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Re: CADing Gears

If you are interested in the math behind an involute gear and how to sketch one, this online tutorial is a good one to follow.

If you want to draw gears to design and build crazy mechanisms and cut them yourself (you'll want a CNC machine), the guy responsible for Mach3 has been developing Gearotic Motion, which is a pretty incredible tool. It is free to download and play with, and only $75 if you want to be able to export the gears.
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