Team 4499's first Homemade Gear!

[Michael 4499]

Originally Posted by asid61

That looks shiny. I'm sure it'll come in handy during the season for those odd tooth sizes.
Have you considered getting a rotary broach to make the hex bore?
What made you choose to write a program to generate the G-code over a CAM plugin for your CAD software, or a similar solution (like MasterCAM)?

We actually haven't looked into rotary broaches. What are the advantages of them? For the g-code, we went with a python generated program so then it is very simple to change the number of teeth, the thickness of the material, and the amount of material being cut. Also we were having trouble with making the program in hsmworks.