Interesting Tech Projects
Making Gears
Today it was time to give some new gear generation code a try. Using CamBam I created gcode for a gear with a 2″ pitch diameter, 18 teeth, 20 degree pressure angle and a diametral pitch of nine. I then cut a couple of them out.
The original plan was to work on precise cutting of two sides of an object. That idea failed so I had to eyeball it. Here is a video of my Fireball CNC V90 and EMC2 (running on Ubuntu Gutsy) in action:
The gears fit together nicely.
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about 15 years ago
That is a good looking gear. Interesting since I have just ordered a v90 and gears are something that I will be making eventually.
The bit looks like a PCB drill bit.