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Thanks for the quick response.

Have you ever tried cutting bevel gears with a milling cutter meant for spur gears?
(the kind with multiple teeth that cuts the full form space between the teeth)

I think it may be possible with two passes with the blank rotated slightly and the cutter slightly ...

Thanks Art,

What's involved in getting the straight flute code back in?

How do updates work with Gearotic Motion?

Ed

Hi Art,
Thanks for the diagram. That is very helpful since I haven't done full CNC formed milling of gear teeth yet.

I am preparing to make some 18 tooth, straight tooth, DP 10, 20 deg pressure angle bevel gears that will mate together (90 deg shaft angle).
I have a 4th axis so I have generated 4th ...