How to make gears

woodgears.ca/gear/howto.html How to make gears, such as the ones I used for my screw advance box joint jig or my wooden router lift.

[@davegower123]

Ah... Nothing better than finding a little unwatched back catalog. Thanks for sharing a decade ago! You’ve come a long way. Cheers! 🍻👍🏻😊

[@izzyswan]

I use your gear template generator often, use gears on alot of my jigs and contraptions.. Huge Thankyou! You have saved me many hours of work..

[@luismoref]

Do you think it will work with MDF?

[@1977jmad]

Hi, I just finished cutting some gears using the your gear generator for templates. Thank you so much. The gears are amazing. Keep up the good work!

[@nanotech9]

These videos are ridiculously AWESOME! So glad you're sharing. The videos are VERY well made too! clear sound, clear shots, close-ups of the important parts... VERY good job.

[@goddale2002]

You are ridiculously intelligent. The things you build are just beyond my wood working talents. This gear project however, was explained so simply with such perfect step by step instructions, if I ever had a wooded box joint jig and needed a wooden gear, I feel pretty confident I could make one.

[@Artinthedark83]

Oh wow... Wow, seriously wow. I am half a minute in and you've already shown me not only everything I wanted but a lot of stuff I didn't know I needed thank you very much for sharing!

[@Landeville]

Thank you Matthias for your videos & website! I'm first year carpenter student from Finland and I find your stuff really inspiring. I'm gonna build something with gears as soon as i finish my chair project :D

[@1mtstewart]

matthias, you are very inventive, smart and generous enough to share your work! thank you.

[@knecht105]

Incredible work Matthias... Thanks for sharing!

[@potterymom1]

you are a wonderful demonstator, precise, clear, quick... one of the best demonstrators I have heard... nice.

[@kenenthkozak6004]

Love it. Watching it with my visiting 23 y.o. daughter. Building a shop in next year or so, as this hobby has become an obsession! Great vids, thank you!

[@noisepuppet]

Matthias, I remember seeing your webpage in the 90s with various contraptions, including the old wasp trap. Great to see you're still inventing and teaching.

[@briansmobile1]

Absolutely fantastic instruction and visuals! I wanted to make a setup of gears for a playhouse feature, but this is far better than I was even hoping for!

[@AvinashArora0]

My goodness. I can (and will) watch your videos all day.

[@SuperRonArt]

One of the best demos I've ever seen on KZbin! Clear and concise. Great job, Matthias!

[@ringofdeath13]

is it still the best demo in the past 10 years ?

[@rongarza9488]

@@ringofdeath13 Well I wish other KZbin videos were this well done. Most just ramble on, unscripted. Some even end up in failure, yet they were posted. It almost seems KZbin posters get paid by the minute. Lately, many videos have titles that are outright lies, clickbait. I look at comments during the first minute. If there is a negative, I drop out.

[@lazybbones]

I was able to find and order the Shopnotes magazine 115 showing how to build a router lathe. As I look at the picture on the cover, I would never have guessed making the gears on the side could be within my capabilities. And then your video comes along! Wow! This is very cool. This one is a keeper!

[@andreiradu1945]

Man , you really know what you are doing, my respect for you and your work.

[@Defiant00cfm]

It is people like you why I changed my major to engineering. This video is great, but not just this one all your videos are great thanks for the videos!

[@zitfrit]

man you just took my vision of carpentry to a hole new world, thanks for these vids. just ignore my awful english. thanks for your time for sharing that knowledge. excellent! congrats!

[@racegrooves]

Thanks for sharing these videos. I have a project that would involve gears and a flywheel but it isn't my expertise. Your video shows that I could make the gears myself! Drilling a hole for each tooth to have a smooth and consistent notch was awesome to see!

[@logantink6829]

Matthias Wandel I like that your videos are all showing everyone how to make machines and how do they work.

