Whether I used a lot or a little amount of glue, I invariably found that the template would tear apart throughout the process, leaving me with no guidelines.
Now this is a great theory and I’m guessing it’s worked well for him and thousands of others – but not for me. Matthias instructs us to cut out the template, glue it to a scrap of wood, drill out some holes, trim away the excess with a bandsaw then sand to finish.
Metal gear template generator generator#
The gear generator program allows the user to type in their required measurements and from this it produces a paper template. Think of a bicycle, where the pedals meet the chain. Sprockets are similar in appearence to gears but they work in conjunction with a chain rather than another gear.
Unfortunately I needed sprockets and these are not part of the free version, but Matthias’s download version does cope with these and is very reasonably priced. You can see it online on his website See the accompanying video here. Matthias is the wood gears guru in my opinion and his program is easy and in part free. I needed to make sprockets as templates for some lost foam casting I had in mind and like a lot of people I came across Matthias Wandel’s excellent Wood Gear Generator program. Wooden Sprockets Cutting Wood Sprockets & Gears Using A Simple Jig
Metal gear template generator how to#
How to wire a 4 Pole Illuminated Rocker Switch.