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Re: I wish Lego made an "Anti-Backlash Gear"
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic
Date: 
Tue, 3 Apr 2001 16:53:24 GMT
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Whoa, I gotta think about this one for awhile.....


In lugnet.robotics, Robert Fay writes:
The closest thing to an anti-backlash gear is the Conical gear (a misnomer).
It can be used to load a gear train. I have used this in a design by Iain
Hendry.
http://bobfay.users5.50megs.com/newmill.htm

I have tried using a second motor in the gear train with a slight reverse
current. This pretty bulky.

I think the gear you want is a sandwich of two gears that are spring loaded
so the teeth oppose each other. This would work in a small gear train.

There is another example of the conical gear at the end of this page.
http://bobfay.users5.50megs.com/speedy.htm
--
Bob Fay
rfay@we.mediaone.net

http://bobfay.users5.50megs.com/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7900/
"Eric Sophie" <Legomaster@gobi.com> wrote in message
news:GB7x2F.J0G@lugnet.com...
Tech question for us: Any body know what an Anti-Backlash gear is?



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  Re: I wish Lego made an "Anti-Backlash Gear"
 
The closest thing to an anti-backlash gear is the Conical gear (a misnomer). It can be used to load a gear train. I have used this in a design by Iain Hendry. (URL) have tried using a second motor in the gear train with a slight reverse current. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)

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