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The other night, I started exploring what uses can be made of the big gear wheel
from the Hailfire Droid. Having plenty of ZNAP beams handy, I used a few of them
as a gear box to hold the wheel.
The first attempt was to use four 8-tooth gears, in the next pin hole out from
the center. That worked, but there appears to be an issue with the
inside-curvature of the big droid wheel (an inverted gear as I think of it) and
the tight turning radius of the 8-tooth gears. Much chattering of the gear teeth
was heard. So I switched up to 40-tooth gears (as shown above). Very smooth
action now... and quiet ! Someone in another thread remarked that the droid
wheel could have used some pin-holes (for securing to an object).. I concur on
that.
Onward to practical uses ! (like using it to drive my ferris wheel)
Ray
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