Charlie. thanks. I may have to go the route of fly cutting, making an involute bit. I am sure the problem is surrounded by the? major dia of the Mod 2 12-?13 T?which is 58 mm dia. I had no issues with the spiral/bevel gear as I managed to be able to use the full diameter of the gear cutter. Again the indexer and the drive stepper motor cranked at 20 degrees, the area for the teeth was also turned?at 20 degrees. It's very difficult to measure the end of cut radius of the existing toolhouse chuck pinions, I get something like a 12 mm rad, thus maybe making a fly cutting tool that has a total swing of 24 - 25 mm dia. I dont think a "d" bit would cut it sorry for the PUN as they say LOL, normally these are used for? reaming into an existing hole, IE no zero side load, also turning a tool with an involute shape would require some? type of radius toolholder.? Making a bit should not be a problem, use 10 mm dia drill rod, an 8 mm end mill in a vertical mill and with several X and Y moves would get me pretty close to a Mod 2 involute. I have Ivan Law?s Cheers John On Wed, 8 May 2024 at 20:26, CLevinski via <clevinski=[email protected]> wrote: Hi, John, --
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