CNC gear help.

[DMS]

Keep in mind the path you will be cutting is helical. That will effect the geometry if you attempt to use a form cutter in a boring head/fly cutter, or similar setup, unless you are planning on using a rigid tap cycle to co-ordinate Z axis and spindle motion (similar to what you would do when threading on a lathe). If you are doing that, the form cutter would match the worm profile exactly, just make sure you have enough relief on the tool.

 

[mrich0908]

Keep in mind the path you will be cutting is helical. That will effect the geometry if you attempt to use a form cutter in a boring head/fly cutter, or similar setup, unless you are planning on using a rigid tap cycle to co-ordinate Z axis and spindle motion (similar to what you would do when threading on a lathe). If you are doing that, the form cutter would match the worm profile exactly, just make sure you have enough relief on the tool.

Y a I was running code till late last night and stopped. I wrote a simple program that just grooved back and forth. After I did ruffly five teeth I stopped .
There was no helical twist. The teeth meshed , line up properly but just didnt look right. Im not into hacking stuff together I would like to do this right no mater how long it takes.
I need to study more.
My machine doesn't have rigid tapping feature.
That why I wanted to try thread milling the piece.