PLA should have enough flex for the part of a cycloidal drive that has to flex. It also is pretty tough so wear would be a minimal issue. Just don't run it fast and/or under a bunch of pressure without some lube. I suspect a silicone grease made for plastics (like that sticky white stuff often found in gear drives in cheaper power tools) would work for PLA.
If the part works well for a while then breaks, print another one. Print a spare to start with to ensure the one you use lasts a long time. ;) On Saturday, July 18, 2020, 11:04:25 AM MDT, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: Grettings all; Using one of these 6 wire, 12 volt elderly floppy stepper driver motors, as 4 wire on a to6600 driver I have a choice of fitting a sleeve over the driver hub on the motor shaft, which when cleaned off is 16.8mm in diameter, meaning the minimum tooth count for a GT2_3mm belt will be about 24. Or I could fab a miniature gear puller and get down to the motors 5mm shaft by pulling the existing hub, meaning I'll need to find metal pulleys, but fleabay has only GT2_2mm for sale. With a single reduction stage consisting of a 24 tooth pulley on the motor, driving a 180 tooth, the resulting pointing accuracy would be 0.06 degrees. But for astrophotography, they are mentioning .01 arc-seconds or better, which seems a lot finer than a single reduction stage will get me to from a 1.8 degree motor whose best accuracy will be .45 degrees. So how much more geardown do I need? And whats the best way to do it? I am thinking of trying to print a harmonic drive that's not any bigger than these motors, which are 40mm square. But I can't imagine one being under 75mm around. Maybe even ditch this idea and make a 2 stage harmonic drive. Or cycloidal, anything these teeny motors can drive as I can bang them pretty hard with a 24 volt supply and a tb6600 driver set at its lowest current. The cycloidal seems like it would be more compact axially. Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users