Joe, I think the number of guys that have made their own bits could be counted on one hand and those that know a guy that could make a bit on two hands, and those that have actually done it back on one hand again! You're in a different league than the majority of the players, but that's not a bad thing. It brings other in the group up a level if they choose to understand how things work.
Anyway, when designing I decide if I want the sides to match ( even or odd number of twists ) Look at the resulting angle of the line that I want on the piece ( a little math converts to the pitch of the gears ) then match the pitch to the number of starts and profile and width of the bits that I have. That's if I'm feeling anal and have a client that wants drawings. Other wise I look at what gear is on the machine and free style it. There's a lot of creativity between the gaps of the router bit. Over lapping is interesting to. It all depends on the what the finished projects flexibility is. -Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 2:50 PM Subject: Re: time for a question or two...... tim...between the standard gears, the .25X set, the .50X set and the 2X set just about all pitches anyone would want are covered( a total of 28...with 3 duplications)...we even played with mixing gears from different sets, but the difference in pitches is negligible...again, i'll assume most of the legacy guys design around the router bit...whereas we design first, and then find the bit that will work with our design, whether we order a custom bit or make it ourselves...joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
