Subject: Re: Making Gears

From: Michael Horgan <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 17:22:23 -0700

I've seen info on cutting *Large* gears with a cold chisel and chipping
hammer. Nothing on something as small as clock wheels.

At 04:04 PM 9/11/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Had an inquiry on another group about making (forging) clock gears. 
>Anybody do this? If so how? The inquiry was *not* how to mill them using 
>milling cutters/hobbs etc. 
>
>Daryl
>
>
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From: Jim McCarty <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 22:37:09 -0500

I once did a story on a man who made wooden clocks. He cut the gears 
using a DeWalt Radial arm saw that had a head that could be rotated 
180 degrees. He had a little degree jig set up so that he could rotate 
the gear stock and cut the teeth that way. It took some figuring I'm 
sure but worked real well. by rotating the head he left the front 
fence intact so that he could easily set up for corsscut without 
messing up his gear jig. The same could be done in metal using a 
cutoff wheel in the saw.
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