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Thanks Art for the info but on that last sentence:
"though Id just make the slot for the encoder shaft elongated
and adjust the encoder closer till its a tight fit myself."

So the tooth peak never hits the tooth root which means you can
adjust the mesh to where it is somewhat tight? Do I have that ...

I did a search here on the subject of anti-backlash gearing and came up empty.
So I am asking the question about anti-backlash gearing and don't think there is any info in the gearotic software about this or specifics
in the way to implement them.
I see where springs are added to make one gear take ...

Turns out the chart you show is the opposite to what the cutters actually are, so the chart the seller showed is correct
and I verified by looking at the number 1 and 8 cutters and could see which one was the 135 to rack easily.

I cut some gears a couple of days ago and they look good and very ...

Several months ago I needed to make an internal spline to mate with the spline on the output shaft of an RC servo.
I was able to find info on this particular servo spline that gave me the root diameter so I was able to get some idea as to tooth depth.
From there I ground a HS lathe bit into a ...

Before I had posted this topic here I had sent a message to the seller of these cutters about the labeling.
They replied back after you responded with that list of numbers versus number of teeth and dumb a** me
I should have scrolled down on the listing farther and there was a chart showing cutter ...

TNX the info Art.
I got these cutters on eBay from a seller in Ukraine. I bought 2 sets , a M0.3 (wow tiny gears!) and M0.5
and one set is etched U.S.S.R. They look OK and as far as I can tell never been used.

I just recently purchased another set of gear cutters (M0.5) and I have a question about how they are etched-labeled.

Usually I see etched on the side of the cutter not only the Modulus of the cutter (M0.5 in this example) but along
with that a range of teeth the cutter will cut.
This new set i got ...

Art,
I have another question about Gearotic on Projects window. Should I create a different subject? Not sure so will
ask here anyway.
Using the Tools tab I am able to see 2 gears (pinion & wheel) that are meshed together and when I send each
to the Project window the gears end up on a common shaft ...

I would use the tangentially method for larger gear tooth sizes that are higher Mod numbers where
a shaped cutter might be too expensive to buy.

I used a shaped cutter, the mod 1's set I purchased a year ago. I used a G0704 mill converted to CNC with Flashcut
hardware and software. The g-code generated by Gearotic worked with out making any changes. Sometimes
Flashcut doesn't like the way some g-code commands are setup but not in this case ...