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Re: Mechanical pneumatic piston
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Sat, 11 Oct 2003 03:03:12 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Mike Thorn wrote:
> At 10:26 AM 10/10/2003, Kevin Clague uttered the following:
> > The problem is that you would need a mold for each unique part that is
> > cut.  If
> > the number of rotations/divided by the length does not give you length that is
> > repeatable using quarter turns you need more than one mold.  This is *not*
> > good
> > (very expensive), plus from a part sorting perspective, I'd need more than one
> > drawer for worm gears :^)
> 
> I'm not sure my brain can wrap itself around that, but I'll keep trying. In
> the meantime, I'll take your word for it that it won't work. :)

I overspeaketh......

Let me try again.  The gear has to be an integer multiple of 1/4 turns because
the the gear can fit on an axle four different ways.

If it is more or less than 1/4 turns (1/3), then things won't line up when you
butt them up to each other on an axle.

Kevin



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(...) Okay, I understand better now. So unless you have two worms made consecutively, you're stuck. Thanks! :) ~Mike (23 years ago, 11-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Mechanical pneumatic piston
 
At 10:26 AM 10/10/2003, Kevin Clague uttered the following: (...) I'm not sure my brain can wrap itself around that, but I'll keep trying. In the meantime, I'll take your word for it that it won't work. :) Sometimes you LUGNET fellows are a little (...) (23 years ago, 11-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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