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Chris Magno wrote:
> All this talk about Lube, got me to think......
>
> So I decided to do a small experiment.
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> Everyone knows that I am a fan of measuring the speed of my lego
> motors. i use the official lego speed counter.
>
> here is what i did and found:
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> I took a worm to 24 T combo and put it on the counter. the reading was
> 20 rpm
>
> I then went on a quest for the Vaseline. I proceeded to lubricate all
> the parts of the worm to 24T combo, and put it back on the counter.
>
> the reading was the same.
>
> this is a VERY informal test. but it initially should prove to calum
> that a drop of preventative maintenance lube will not "significantly"
> change the speed of a gear train.
Really to be a valid test you should put the worm to 24T under load. This
is when a performance difference will show up. However it could be tricky
to setup. The simplest way would be to lift a weight a fixed distance.
Use string (non-lego if you like :-) ) and a pulley. Do it with lubed and
unlubed gear trains. Time the lift and see if there is any difference.
Increase the weight in increments, to see if there is a point where the
performance between the two gear trains diverges.
Derek
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| (...) Derek, you are correct. this would be a way better way. :) I am sad to say thought that this whole lube novelty has worn off. If i remember in future, i will just dab a bit on and not mention it. --GASP-- :) Chris Pretend I never said that (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| All this talk about Lube, got me to think...... So I decided to do a small experiment. Everyone knows that I am a fan of measuring the speed of my lego motors. i use the official lego speed counter. here is what i did and found: I took a worm to 24 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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