Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Cool Worm Gear

> I have seen a method for cutting worm gears that looked real interesting.
> The gear is held on the lathe carriage in a manner that you can index it for
> each tooth. The gear is heldhorizontal so it's centerline is inline with the
> center of the spindle. A boring bar is paced between centers with a tool
> ground to the worm profile. The gear is fed across this tool using a
> threading operation that is the pitch of the worm, using the cross slide to
> set the cutting depth. This generates the correct tooth profile. I hope this
> explination is good enough to understand, if not I'll have to try and draw
> it up.
>
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