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OK, after struggling with precision in a lead-screw assembly for quite some time now, I've just got to ask because I don't know the answer and it's bothering me... Can ANYBODY give me a possible good reason for the length of the worm gear? why oh (...) (16 years ago, 19-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The number of thread has to be an integer. If not, you could not been able to use multiple worm gear on a same axle. And the thread pitch is determined from the straight gears pitch. (which is something like nPi/m studs (n,m being intergers). (...) (16 years ago, 19-Jul-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) True, with the caveat that the LEGO worm gear has only a single thread. Another way of putting it is that if you want to multiply align (stack) worm gears, the number of times the thread goes around the worm gear has to be an integer (or since (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:K49Az5.87G@lugnet.com... (...) The problems with the worm gear that you describe are due to the fact that it has to fit into this part in this set and others, which was designed to accomodate (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That would make sense, but for the fact that the worm gear is ten years older than the gearbox that you cited. The only reason that the worm gear had to be made a tiny bit less than 2 studs long was so that when you put it between two TECHNIC (...) (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi Brian, If you're struggling with worm gaps for your leadscrew, this pic of my crane worm gearbox might help: (URL) worm is two worms long, plus two pairs of old type (crennellated) half bushes (small pulleys) and an old type 14-tooth bevel (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks Mark - those are nice designs. In my case I needed the precision, but I also needed a very compact implementation *and* it had to mount to an NXT motor: (URL) pretty happy with the design, but the slop really needed to be compensated (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Rafe (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Neither. I actually purchased those from Mindsensors. They sell a thinner, flexible cable with NXT-style plugs. For the HALE mission (what this payload is aimed at - launch in 7 days or so), every gram counts, and I realized that at least in (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Brian, (...) I have used thin slices of LEGO corrugated tubes as washer for that. Works fine, but I can't guarantee it would work for a long time without wear... Philo (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi Brian, obviously you are working hard on Nadar 2.0 :) Also read about your Little Joe free-fall on H.A.L.E and I wish you very good look with that! ;-) Two NXTs in one single mission is of great courage... For the worm gear issue I also (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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