Making a sprocket for bicycle chain the way Clickspring wouldn’t
EDIT: 2 years later I have completed the project I needed to make sprockets for.
I had a need for 8 tooth sprockets and worked out a design after examining a few different sized sprockets salvaged from bicycles. I made one from Aluminium off camera and then I stepped up to 3mm thick steel.
This isn’t for a bicycle, I don’t expect it to work on one and you shouldn’t either :)
Originally I thought I would have to get something like this CNC cut, but I got pretty good results with basic tools. You could probably lay out the design on
the steel with dividers but I find using printouts easier.
more details on the project at
Love your work Chris!