Ordinarily, when we need gears, we pop open a McMaster catalog or head to the KHK website. Some of the more adventurous may even laser cut or 3D print them. But what about machining them yourself?

Fair warning: watching this hybrid manufacturing method for gear teeth may result in an uncontrollable urge to buy a fiber laser cutter. Hackaday isn’t responsible for any financial difficulties that ...

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ASHTABULA, Ohio—When some companies zig, others zag. Grand River Rubber & Plastics, the 100-percent employee-owned company that sits along the southeastern shore of Lake Erie, turned out to be the ...