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RC-Monster Mike · 06.10.2015, 04:16 PM

Mach3 has a gear cutting wizard, Rene - its almost too easy once you have the setup figured out. The code is dead simple, too - rotate the A axis by the 360 degrees/tooth count(a 36t gear gets rotated 10 degrees for each cut) and cut to depth. Rinse, repeat. I actually do it on a 3 axis machine(position and lock the Z, then take the Z motor cable and connect it to the A axis motor).

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RC-Monster Mike Site Owner Offline Posts: 4,915 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: PA	06.10.2015, 04:16 PM Mach3 has a gear cutting wizard, Rene - its almost too easy once you have the setup figured out. The code is dead simple, too - rotate the A axis by the 360 degrees/tooth count(a 36t gear gets rotated 10 degrees for each cut) and cut to depth. Rinse, repeat. I actually do it on a 3 axis machine(position and lock the Z, then take the Z motor cable and connect it to the A axis motor).