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Re: I wish Lego made an "Anti-Backlash Gear"
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Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:31:38 GMT
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Rrrrrrrrr.....
In lugnet.robotics, Dean Hystad writes:
> In lugnet.robotics, Eric Sophie writes:
> > Listen guys, I'm not playing around with a "Building toy" here,
> >
> > look,
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> > When working - creating on this scale, you begin to demand the highest
> > preformance from all aspects of Lego.
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> Looks like toys to me. Really incredibly cool toys!
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> Tilman's post supporting my "Toy" claim mentioned how torsionally flimsy the
> technic axles are. This could be used to take the backlash out of a gear train.
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> Pull out four 48 tooth gears, two 8 stud technic beams, and two 8 stud
> technic rods. Mesh two of the 48 tooth gears by sliding them onto the rods,
> and inserting the rods into the holes of one of the beams. Slide the second
> beam over the other end of the rods and attach the remaining gears to the
> open end of the rods. If everything is aligned properly, the gears will
> rotate freely, and there will be a little bit of play. While the gears on
> one side are meshed, disengage one of the gears on the otherside, rotate it
> one tooth, and reengage. The gears no longer rotate as freely, but there is
> no longer any backlash. Slip 3 or 4 teeth and the gear train begins to get
> really stiff.
>
> Nothing too brilliant, but it does the job. Probably not all that original
> either, but it just occurred to me.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: I wish Lego made an "Anti-Backlash Gear"
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| Sorry Eric. I certainly didn't mean the word "toy" to be derrogetory in any way. Must be a cultural thing. My job is to create room sized "toys" which weigh several tons, contain thousands of kilowatts of potential and/or kinetic energy, and require (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: I wish Lego made an "Anti-Backlash Gear"
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| (...) Doh!. And I just took this in school (in fact, am going to write an exam which this will appear on (methinks) thisafternoon. It's called "Locked Train", and allows for more even power distribution across multiple gears in a gearbox. Hmm...Now (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: I wish Lego made an "Anti-Backlash Gear"
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| (...) Looks like toys to me. Really incredibly cool toys! Tilman's post supporting my "Toy" claim mentioned how torsionally flimsy the technic axles are. This could be used to take the backlash out of a gear train. Pull out four 48 tooth gears, two (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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