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| NormanV:
I notice that I am not getting much response to this thread, I suppose it is because there are many Minnies that have been built and nobody is interested any more. I have a question. I want to cut the gears myself, I have never done it before. It appears that there are two approaches, I could hob the gears which seems to only need one cutter or I could use a set of cutters to cut individual teeth. A ready made hob costs approximately £45 the material to make it costs £25. It hardly seems worth the risk of cocking it up so I would prefer to buy a ready made one. The individual cutters are £25 each, I would need 4 totalling £100. Buying ready made gears is starting to sound attractive! Here is my question, would my milling machine with its 1/2 Horsepower motor have sufficient power to use a hob? |
| eskoilola:
Actually. You might consider making the gear cutter Yourself. It is not that hard after all. The process described in the link below seems to be quite understandable even for me :coffee: http://www.helicron.net/workshop/gearcutting/gear_cutter/ |
| tom osselton:
I'm still watching from the wings! |
| awemawson:
Always watching Norman, just not a lot to add :med: |
| Pete W.:
--- Quote from: awemawson on October 03, 2017, 05:37:00 PM ---Always watching Norman, just not a lot to add :med: --- End quote --- Me too! |
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