Cutting tool developer Sandvik Coromant introduced a light cutting insert for its CoroMill 170 precision gear-milling cutter. The new -PL geometry flank insert reduces cutting forces, it reported, ...

There is a second dimension to the gear making process, which opens new potential for the century-old technique. Mark Grizotsky of Thornhill, Ontario, writes: We discovered new possibilities in the ...

You can buy gears off the shelf, of course, and get accurately machined parts exactly to your chosen specification. However, there’s something rugged and individualist about producing your own ...

In the early 1980s, machine tool builders added milling spindles to turning machines, and Multi-Tasking was born. Within a decade, the concept quickly progressed to machines that not only combined ...

Makers, engineers and hobbyists who would like to automatically manufacture a variety of different size plastic gears you might be interested in a unique machine built using a little Arduino hardware, ...