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I turned this from a bar of 1 1/2" 12L14. The idea is to use it in the mill to cut gear teeth.
The HSS tool was ground on the bench grinder to match my lathe change gears. I got a pretty good grind. I kept holding it up to the gear with the light behind until there was just a little fuzz of light showing at the tip. It can't be perfect enough to run in a high speed gear train . But change gears run pretty slow. I'll get one made and see if it is possible to make them this way.
This is just experimental to see if the idea works.
The HSS tool was ground on the bench grinder to match my lathe change gears. I got a pretty good grind. I kept holding it up to the gear with the light behind until there was just a little fuzz of light showing at the tip. It can't be perfect enough to run in a high speed gear train . But change gears run pretty slow. I'll get one made and see if it is possible to make them this way.
This is just experimental to see if the idea works.