Gear Hobbing UsingA Tap

[kiwi2]

Hi All,
I came across this last night on YouTube.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0o3W4_LRBw[/ame]

There's some clever buggers out there.

Regards,
Alan C.

 

[Swifty]

Forum member Gus has done it a couple of times and posted it, his most recent was the feed motor for his mill. I believe that the hardest part is to get the correct blank size for the number of teeth that you want.

Paul.

 

[NitroExpress]

This is a great way to make a rack and pinion, I have made these a number of times, the pitch circle seems to sort itself out and you can use a length of studding the same size as the tap for the driver.