Hi everyone. Just asking if this is feasible before I got to all the trouble to build the setup. I have a small cheap lathe upgraded to CNC. It dosent get used much these days as I have access to a much larger machine. The project I am working on requires a 25:1 reduction gearbox. I am thinking of setting up this lathe to hob gears, as it already has a large stepper motor to drive the chuck that is used to do some threading now and again. Here`s my question. Do you think it would be possible to hob a WORM gear if I was to set up another motor to drive the hob and matched the RPM to the chuck. Thanks in advance for your replies.
Marz