Gear cutters and hobs are tools for machining gear-tooth profiles. They are ground to produce teeth, usually of an involute form, in standard American pitches or metric modules. Specialty or custom ...

[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.

This makes them particularly well suited for making gears out of flat stock. [sharvfish] needed to get his hands dirty with producing some gears for his automaton, and decided to share what he ...

With so many brands and sizes of bolt cutters available, figuring out which is the right tool for the job can be confusing. Learn what to look for when choosing a pair of bolt cutters and discover ...

There are 16 members of this class of 210-foot medium endurance cutters in the U.S. Coast Guard. Eleven cutters of this class are assigned to the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, while three ...

To find the best bug-killing gear available, we turned to experienced exterminators and entomologists, and we interviewed a Caltech aeronautics professor who has spent more than 30 years studying ...

Cutting tough materials has never been easier with the OLFA SK-16 Quick-Change Concealed Blade Safety Knife. This touch-safe cutter requires no blade activation - simply pull to cut. The exposed ...

THE SLIDING ACTION ON SPIRAL GEARS, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE CONTACT RATIO IS GREATER THAN TWO, TENDS TO CORRECT SMALL ERRORS SO THAT THE LOAD TENDS TO BECOME EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE TWO TEETH IN ...

You will also explore the development of power transmission systems; the “Law of Gearing”; the use of the involute gear form; the features of different gear types; and the requirements for lubrication ...

And who should attempt a “cut,” anyway? Here, seven experts provide insights and tips on following a cutting diet. A cutting diet is a short-term, structured way of eating that can help you ...

We’ve spent hundreds of hours running real-world tests on dozens of routers, mesh-networking kits, and extenders to find the best gear to get a strong signal throughout your entire home ...

That’s not the way to get more iron in your diet. Doctors in India were taken aback after removing keys, nail clippers, and even a knife from the stomach of a young man, reported to be in his ...