Gear Making Information

[Alan Ing]

Joe,

Sorry to hear that the Seminars won't be happening again. Its too bad as I know a lot of teams could benefit from them.

Let me see if I get this. Even though I can purchase a 20 degree involute gear cutter in 32 DP from MSC, using one to make gears on a mill will be very difficult or unsatisfactory. This is dissapointing as I was hoping to save time.

EDM sounds great, and I'll try to find a source, but what I'm worried about, is that if it takes a EDM source 3 days to ship the gear out, it could take up to 4 more days to receive them in Hawaii. UPS 2nd day air is more like 3-4 day service to Hawaii. If I ordered a gear on Monday, and it is ready by Wednesday and shipped UPS 2nd day air to Hawaii, it will most likely arrive on the following Tuesday. 8 days during the competition build time is a long time to wait. Can't afford to make mistakes! Just one of those sacrifices you have to make to live in paradise.

Alan