Making a Set of Helical Drive Gears for the Hobbing Attachment Project 

I'm still so impressed behind the engineering of the hob machine. I know it's essentially math, but to turn that math into a mechanism that actually makes things is pretty cool.

Every time I see a shop like this and a machinist like Tom I silently hope he had or has an apprentice to pass on those skills,

Excellent work!

Amazing work as always! No wires just gears, as things are meant to be cause mechanical engineering always looks cooler than electrical engineering and that's just fax 😂

Hello, very nice work!!! very nice assembly!!! very nice machine!!! finally everything is great it makes you want to do machining good continuation!!!

Magnificent! So envious of your knowledge & skills. I’m old but new to machining metal. I bought a 1952 Bridgeport J head mill a couple years back & it came with the horizontal 90 degree head and bushing support arm & arbors & banjos & gears, & dividing head etc to be able to cut helical gears, but I lack the knowledge & skills yet to be able to consider attempting anything of this nature yet, but I love watching those who do know what they are doing demonstrating the techniques. You’ve earned a new subscriber. Thank you sincerely for your efforts from here downunder. 👍👍👍🇦🇺

That is a beautiful Hobb you have built. Not many of you guys capable of doing that left.

Gday Tom, I always throughly enjoy episode, the 2 gears do run very quite and smooth, truly looking forward to the next instalment, cheers

A very nice job, and no unfortunate crash. Amazing what can come out of a rabbit hole.

You asked for what r thought of this format. I see more than a few talking of your expertise, and yes, you are very good at what you do. But for me,I don't really care for the music. I enjoy the explanations and the sound of the machines. If I mute the music, I lose the machine background. I do realize that others might enjoy this, but you did ask. So that is my two cents. 😊

Bonjour, très beau travail !!! très beau montage !!! très belle machine !!! enfin tout est super cela donne envie de faire de l'usinage bonne continuation !!!

Tom, I really enjoy watching and listening to you and your explanations. I spent 37 yrs. as a machinist and did lots of horizontal milling work but never learned anything about gear cutting. One question: when you swivel the table to 30 degs. you don't have to change the Y axis centerline? Thanks in advance and Continued Success!

I usually take .200" depth of cut on my hobber but I am usually cutting 5 or 6 Dp 25 degree pressure angle.

Nice work looks well

OOF! How often does this happen? 8:45 👀 Is it possible to relocate the E-brake button, because that looked painful?! (EDIT: Oh nvm...that's the everything panel...) Being 6'5" myself, I can definitely relate.

I was always told to tighten and loosen the nut with the overarm support in place to avoid straining the spindle. Is this correct ?

Il suffit de faire la traduction 😮