The attached shows a 7” OD gear I want to cut with my CNC out of 1/2" Plywood and I have 8 more similar gears to cut of various size. I will use a 1/16” 1 flute endmill at 12K RPM, 40 IPM
Never did this before and in my CAM program I select “Chains” and the whole gear is selected, I ask to make each pass 1/16” deep and I do a simulate the cut and the simulation completes. Is this the right way to cut a gear?
Next question is how to hold the plywood on my table. I normally use 1” long finish nails or double sided tape to hold to plywood into the top of my table but this gear has so many openings inside so I don’t know where to put the nails or tape. Any suggestions?
Thanks