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RE: Worm Drive Question
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:55:51 GMT
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Dave <mudshark-505@worldnet.+antispam+att.net>
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The pitch and profile on a worm gear *is not* that of a threaded rod. Yeah it works, but at what
cost to the parts?
On Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:10:18 -0500 (EST), Daniel Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Tim McSweeney wrote:
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> > Sorry I Lost you there, what do you mean by cut Lego?
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> As in run an axle through a die to give it a thread, then put nylon bolts
> on it.
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> Couldn't you just get some threaded rod, and spare your Lego (and avoid
> heresy :) ?
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) So leave the worm gear off and use the threaded rod exclusively. Daniel "Dan'l" Miller Senior, School of Aeronautics and danielmi@expert.cc.purdue.edu Astronautics, Purdue, Indiana danielmi@cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu (26 years ago, 27-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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