Homemade Tooth Setter

Dave Brown · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:57 pm

Here is my new tooth setter. It.s built on a piece of channel from a demolition. It is essentially complete except for the addition of two surplus dial indicators I recently acquired. They are not essential for the operation but I think they will be a nice touch. It sets 2 teeth at once. The lever on the right advances the blade by 3 teeth and the left lever sets the teeth. It works well and is fast.

Dave

Thats a GREAT looking setup for home made. How much time ya reckon ya got in it?. Looks very professional. It will look cool when ya get them gauge's on there. If it works well You just saved a butt load of money :lol:

Robert · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:35 am

I like it, Looks great, and you'll really like it when ya get the dials on there,, it is good to know just howm much your a pushin those teeth.

wudkutter · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:51 pm

Nice job there Dave!!!

lainemech · **Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:54 am

I'm impressed! Looks great. I have been pondering building one for the past 2 1/2 years now. I would be happy with a single tooth setter. I guess I need to get started on building one.

Very nice looking setter! Looks very well designed and built.

Dave Brown · **Posted:** Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:34 pm

Robert wrote:

I like it, Looks great, and you'll really like it when ya get the dials on there,, it is good to know just howm much your a pushin those teeth.

Got the dials installed. They work great. I set them up so that I can removed the blade and dial in set corrections with them. Much better than trying to eyeball the adjustments.

Dave

Robert · **Posted:** Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:26 am

Good Deal Dave...

Dave Brown · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:19 pm

Dave Brown wrote:

Here is my new tooth setter. It.s built on a piece of channel from a demolition. It is essentially complete except for the addition of two surplus dial indicators I recently acquired. They are not essential for the operation but I think they will be a nice touch. It sets 2 teeth at once. The lever on the right advances the blade by 3 teeth and the left lever sets the teeth. It works well and is fast.

Dave

Thats a GREAT looking setup for home made. How much time ya reckon ya got in it?. Looks very professional. It will look cool when ya get them gauge's on there. If it works well You just saved a butt load of money :lol:

I never kept track of the time. I worked on it off and on over a couple of years. Actual build time is probably about thirty hours. The gages took about an hour to put on. I set the up so that they measure the set over and by removing the blade I can dial in corrections to the punches. To do this I had to make a little finger that pushes the blade to the center of the channel when it advanced. I built it to mount on the stand of my Dino sharpener. Over all I am very pleased with it.

Dave

Robert · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:36 pm

I Like it,, It is certainly more of s simpler design then my Cooks Catsclaw,, and not near as hard to move,, I like the chain link there on the cam handle

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