[@PhiRemi]

I've seen on other tutorials (specifically on using scroll saws) to use clear packing tape to help lubricate and prolong blade life (and it makes removing the pattern easier). You can also use a heat gun to make removing the pattern much easier! Thanks for the brilliant idea to use a drill for the inside part of the teeth! You just made my life soooo much easier!

[@robertbeckman2054]

Smart and simple. I was wondering how you got those gears so perfect. But after you showing how it's broken down into steps, it all clear and good. Thanks.

[@Vsont]

I'm seriously so grateful for your youtube channel and website! such great work!

[@jspach42]

I made your box joint tool and found everything working perfectly... The gear cutting files worked perfectly. I took the hpgl file into corel and exported as a .dxf to convert it. I then took it to VcarvePro and made the gears on my CNC. I used a tapered ball end bit to finish the inside taper... Love your stuff...

[@Radioactivized]

Nice work Matthias. I think it should be noted that part of the brilliance of your work is that with simple tools you can rapidly and inexpensively create functional pieces. What people forget in this technology laden world that any more precision than what is needed for the task is wasted.

[@IVAN_ENT]

probably do already but in case you didnt know this video inadvertently created an amazing music machine, song and music video made by wintergratan, i just watched his how it was made video and he referenced this as where he learned to create the gears and then decided to make the machine. i instantly recognized the name mattias wandel as i was already subscribed :)

[@billybobjoe198]

Matthias might have known, but I didn't. Amazing things these Europeans do.

[@matthiaswandel]

Thanks for testing that out. Printing is pretty key though. It was the ease of doing antialiased graphics to the screen and printer that made me pick c#

[@gertiethebus]

Who are you talking to you can use the reply for it

[@kennethyoung141]

Vegoil guy said you were the gear guru. Glad I watched .it helped alot and will watch more. A big fan!

[@mirage3rd]

Why is it so simple when experts do it… thanks for all the technique tips

[@hoangkybactien7207]

I always thought that gear making is a tedious task until I watched this video of your. You make it look simple and easy! I really enjoyed the video and thank a lot for sharing it. :-)

[@Abdallah2319]

My hat is is off to you, man! Your work is unbelievable!!!

[@GritariaH]

Thank you Mathias for posting your videos, I've learned a lot from you. All the best to you.

[@matthiaswandel]

That would be ring gears. Yes, the program can do that. Click on the link in the description to go to the page, and from there you can find links to the program.

[@hgpwns]

I'm a programmer and but videos like these keep me up at night.

[@ChristopherSimpson3465]

Crazy to be paid for your hard work and clever innovations.

[@somequasiparticles]

How smart you are scares me a bit. Your demeanor is calm and quiet yet beneath that is a power I cannot comprehend. People we traditionally view as smart - loud, outspoken, good at polishing a perfect image, etc. - are usually in positions of power and are completely different than you. It scares me because the general public, and myself, might overlook your incredible intelligence when meeting you for the first time. What is mentally required to assemble what you assemble from start to finish, film it, edit it, and complete everything all the way is absolutely astonishing. It requires enormous emotional stability, inner confidence, love for the craft, focus, clarity, creativity and technical skill. Thank you for the videos.

[@boapyb243]

Thank you for this online gear designer ! Exactly what I was looking for since some time ago (+ your English is easy to understand for my French ears...)

[@user-ip9pz9gn1w]

Смотрю Ваши Видео. И задумка и мысль и воплощение в материале всё превосходно! Да ещё и к тому же, прекрасный монтаж видео!

[@alhayem999]

I would like to thank you for the wonderful program. Already purchased it :)

[@Woodentoolcompany2]

I think this is awesome and opens up a whole new world of making diy tools. Well worth the money and Im buying into it!

[@Roxon321]

Your stuff is awesome! I am always amazed at what you show us how do in such a simple way with such simple tools!

[@jmagiera]

Matthias, thank you for your excellent instructions. This video (and many others of yours) greatly helped me in realizing my "micro workshop". Schöne Grüße aus Berlin!

[@afxtwns]

I've been sitting here for about an hour and a half just letting the video's go. Amazing stuff.

