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Michael Takewell
02-03-2010, 5:40 PM
I found this gear calculator online and thought ya'll might get some use out of it. http://woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/template.html

Jason Roehl
02-03-2010, 10:09 PM
Figures that would come from the guy who built the wooden adding machine. He's got some incredibly cool stuff on his website beyond the gear calculator.

Steve Peterson
02-04-2010, 10:59 AM
I use that program to generate HPGL and import it to a CAD program for a CNC router. It works great.

However, the cuts are really slow because the program generates thousands of tiny line segments. My CNC router pauses for a short time between each segment. I get better results by approximating the imported gear profile with a few line segments per tooth. The generated tooth is still more accurate than my CNC router can cut.

Steve

Henry Smith
05-03-2011, 7:05 AM
It seems like a good gear calculator to me ...!!
So thanks for sharing it here... :)

Hank Wangford
08-19-2011, 6:58 AM
I found this gear calculator online and thought ya'll might get some use out of it. http://woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/template.html

Good site.
Thanks for the heads up - much appreciated!

George Carlson
06-04-2012, 9:26 PM
Another gear program that is even fancier can be found at: www.gearotic.com (http://www.gearotic.com/)
This program allows you to design and simulate large gear trains. You can build a virtual clock and watch it run.
The free demo allows most all functions except saving in a CAD format. The license is $75.

Marcie Olson
01-30-2013, 3:50 PM
Thanks for the link.. We are working on some new gear clocks, and sometimes increasing/decreasing the gears has been tricky, this will at least help with the spacing, etc.