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I think usually metal gears are not cut by laser cutter or CNC router, but instead slotted using a milling cutter one tooth at a time and then the blank is rota
by 6nf 7y ago
I think usually metal gears are not cut by laser cutter or CNC router, but instead slotted using a milling cutter one tooth at a time and then the blank is rotated to the next position to cut the next tooth.
But of course if your metal gears are large enough to cut from the flat side then this template will work fine.
- bacon_waffle 7y agoThere are many ways to make gears, hobbing is one of the commonly used processes for cutting them from a blank. There is a cutter that looks something like a milling cutter, but it is turned in sync with the gear blank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbing