I've been watching a ton of videos on gear cutting for watches/small clocks. it seems that a common way of doing it is to slot the gears first , and then instead of cutting them from a normal involute gear cutter, they use a special cutter with one tooth cut int the profile of the gear, followed by a sort of spiral to rotate the gear automatically to the next tooth, cut a bit out, and on and on etc, until it cuts full gear profile.
Is this corret? IT seems like a great way to minimize error, and cut very small gears rather quickly.
can anyone help explain this better? Cheers!
G Jones
Is this corret? IT seems like a great way to minimize error, and cut very small gears rather quickly.
can anyone help explain this better? Cheers!
G Jones