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Have you forgone the pleasure of building a small,
geared engine simply because the thought of having to cut your own gears
sends a shiver down your metalworking spine? Even if you can muster up the
nerve, you realize that so called involute gear cutters cost an arm and a
leg... You next need a set of eight cutters to enable you to cut the
entire range of teeth for 12 to infinite rack. The cost in cutters alone
can reach well over $200 before you even begin thinking about arbors to
hold them. It’s no wonder many of us will simply go to the nearest gear
vendor and pay $50-$60 for a pair of small brass spur gears.
In this video, you will learn the secrets of the HOB. You will not only
learn how to use a hob, but you will also learn how to build one from
scratch right on your small to medium sized lathe and small milling
machine.
For a cost of about $3 in raw materials, you can make a hob that will not
only enable you to easily make any number/tooth spur gear as well as a
worm and worm gear, you will be amazed at how simple gear making can be!
You can make any diemetral pitch hob by simply following the diemetral
pitch chart that comes with the video. The video shows a 1/10” pitch
spiral and straight hob being made and then used to make gears of various
diameters. You will not need to compute anything. All basic diameters for
gear blanks for gears of any numbers of teeth will also be included within
the info sheets that come with the package. If you'd rather
use a
calculator to figure out diameters, easy formulas are also included. Once
you have used a hob to cut a gear, you'll wonder why you ever used
anything else!
By Craftsman, Jose F. Rodriguez
Running time: 4 hours
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