That's still using a specially shaped cutter. I want to see it done with an ordinary end mill, perpendicular to the face of the gear, cutting back and forth across the face to form the teeth sides.
On Thu, 7/4/13, Dave Caroline <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Cutting involute spur gears with 4 axis? To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 12:52 AM On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote: > I've seen videos of turbine wheels being cut with a ball nose straight end mill on a 5 axis machine. Why not cut involute spur gears on a 4 axis with end mills? Already been done http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJQtx80euGM It is a slow process though I have a gcode implementation with a slitting saw ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
