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Re: I wish Lego made an "Anti-Backlash Gear"
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic
Date: 
Thu, 5 Apr 2001 21:29:40 GMT
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Dean, it's probably dumb luck that the two drives on the piece I'm working
on have little slack.  Yet, with LEGO beams and blocks you can't use every
gear combination; there are published beam/block/plate combinations that let
this or that pair of gears mesh.  Someone will do that for chain, someday.

There's another thing you should have mentioned:  The less chain slack the
greater the force between shafts and associated friction.

Regards, Jerry


You're kidding, right?  It's almost impossible to build a geartrain using
the chain that doesn't have tons of reversal delay.  The links seem to be
designed in such a way that they don't work well with technic beams and
gears.  I always have quite a bit of chain slack.

Also, the chain is beautifully made.  When I show it to people, they don't
want to give it back.  They want to play with it...!

With this I fully agree.



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  Re: I wish Lego made an "Anti-Backlash Gear"
 
(...) Believe me that I have tried a lot of combinations. Also your and my idea of "little slack" may be quite different. But it is true that I have never done an exhaustive study on the subject. I usually just give up on getting it perfect and rig (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)

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  Re: I wish Lego made an "Anti-Backlash Gear"
 
(...) You're kidding, right? It's almost impossible to build a geartrain using the chain that doesn't have tons of reversal delay. The links seem to be designed in such a way that they don't work well with technic beams and gears. I always have (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)

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