Handy gear template generator

Martin_H

I was struggling using Inkscape to generate a gear profile. After an online search I found this tool:

http://woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/template.html

It is referred to in this how to:

http://woodgears.ca/gear/howto.html

I think it could come in handy for making plywood gears and sprockets for hobby robots. If you built them large enough the lower precision would probably not be too big a problem.

erco

Useful info for this labor of love, to be sure. As much as I love wood and gears, I have no time for this level of dedication with the twins. But I will be happy to see the craftsmen among us step up.

Now where's my Ebay "Buy It Now" button for premade wooden gears?

Oh, here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Prima-Flowers-Wooden-Embellishments-Gear-/310500688383?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item484b4881ff

and here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wood-Grain-Gears-Set-of-10-different-Gears-with-Wooden-Grain-/121031463361?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c2e0991c1

but not quite here (cloth that looks like wood!): http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-12-TELETYPE-WOVEN-CLOTH-LOOKS-LIKE-WOODEN-GEARS-P-N-158077-/220914821987?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item336f8cab63

skylight

erco wrote: »

but not quite here (cloth that looks like wood!): http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-12-TELETYPE-WOVEN-CLOTH-LOOKS-LIKE-WOODEN-GEARS-P-N-158077-/220914821987?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item336f8cab63

Just watch the moths don't get to it or you'll have to call it Holeywood could catch on in LA?