CNC Router Wood Gears

[nuetzij]

Has anyone built a clock with wood gears using a CNC router?

What brand CNC router was used?

What Software?

What kind of issues did you come across?

Has anyone built a Clayton Boyer clock using a CNC router?

Any issues there getting the gear pics from paper to the router?

I am currently building two Clayton clocks by hand. The gears I created (via a band saw or scroll saw), aren't the best.

I wouldn't mind looking into a cnc router.

Any help on this topic would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Dave H]

Woodgears.ca, is an interesting site this page is makeing wooden gears cnc vs bandsaw, if not helpful at least entertaining.

http://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/cnc.html sorry forgot to add thread.

[mar10]

Hi Nuetzij

Google “Let’s talk Shopbot “ the forum will answer all your cnc questions.

also there are software programs designed to cut gears with a cnc.

Please contact me if I can help.

Bill

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

[baok]

Wow I can't believe I missed this thread. Yes I have used a CNC machine and I have used Clayton Boyer's plans.

I actually built his Copernican Planetary Orrery. I used a ShopBot CNC router to cut the gears. Obviously I had to have an electronic version of the gears to feed the CNC with; I counted the teeth on Clayton's plan and then used the program at woodgears.ca to create the electronic version. I bought his gear generator program because it was pretty cheap, and it was cool, and works great.

I actually wrote a build blog of the project - I'll post a link later - I'm using my phone at the moment to write this and I'm at the limit of my abilities. :-)