On 5 July 2013 15:24, Chris Kelley <[email protected]> wrote:

> I've been playing with doing almost exactly what you are talking about.
> I've even cut some proof-of-concept involute gears using only a gcode
> program that generates the gear.

That is fairly cool, and might be a good solution for bevels.
But hobbing isn't particularly difficult with a CNC machine, all it
requires is a tilting head or a horizontal spindle.
And a spindle encoder, but there are many simple ways to add that.

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