Shaping Skew Gears on a Lathe

[DiogenesIIParticipant @diogenesii]

[DiogenesIIParticipant @diogenesii]

A take on manufacturing skew gears that I'd not seen before, not a tutorial by any means, but with enough detail on the home-built set-up to be of interest to others, maybe;

Cutting Helical Gear Wheels On An Old Lathe – Find Hansen

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Very much so !! … Thanks for the link.

MichaelG.

[colin hawesParticipant @colinhawes85982]

Very interesting setup. colin

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

Excellent! I've been reading about a Victorian clockmaking firm specialising in using helical gears, with a 1 tooth helical pinion driving 60 tooth wheels in one step. The pinions were planed presumably as shown in the video.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

It would also lend itself to CNC with a stationary tool in the spindle and the gear in the 4th Axis.

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