Form Relieving a Hob, How It's Done. 1

• Mar 9, 2015

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gearcutter

Industrial

May 11, 2005

683

AU

In case you've ever wondered how a gear generating hob is 'backed-off' or 'form-relieved'; this video shows how it's done in a form-relieving lathe.

http://youtu.be/P91Wt4CwH4A

 

• Mar 9, 2015

• #2

MikeHalloran

Mechanical

Aug 29, 2003

14,450

US

I love that stuff.
Thanks!

Where's the cam that moves the cross slide?


Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

• Mar 18, 2015

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• #3

gearcutter

Industrial

May 11, 2005

683

AU

Sorry Mike, I don't know all that much about these old beauties.

 

• Mar 18, 2015

• #4

tbuelna

Aerospace

Aug 10, 2002

4,026

US

I loved that website for The Vintage Gearcutter! Spent some time watching the videos of him making various types of gears with his manual machines. Those type of skills are not acquired easily.