. I am still doing carer duties and Chris doesn\u2019t have her stitches out until next Wednesday. So it will probably be later next week before I take the plunge and have a go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend and fellow Guild member fell soft and offered to have a go at 3D printing my 29 hole division plate. 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