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Posted by pogo on April 14, 2008, 12:01 am
> HI all. I built a gear cutter a while back and it works ok.
http://www.pacificsites.com/~snyder/Ebay/GearCutter.html
> I have built the electronics and part of the mechanics for a better one with
the idea of selling it.
> http://www.pacificsites.com/~snyder/Ebay/EbayPic.jpg
> A description is at: http://www.pacificsites.com/~snyder/Ebay/stepper.html I
wrote a short article to aid stepper motor
> designs. http://www.pacificsites.com/~snyder/Ebay/Stepper%20Motor%20Design.html
> Anyway, here's the question. Is there any interest at all for this stuff or
should I use it for manufacturing something else?
> If so, what? Thanks in advance.
> Larry
Hi Larry. Knowing what I know these days, *I* would tend to purchase a small CNC
desktop lathe or mill machine (such as Sherline,
Taig, etc.) to do gear cutting. But if gear cutting is *all* someone is
interested in, then your design might be worthwhile. My
advice to you - based on my very recent experience - is to make only a few at a
time and see how they sell - don't spend money on
tons of parts and equipment until you've established that there is a viable
market for the product. I'm discovering that a small
portion of my recent offerings seems to have a much bigger demand than my
original full product.
Also, it looks like you have everything you really need to create a CNC retrofit
kit for small desktop machines, so that might be
a possibility, too.
Asking questions like you are doing here is an important first step! Keep it up!
Best of luck !
JCDeen
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