Gear Generating with Various Cutters
Figure 24.30 (a) Producing gear teeth on a blank by form cutting. (b) Schematic illustration of gear generating with a pinion-shaped gear cutter. (c) and (d) Gear generating on a gear shaper using a pinion-shaped cutter. Note that the cutter reciprocates vertically. (e) Gear generating with rack-shaped cutter. Source: (d) Schafer Gear Works, Inc.