Internal gears can be rotary broached. It uses a tool similar to what's on that
shaper but both tool and gear blank are rotating pretty quick. Takes just one
pass. Splines can be cut the same way.
On Friday, December 15, 2017, 4:19:44 AM MST, andy pugh
<bodge...@gmail.com> wrote:
But I use the hobbing method of gear making, and that can't be used
for internal gears.
To make internal gears you need a Fellows-style gear shaper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNenwSSZfYU
(Which would be a fun modification to a slotting head on a milling machine)
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