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Re: Getting Gear Ratios Right
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 20 Apr 2002 11:24:58 GMT
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Rob Limbaugh <RLIMBAUGH@GREENFIELDGROUP.ihatespamCOM>
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If you haven't checked out Jin Sato's "Lego Mindstorms The Masters
Technique", then I urge you to do so. Chapter 3 (pp. 19-50) are devoted to
gears, gear ratios, and ways to make gear blocks.
The book took forever to be released, but well worth the wait.
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "c s soh" <cssoh@singnet.com.sg>
To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 6:02 AM
Subject: Getting Gear Ratios Right
> Considering that gear ratio is such a fundamental concept, it's
> disturbing that several authors of Mindstorms books have got it
> confused.
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> A good explanation is to be found on page 65 of Ben Erwin's "Creative
> Projects with LEGO Mindstorms". The best is in Fred Martin's "Robotic
> Explorations" pages 144-145 but then, that's not a Mindstorms book.
>
> It helps if you just remember that 3 to 1 is gear reduction.
> --
> C S Soh
>
> CSSoh's Lego Pneumatics
> http://www.geocities.com/cssoh1
> ... where air is power!
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| (...) Hi Rob, I have the book. As a matter of fact, it was this book that prompted the post. Unfortunately the Master got it wrong: on page 39 and the diagrams on pages 46-50. The error is very glaring in the worm-gear combination which is always a (...) (23 years ago, 21-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| Considering that gear ratio is such a fundamental concept, it's disturbing that several authors of Mindstorms books have got it confused. A good explanation is to be found on page 65 of Ben Erwin's "Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms". The best (...) (23 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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