 | | Re: Worm Gear Problem —danny staple
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| | | Hi Brayton, While erics reply is pretty comprehensive, have you posted to .technic to see what they have there? Warning - I am about to databurst again... I can see what eric says about the counter system - and I wander if if could be simply (...) (19 years ago, 22-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | Re: Worm Gear Problem —Bryce McGlone
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| | | | | (...) I've done a similar solution however: I put 2 worm gears on 1 40t gear. One on top and one on the bottom. My intent was to counter the slipping that happens under severe loads. Though it's a pain to turn (you have to turn 2 axles in opposite (...) (19 years ago, 22-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | Re: Worm Gear Problem —Eric Sophie
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| | | | Hey Danny, thats interesting. You may be on to something. I'm wondering, when a corrective tension is added (turning the opposing gear) the center of the axle will twist. Also, because the two drives are linked with z16's, when you turn one, the (...) (19 years ago, 22-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: Worm Gear Problem —danny staple
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| | | | | (...) Hi Eric, I actually intended that the inherent backlash in the z16s was exploited to turn them in a little after the positioning. You could replace my z16s with two z24s and a z8, making one of the z24s a clutch gear so you could turn them (...) (19 years ago, 22-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: Worm Gear Problem —Philippe Hurbain
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| | | | | | (...) A very interesting trick, Danny. Here is my implementation of your no-backlash transmission: (URL) Of course there is a trade-off between backlash and friction, but your design allows easy trimming. Philo (19 years ago, 22-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Worm Gear Problem —Marco Tagliaferri
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| | | | (...) The new style worm gears have the advantage, that they can be put onto a 5.5- axle like shown in the following pics. (2 URLs) complete> (URL) after moderation> (2 URLs) disassembled> (URL) after moderation> No additional parts are needed to (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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