| |
In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Bruce Sheridan wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Rob Stehlik wrote:
>
> > But notice none of them support the weight with gears. Give those gears room to
> > breathe!
>
> They're plastic, there's 8 of them, I talked to them and their happy as clams!
John Gerlach built a rolling lift bridge that uses (40 tooth) gears as the
axles, no less. It had a huge moment as it was several track sections long. He
did it that way because of axle shearing...
I would worry more about the axles breaking than the gears. Gears can take a lot
of weight as long as you are not putting rotational torque or shear on the
axles... TJ Avery did some studies on this a while back too, IIRC.
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
28 Messages in This Thread:
  
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
