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Re: Help needed on gear spacing, and another question
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Fri, 3 Apr 2009 17:52:32 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Rafe Donahue wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have two requests; any help would be appreciated.
> 
> First question: what is the proper spacing to use when using a worm gear to
> drive a rack gear?
> 
> Thanks for your input,
> Rafe


Try this inversion trick:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Parax/Bits/worm-rack_inversion.jpg

Regards

Mike



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  Re: Help needed on gear spacing, and another question
 
(...) Although not by far as nice and compact as Mike's suggestion I stumbled upon the following solution after a bit of tinkering: (URL) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)

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  Help needed on gear spacing, and another question
 
Hi all, I have two requests; any help would be appreciated. First question: what is the proper spacing to use when using a worm gear to drive a rack gear? I have (supposing studs up) a horizontal axle with a standard worm gear (4716) on the axle. I (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)

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