[@Augustosantos70]

Good afternoon matthias My name is Augusto'm from Brazil want to congratulate him for the projects accompany most of your videos like you to build a homemade cnc cutting wood and manufacture of handicrafts Thank you

[@matthiaswandel]

Please watch the video again, there are other options, mentioned in the video.

[@Oddmoore]

I just slapped myself in the forehead when I saw you use a drill press to clean up the little spaces between the teeth "ahead of time". Lol I was making it WAY to difficult with all the twisting and turning I was doing on my band saw. My dad and I both really appreciated this video and I'm going to be buying the full version of your gear program as well. Great work. :-)

[@cfsotto]

Hi Matt, you are a great guy, very much generous... Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[@HomeImProveMentHow]

Your video is so right on something that's difficult you are making it easier to do and simplifying the process thank you for the time and I thought you put into it to make it as straightforward as possible appreciate it thank you I have liked and subscribed to your Channel

[@purachi5236]

Muy bueno el video y las explicaciones. Gracias..!! Saludos desde las sierras de Córdoba Argentina...!! 👍👌💪🇦🇷

[@dennismichas285]

Greeting from South Africa, I am recently retired and have found your channel to be very inspiring 👍

[@pikifrino]

Amazing job in all aspects. Thank u very much for sharing all these info and tools! Congratulations

[@sagecreekwitt3301]

I own an 8000 ft shop, I have been working with wood , building cabinets for 24 years. You are very talented, I am impressed/ depressed ;)

[@matthiaswandel]

Yes, I do in fact. Go to woodgears.ca and search for "router lift"

[@matthiaswandel]

Well, but what was the total for each? Right now, doubling my development effort for a 10% increase in sales is just not worth it.

[@GarageWoodworks]

Nice tutorial Matthias!

[@Masowai]

Awesome video. Well narrated. Well filmed. Well edited.

[@asherad]

Wow, that was very impressive. Thanks so much for taking the time to share that with us. Great video and awesome creation.

[@foxwwww]

Engenius idea...I'm using a co2 laser cutter (Boss Laser) but amazed at how well your jig came out.

[@Pef273]

Great job making wooden gears that work. Thanks for sharing

[@ayi_draw8242]

Thank you!! I couldn't find any bevel gears and was kind of lost until I watched your video.

[@matthiaswandel]

You can use a scrollsaw too. Just that it cuts a bit slower. Or you could look up my bandsaw plans and build your own bandsaw!

[@gertiethebus]

okeh

[@matthiaswandel]

I don't sacrifice function for thrift. I just buy when I come across a good deal. Most of my purchases weren't really necessary to begin with. I also like to demonstrate that you don't need the latest toy from Festool to do a good job.

[@alvagoldbook2]

What an insanely awesome jig!

[@albertwestphal4344]

Thanks for this vidio and the program, it will save me lots of inaccurate self drawn gears. Enjoying it alot!

[@KarlRoyle63]

What a fantastic resource. I've often fancied trying this after watching your videos, but getting accurate gears made up sounded off-putting. Thank-you!

[@kunalchowdhary]

You are absolutely brilliant !!!! love ALL your videos !!!!

[@ldwithrow08]

I've never made wooden gears but back when I was an industrial Maintenance Technician, I made metal gears by the paper template and bandsaw method. Sometimes a piece of machinery would break a gear tooth and it could take days to get a replacement. If it wasn't a really high speed or precision gear, or a helical or bevel, I could put it on a xerox machine and make a copy, (actually two copies so I could cut and paste around the broken teeth). Then I cut the teeth on a band saw and hand filed them so they ran smooth. We didn't have a milling machine or the cutters to mill them. The gears were nowhere near precise as the manufactured ones, but they only took a couple of hours to make and would last until replaceements arrived.

