I’m making a wooden clock and of course I will have tons of gear teeth to cut which I never done before. The gears size which all will be made from 1/4” or 1/2” plywood vary from 8” to 1” OD.
I will have a pattern for each gear which I will glue to my plywood and have no problem rough cutting the teeth with my bandsaw / router / sander but I can see a problem when the time comes to do the trimming of each tooth to achieve the right curve and make them all identical (some teeth are straight and some have a slight curve).
Has anyone developed some kind of a template for this kind of work or can suggest a way to achieve good results?
I will have a pattern for each gear which I will glue to my plywood and have no problem rough cutting the teeth with my bandsaw / router / sander but I can see a problem when the time comes to do the trimming of each tooth to achieve the right curve and make them all identical (some teeth are straight and some have a slight curve).
Has anyone developed some kind of a template for this kind of work or can suggest a way to achieve good results?