Well I made the Chucks Fellows' Helical gear cutting fixture and the arbors and gear blanks in preparation for the arrival of my gear cutters. They are supposed to be here Wed or Thurs.
Thank You Chuck for posting them.
. Here are the parts.
An assembled view. There are 2 arbors because the bores on the gears are .3125 on one and .250 on the other.
And a pic of it mounted in the vice.
I turned the long shaft between centers and discovered my lathe was turning a slight taper.
When I checked it I found out it was about .007 over 10 inches,
so I spent today aligning the headstock and tailstock. My test bar showed .000 over 10 inches.
I know tomorrow with temperature changes and such it probably won't be that good but it was today.
Ron