[@bobamericana3099]

i have a project i am working on...it is related to a tricycle....as it stands..there are two chains on it. one from the pedal crank to a middle hub that has 3 internal gears....from this hub,there is another chain that goes to the final drive sprocket on the drive wheel.....i would like to replace the 1st chain with a drive shaft of sorts....i think this is possible because the sprocket on the pedal crank is basicly a big gear..... what do you think ? a drive shaft from the pedal crank to the internal gear hub ...feasible ?

[@matthiaswandel]

Definitely not. My drill press cost I think around $160. Before I got that one, I used one of those really small drill presses that can sometimes be had for as low as $45.

[@juanse2912]

you are the responsible of woodengears.ca??? man you save me with my college projects! THANK YOU

[@rlrsk8r1]

This is an extremely well presented video. Bravo.

[@GeahkBurchill]

Thank you SO much! This is really an incredible thing you've done and it is VERY much appreciated!

[@rb1164]

Fantastic video, thanks. Super jig !!!

[@matthiaswandel]

C# and .net. It's a pretty good system, just no way to port it to non-windows.

[@picklesnoutpenobscott3165]

You always make great stuff. I enjoy your vids so much! Now I get to make cool stuff too.

[@mycastle8498]

Beautiful work...this guy loves what he does enjoy!

[@zaphodtrenchcoat]

I bought this software yesterday. Very happy

[@_P0tat07_]

Incredible work Matthias!

[@sunisen]

Awesome work, i love watching the videos... its my fun time, watching ur all work videos. especially this gear making and all ur handmade tools are superb.

[@s2landyman]

Thank you SOOOOOOOO much. So clear So concise Much appreciated

[@gflorescu]

Thank you, I like your site and the videos on youtube. I hope to learn more from you, i need a lot of training but I enjoy working with wood to create useful things.

[@lionelbromham6844]

super video I just would not of thought of making gears out of wood like this. Great stuff.

[@Darkbain]

@Matthiaswandel Hey thanks I found it and also see that you have the option to evaluate the program which I think is great. The planetary gears look incredible. This looks like a must have program, looking forward to trying it out.

[@MrBearstyle]

You sir, are a genius! :) Will make use of your gear templates for a home made CNC machine. Thanks!

[@vishalkhairnar2900]

THANKS FOR UPLOADING THIS VIDEO I HAVE LEARNED IT VERY SINCERLY

[@FrankypankyV8]

Very informative, mr. Wandel! Thank you for posting!

[@timtom8363]

Very well described and great workmanship. Thank you for imparting your knowledge so well. Peace

[@danielbeatty7417]

Wow, you make that look easy, true craftsman.. Brilliant, helps me heaps.. Thank you.

[@messidor4399]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Cheers from Paris.

[@matthiaswandel]

Use baltic birch, or the finest plywood you can get. For cutting by hand - use a coping saw, and a lot of patience!

[@gertiethebus]

okeh

[@OlympicClassDandy]

Great tutorial, Matthias! Thanks for sharing.

[@qjuantum]

LOVE all your vids Matthias !!!

[@bcbudful]

Thank you Mathias, your name suggests that your ancestors are German. Means that is why you got the engineering skills ;). I really like your work and that you share your woodworking skills with others. Keep up your good work. And thank you very much for sharing. Wuensche alles Gute und weiterhin viel Glueck bei Deinen Projekten, John

[@TommyMathiesen]

Hi Matthias, great work! Quick question, I don't have a bandsaw and was wondering if it would be possible to make the bevel in the gears with a dovetail bit for the router - or would the angle be too steep?

[@matthiaswandel]

Yes, see the program.

[@patrickcon1]

Very clearly demonstrated! Excellent!

[@WrinkleFitzGerald]

Thanks for this! Awesome work!

[@oldbackwoods1]

I am very impressed with your way of simply making wood geaars adn plan to use this to make a gear set for a rope maker for my son's Boy Scout troop. Should not need beveling angles for flat mesh but will work will as it is basic gears...

[@visionary9702]

Wonderful stuff, just wonderful!

[@markfannin3975]

Would the 5 degree angled cuts be a good method to use for clock gears? Great video, thanks.