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Subject: 
Re: Worm gear driven turntable
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.build.mecha
Date: 
Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:37:50 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Elroy Davis wrote:
> In lugnet.build.mecha, Mitchell Lichtenberg wrote:
> > In lugnet.build.mecha, Christopher Snead wrote:
> > > So I've been working on various wormgear combinations over the past week or so,
> > > and I came up with something that might be of use to folks:
> > > 
> > > http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1567084
> > 
> > Great Job!  But I had trouble with the top.  There appear to be four 4 x 4
> > plates that fit over the small turntable and are wedged against the axle so as
> > to form a surface that spins with the axle. When I try this, the plates do not
> > fit.  Are those special plates or have I missed something here.  Thanks
> 
> I think it's actually a 2x2 round plate in the center, with four 2x2 corner
> plates surrounding it.  It's a bit hard to tell from the photo though.
> 
> -Elroy

I'm not sure how he did the 4x4 plate either, unless he drilled it.  I made this
turntable and used a 2x2 round plate.  Worked like a charm.

-Brian



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  Re: Worm gear driven turntable
 
(...) I think it's actually a 2x2 round plate in the center, with four 2x2 corner plates surrounding it. It's a bit hard to tell from the photo though. -Elroy (21 years ago, 11-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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