Re: Wooden gears.
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Originally Posted by Ian Curtis
(Post 1249313)
What size bit did you gut them out with? The one thing I am worried about routing them is that the radius of the cutter might do funny things in between the teeth. Did you do anything special to combat that, or was your bit so small relative to the tooth profile it didn't matter?
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We usually use an 1/8" flat end mill bit. With a diametrical pitch of 8 on the gears, usually the software will not allow us to draw a path if the bit size is too big. Besides the bit is small enough that it doesn't affect the gear.
EDIT: Here are a few more pictures of wooden gears.
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