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Worm and Worm Wheel: a Steel Screw and a Hobbed Bronze Wheel
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Worm and Worm Wheel: a Steel Screw and a Hobbed Bronze Wheel

A worm is a screw that drives a toothed wheel at right angles; with a single-start worm each turn moves the wheel one tooth, so a 30-tooth wheel gives 30:1. Cut the worm on a screw-cutting lathe, make a hob that is a copy of it with cutting edges, gash the bronze wheel on the dividing head, then run the hob through it to finish the teeth. The picture: a worm shaft with its bearings and a hobbed bronze worm wheel from a gearbox.
Hejuru
Three to four days

Amabwiriza

1

Cut the worm

Turn the steel bar to the worm's diameter and set the lathe's change gears to the axial pitch (π × module). Cut the single-start thread with a tool ground to the tooth form, checking it with the gauge.

Ibikoresho by'iyi ntambwe:

Umurongo uziguye w'icyuma cyorohejeUmurongo uziguye w'icyuma cyoroheje1 igice

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Imashini yo guhinguza icyumaImashini yo guhinguza icyuma
Ibikoresho byo Kuzenguruka Ibiti bya HSSIbikoresho byo Kuzenguruka Ibiti bya HSS
Ikipimo cy'imizingoIkipimo cy'imizingo
Kalipe ya VernierKalipe ya Vernier
Amavuta yo gukataAmavuta yo gukata
2

Make the hob

Cut the same thread a little oversize on tool steel, file four or more lengthwise flutes across it to make cutting edges, back off behind each edge, then harden and temper it.

Ibikoresho by'iyi ntambwe:

Inkoni ifite impande umunani y'icyuma cy'ibikoreshoInkoni ifite impande umunani y'icyuma cy'ibikoresho1 igice

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Imashini yo guhinguza icyumaImashini yo guhinguza icyuma
Ikariso ry'IcyumaIkariso ry'Icyuma
Uruganda rw'umucuziUruganda rw'umucuzi
Indobo yo gukonjeshaIndobo yo gukonjesha
Amadarubindi y'umutekanoAmadarubindi y'umutekano
3

Cast and turn the wheel blank

Melt bronze in a crucible, cast a round blank, and turn it on a mandrel to the wheel's diameter with a hollow rim to wrap the worm.

Ibikoresho by'iyi ntambwe:

Igice cya bronzeIgice cya bronze1 kg
AmakaraAmakara1 as required

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Uruganda rw'umucuziUruganda rw'umucuzi
Ikirahure cy'Ibumba Rirwanya UmuriroIkirahure cy'Ibumba Rirwanya Umuriro
Amakoro y'Icyombo GishongeshaAmakoro y'Icyombo Gishongesha
Imbumbe yo gusukamo icyuma gishongeyeImbumbe yo gusukamo icyuma gishongeye
Imashini yo guhinguza icyumaImashini yo guhinguza icyuma
Inkoni ya mandrelInkoni ya mandrel
Uturindantoki two gukomeza ibyumaUturindantoki two gukomeza ibyuma
4

Gash the teeth

Mount the blank on the dividing head with the cutter path set at the worm's lead angle and cut a slot for every tooth, nearly to depth.

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Imashini ibaza icyumaImashini ibaza icyuma
Umutwe wo KugabanyaUmutwe wo Kugabanya
Amavuta yo gukataAmavuta yo gukata
5

Hob to shape

Run the hob in mesh with the gashed blank, free to turn, feeding it in gradually to full depth: it drives the blank round and generates the true tooth form.

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Imashini ibaza icyumaImashini ibaza icyuma
Igikata amenyo y'uruziga rwa wormuIgikata amenyo y'uruziga rwa wormu
Amavuta yo gukataAmavuta yo gukata
6

Sizes for a 30:1 set

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7

Limits

Worm drive principles, gashing and hobbing are as Wikipedia describes them; the module, tooth count and making the hob from the worm's own thread are ours. A single-start set like this is usually self-locking, which depends on lead angle and friction.

Ibikoresho

4

Ibikoresho bikenewe

17

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