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Gears & Gear Making References

Gear Design Theory

• How Gears Work 

• How pendulums work

• Gear Theory

• Hugh Sparks

• http://www.akgears.com/pdf/direct.pdf

• http://www.bostongear.com/products/open/theory.html

• http://www.sdp-si.com/D190/D190cat.htm

• http://www.epi-eng.com/GBX-GearDesign.htm#intro

• http://www.scribd.com/doc/11572720/m3-Machine-Design-Gear

• http://www.gizmology.net/gears.htm

• http://www.wmberg.com/catalog/pdf/b00k2-16.pdf

• http://www.bostongear.com/pdf/gear_theory.pdf

Gear  Design Software , Simulation, for CNC, 3D Printing, etc

The following programs make the calculations much easier and most of these can create DXF files for direct import into a CAD or CNC program

• https://geargenerator.com/#200,200,100,6,1,3,0,4,1,8,2,4,27,-90,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,4,4,27,-60,0,0,0,0,1,1,12,1,12,20,-60,0,0,0,0,2,0,60,5,12,20,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3,-515

• Mathias Wandel - www.woodgears.ca : This is one of the most impressive freeware programs. A limted free demo and purchase versions available - I bought one and it saved hours. It exports files in .DXF, SketchUp, etc.

• OpenSource Application - http://www.forestmoon.com/Software/GearDXF/ , that loads a 2.5D  .DXF and then converts it to a GCode file. The file can be simulated or connected to a real CNC machine. I haven't test this connected to my CNC yet, but the conversion seems to work well.

  • • http://www.forestmoon.com/Software/MillCmdr/

• http://woodgears.ca/gear/help3/index.html

• http://www.woodenworksclocks.com/Design.htm

• http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9780511605512&cid=CBO9780511605512A011&p=5

• Hyperphysics

• • Faucault's Pendelum experiments and Pendulum equations

  • http://www.edu-ctr.pref.kanagawa.jp/LinkWeb/index_e.htm (for simulation of linkages)

• http://www.forestmoon.com/Software/GearDXF/

• • Google Sketchup and integration to CamBam  

  • GearDXF - > http://www.ForestMoon.com/Software/GearDXF/

Making Gears

• Start wth http://woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/template.html either buy the program or use HPGL2DXF (or search Google) to load into CAD or CAM program to prepare files for CNC machine

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNuhr3htNWs&feature=related

• See also Making Gears on a CNC machine -> here

Gear Calculators

• http://www.csparks.com/watchmaking/CycloidalGears/CycloidCalculator.html

  • http://watchmaking.csparks.com/CycloidalGears/CycloidCalculator.html

• http://eagle.csd49.org/middle/jss/Course_GearCalc.htm

• http://www.csparks.com/watchmaking/WheelCutting.html

• http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Curves/Epicycloid.html

• http://www.geocities.com/mvhw/clocklinks.html#CALC

• http://www.zakgear.com/Over_Pins.html

• http://bobcad.com.au/downloads/documentation/v19/GearLesson1.pdf

• http://www.ohyeahcad.com/download/

• http://www.zakgear.com/involute.html

• http://www.gizmology.net/gears.htm

  • Gear Train Calculator http://www.bhi.co.uk/aHints/bph2.html

• http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/gear-ratio3.htm

• http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/gear-ratio5.htm