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Re: Gear backlash
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 18 Nov 1999 22:55:43 GMT
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Well, the standard way on worm drives is to load the end of the worm with a
spring, so there is always contact on one "side" of the worm. Similar
things can be done for spur gears, but they all involve loading the meshed
teeth in one direction with a spring.
--Jack Gregory
Russell Nelson <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
news:14388.11560.529794.395748@desk.crynwr.com...
> David Paule writes:
> > Does anybody have methods for reducing gear backlash?
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> 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.
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> --
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| 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)
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