http://makeprojects.com/Project/Make-Your-Own-Gears/188/1
There are several other articles and blog posts on www.makezine.com on gear making, besides the one at the link above.
HTH!
Bill in OKC
--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, David Frantz <websterindustro@...> wrote:
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> Just a heads up Shop Note issue 115 has a very interesting router jig/lathe described in an article in this issue. I haven't been able to get online with my PC yet, to get the gear making info but they seem to have an easy avenue to wood gears.
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> This brings up an interesting question, how difficult would it be to make a hob for gears with teeth this large? The idea would be to cut aluminum or wood with the hob. If not a hob maybe a single point cutter? The problem with doing a hob is the pitch which would require interesting gearing on most lathes.
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> The thought is to try to make the gears with a little more precision than can be had with a bandsaw. Of course the intent would be to use normal home shop equipment. A CNC router would be ideal here but I don't have one of those. Maybe I should build a CNC router instead. The thing I have about cutting them out on a bandsaw is the thought that the gears would end up bumpy.
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> Interesting an idea just came to mind that if I do one good pattern I could use a router to do a clean up pass. This I need to think about a bit more. It would seem as though the right fixture would turn this into a precision operation.
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> In any event you gotta love ShopNotes. Their articles really get the inventive juices flowing.
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> David A Frantz
> websterindustro4at4mac.com
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> Sent from my iPhone.
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