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I have been getting the gear cutting set up ready for the two gears.

I made an arbor for the gear cutters a while back these cutters normally come in a set of about 7 depending on the number of teeth required for this build I only needed two one for 72 tooth and the second for 36 teeth each cutter has a range of the number of teeth required.

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Next up was to make a pair of clamps to hold the dividing attachment to the milling machine as the clamps I already had are two thick

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The final set up ready to cut the first gear, you can see the blank in position ready for the first cut of 72 teeth. This involved turning the handle 1 full turn and 5 holes on the 20 hole ring on the plate for every cut.

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The final gear cut just the small one to do which means changing the cutter and resetting the hole guides on the plate will try that tomorrow

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Then today the small gear cut this process was not one I was looking forward to as this is the first time I have attempted this

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<blockquote data-quote="Dalboy" data-source="post: 365809" data-attributes="member: 449">I have been getting the gear cutting set up ready for the two gears.I made an arbor for the gear cutters a while back these cutters normally come in a set of about 7 depending on the number of teeth required for this build I only needed two one for 72 tooth and the second for 36 teeth each cutter has a range of the number of teeth required.[ATTACH]50747[/ATTACH]Next up was to make a pair of clamps to hold the dividing attachment to the milling machine as the clamps I already had are two thick[ATTACH]50748[/ATTACH]The final set up ready to cut the first gear, you can see the blank in position ready for the first cut of 72 teeth. This involved turning the handle 1 full turn and 5 holes on the 20 hole ring on the plate for every cut.[ATTACH]50750[/ATTACH]The final gear cut just the small one to do which means changing the cutter and resetting the hole guides on the plate will try that tomorrow[ATTACH]50752[/ATTACH]Then today the small gear cut this process was not one I was looking forward to as this is the first time I have attempted this[ATTACH]50751[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dalboy, post: 365809, member: 449"] I have been getting the gear cutting set up ready for the two gears. I made an arbor for the gear cutters a while back these cutters normally come in a set of about 7 depending on the number of teeth required for this build I only needed two one for 72 tooth and the second for 36 teeth each cutter has a range of the number of teeth required. [ATTACH]50747[/ATTACH] Next up was to make a pair of clamps to hold the dividing attachment to the milling machine as the clamps I already had are two thick [ATTACH]50748[/ATTACH] The final set up ready to cut the first gear, you can see the blank in position ready for the first cut of 72 teeth. This involved turning the handle 1 full turn and 5 holes on the 20 hole ring on the plate for every cut. [ATTACH]50750[/ATTACH] The final gear cut just the small one to do which means changing the cutter and resetting the hole guides on the plate will try that tomorrow [ATTACH]50752[/ATTACH] Then today the small gear cut this process was not one I was looking forward to as this is the first time I have attempted this [ATTACH]50751[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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