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Default Cutting teeth in a ratchet wheel

On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:59:59 -0500, Tom Gardner Mars@Tacks wrote:

On 12/4/2012 8:40 PM, F.K. wrote:
On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:55:44 -0500, Tom Gardner Mars@Tacks wrote:

The wheel is 36" dia., .3125" thick and has a 14" hole in the center and
six equidistant mounting holes .375 dia. 1" from center hole. There
needs to be 118 teeth that are 3/8" deep and have a leg of the
triangular tooth that is a radian and the other leg is 60 degrees.

I see doing them with a hacksaw and a file after blued and laid out by
hand. (maybe a power saw) Any better ideas? I can't visualize mounting
it on the BP.



Hire a machinist :-)


Ain't that cheating?


Not really. I think I'd hire a welder if I was building a bridge.

Actually, since you posted the original message on the 4th and today
is the 5th, one would assume that the job would be finished already
:-)