Ordinarily, when we need gears, we pop open a McMaster catalog or head to the KHK website. Some of the more adventurous may even laser cut or 3D print them. But what about machining them yourself?

Some spare time recently got used-up designing a pair of involute gears – which, it transpires, is easy in principle, once certain almost-impossible-to-obtain facts have been gathered. There are ...

If you’re into CNC machining, mechanical tinkering, or just love a good engineering rabbit hole, you’re in for a treat. Substack’s [lcamtuf] has written a quick yet insightful 15-minute introduction ...

Multiple cominations and possibilities Grind any large-angle profile tooth to a smaller one, or a smaller-angle to a larger one Following an earlier proposal for transcribing the angle of hob profile ...

GMTA, the North American distributor for Profilator, is offering new machines using the process modules it already supplies. Profilator is suitable for customers who require complex machining ...