[Maciej Nowak] demonstrates just how to produce your own gears with a homemade cutting tool. The cutting tool for the job is an M16 machine tap, chosen for the smaller flutes compared to a hand tap.

Gear manufacturing machines are used to cut, form, and finish gear teeth. Gear manufacturing machines are used to perform processes such as hobbing, milling, grinding, lapping, and deburring. A gear ...

Gear cutters and hobs are tools for machining gear-tooth profiles. They are ground to produce teeth, usually of an involute form ... the number of flutes of cutting edges. This number can vary with ...