Cutting Tetrix gears

[Forhire]

I re-wrote the slitting saw code in python so I could generate some g-code to play with. This is neat stuff. The rendering is a bit odd looking because of the zero is on the outside edge of the blank and the A axis rotates around the X. It appears to work. I wrote my version to automatically calculate the blank diameter based on the gear tooth count and module making it very simple. Enter the module, tooth count, blank width, and the cutter details, it then spits out g-code.This is a good starting point to play with. I'm definitely going to modify this code to handle standard profile gear cutters also.

The render is for a mod 3.0, 38 tooth gear, and a 30mm face width. The cutter is 60mm diameter and 2mm thick. Similar to the gear in the original video.