At last, more progress on the tool making. After breaking the cutting tool while making the hob for the worm wheel, I started looking around for off-the-shelf worm drives. A low backlash one came up on eBay for $100 including a stepper motor, so I jumped.
My original plan with the bought drive was to bore out the centre of the worm wheel so that it would fit on the spindle of the direct dividing head (or indexing head) of the Continue reading Worm drive for wheel cutting on the Aciera F1
After some deliberation, I decided that I would attempt to make my own worm gear and wheel for my electronic indexing device. While it’s possible to buy the gear and wheel from companies such as HPC, the low backlash type that I want commands a high price. Besides, it’s an interesting project in itself.
Some searching on the web got me the basic calculations for the sizes of gear and wheel, based on my desired ratio of 36:1. This ratio was Continue reading Making a worm drive – making the hob
