Gear cutting. Making gears in the home workshop.

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Published 2023-07-03
In this video, I make some MOD0.6 involute gears using the gear cutters I made in my last video. The gears are made from mild steel and are going to be used in a model five-speed gearbox. In the video, I use my home-made dividing head and a rotary table to index the gears. This is the process of incrementally rotating the gear blank to cut the correct number of teeth. I am using a Myford Super 7B lathe and an X3 milling machine.
All Comments (21)
  • @jimsvideos7201
    Speaking of mod 0.6 gears, a set where one has 200 teeth and the other 189 will almost perfectly convert a 1.5 mm pitch leadscrew to 16 TPI or vice versa. At mod 0.6 they'll also more or less fit on the common imported 7" mini-lathes; this is a project I look forward to tackling this winter. Thank you for the video; there's no way to have too much insight into the practice.
  • @kenjohnson6338
    Great video. New to channel...have to start from beginning.. I have only 2 years on the machines , mill and lathe.. folk like you give me motivation.. thanks ..
  • @edsmachine93
    Nice work. I like the super glue trick. Amazing how it held up. Thanks for sharing. Have a great week.
  • @mmnyako
    Gears are amazing. Thank you for sharing!
  • @masterQ20
    You’re doing great! You’ve done a great job!
  • @cdrive5757
    Absolutely magnificent machine videography! The clarity is exceptionally vivid!! I really appreciate the absence of annoying background music too!!! Wakodahatchee Chris
  • @Workshopfriend
    Enjoyed your video - presentation & content. The centre height off the lathe cross-slide for the tailstock seemed a happy coincidence until I realised you had probably also made the dividing head with the same set up.
  • @BruceBoschek
    Very admirable craftsmanship! Excellent video, too. Thanks very much.
  • @terjalgame4763
    I once made a gear with an M1 Z 38 module with a diameter of 50 mm, but it was damaged because the module was worn out and why did I get a low score🤣
  • @ObixMT
    I enjoyed this video, nice clean gears. I would like to see more on the custom dividing head that you made. It appears relatively simple in design while still quite effective.
  • @BrucePierson
    You have a very well equipped workshop with lots of custom made tools and equipment. You are very well set up for doing what you want to do.
  • @MegaChekov
    Very well done Thanks for sharing all the best to you from John in Texas
  • @Festivejelly
    cool contraption. Looking at the finish on your parts it looks like you have some serious rigidity issues on your lathe. Might be worth checking the bearings and gibs.
  • @GaryPArmstrong
    I like the skills you exhibit. I will follow your creativity. Question: how do you work out what gears to use when finding the odd gear teeth number?