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Subject: 
Gear backlash
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:42:29 GMT
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Does anybody have methods for reducing gear backlash?



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Gear backlash
 
David Paule writes: > Does anybody have methods for reducing gear backlash? Ugh. The standard way to do this is with high-precision gears, and/or special split gears with a spring. I don't think there's much to do about it with Lego parts. (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Gear backlash
 
Take a look at Bob Fay's pages. He has done some amazing stuff on his milling machines. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Gear backlash
 
Maybe this sounds strange: I tried to coat gears with liquid plaster. This works for some time - only with "less engaged" gear-trains and never try to coat both gears, because this ends up in a mess. The new liquid plasters aren't that sticky (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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