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Re: bevel gear spacing
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 12 Jan 2000 01:29:09 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Ben Jackson writes:
> Has anyone found a good way to use 12t bevel gears (and/or the new 20t double
> bevel) in geartrains without placing the bevel right against a beam?
> Is there a
> genuine non-mutilated LEGO part which can do what I want?
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> --Ben
Here's a couple of ideas.
1. Just extend the shafts out into the air so that they intersect in a
convenient location, where the gears naturally mesh. Use the busings to
support them. This solution fails when the axles become too long and flexible,
but I routinely use it up to about a couple centimeters, depending on load.
2. Sometimes I slip an ordinary 3/16" ID washer behind the gear. Nylon ones
work particularly well, but steel ones are fine.
Dave Paule
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| Has anyone found a good way to use 12t bevel gears (and/or the new 20t double bevel) in geartrains without placing the bevel right against a beam? Whenever I have a bevel at the end of a stack of gears I find I need a 1/4 bushing spacer to make the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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