Your right there Mac. its very interesting stuff. As I mentioned I may check and see if my Brother can do them. I know he can cut threads on his lathe etc... I had him cut me some acme threads for a Vice so I'm thinking he could do gears too.
Kind Regards, Timothy J. Ziegler Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty Ziegler Laser Worx LLC 14171 160th Ave. Foreston MN 56330 320-294-5798 shop 320-630-2243 cell On Sat, Nov 4, 2023 at 12:07 AM M.W.Foscue <mwfos...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Curt, > > Now I have learned something new - thanks to Bill and you. > > I'm probably not alone in that "education" - others here may learn as well > - which is why we are all here of course. > > Thanks. > > Mac > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ > > -----Original Message----- > From: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Nov 4, 2023 1:01 AM > To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com < > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Gear making > > > Hay Mac. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbing "*Hobbing* is a machining > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machining> process for gear cutting > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear_cutting>, cutting splines > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotating_spline>, and cutting sprockets > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprocket> using a *hobbing machine*, a > specialized milling machine > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milling_machine>. The teeth or splines of > the gear are progressively cut into the material (such as a flat, > cylindrical piece of metal or thermoset plastic) by a series of cuts made > by a cutting tool > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_tool_(metalworking)> called a *hob*." > (there is more.) > > Now WHY it got its name ??? I do not know, I only know that I was shone > how to do it when I was in trade school. and I've done it a few times over > the years to make worm gears. > > I Hope this helps. > C.A.G. > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ > On Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 12:53:54 AM EDT, M.W.Foscue < > mwfos...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > OK guys - I thought a "hob" was a British/Aussie term for what we > Revolutionaries call a stove. > > What's this "new" use of hob mean? > > Thanks guys. > > Mac > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ > > -----Original Message----- > > From: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Nov 4, 2023 12:30 AM > To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com < > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Gear making > > > Hello Everyone. > > Dan I do like the video. > > As Bill stated I was attempting to make/hob a worm gear for the Legacy. > Using my lathe, I had moderate success with this idea. but sadly other > things > got in the way, and I ended up put this project aside, and have not gotten > back to it. > This person's hobbing machine that he made in the video is very nice. > Perhaps its time to start looking at this idea again? Thank you . > > C.A.G. > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ > On Friday, November 3, 2023 at 11:29:16 PM EDT, <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> > wrote: > > > Home made gear hob nice find Dan curt was looking at a similar method as a > possible way of making our leadscrews a few years back > > > > Bill > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ > > *From:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com < > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> *On Behalf Of *cdkr...@gmail.com > *Sent:* Saturday, November 4, 2023 12:20 PM > *To:* Legacy Ornamental Mills <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* Gear making > > > > For those of us interested in making our own gears for LOM, this video > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP3EHZ-S0sY>I stumbled into seems to > offer a workable solution for those of us without laser cutters. This > would probably work best for the small teeth. The larger teeth on the REVO > standard index gear can be made another simple way with a mill using a > slitting saw. > > > > DanK > > > > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/07ed6a42-e955-edae-99d6-859fca54ab61%40earthlink.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/07ed6a42-e955-edae-99d6-859fca54ab61%40earthlink.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAMBiJLEYeX8z1AM93qC1M%3DNrJzd9g3z_ei0oXCWmN_mosoMMdg%40mail.gmail.com.
