Did you watch this video til the end? I time stamped it. https://youtu.be/eW1GGI55Epc?t=878
sam On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 12:26 PM Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 6:05 PM Sam Sokolik <samco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hmm - seems we are making things a bit more complicated than they need to > > be.. Why didn't the simple flex gear work ok? You need to make the > > system with fine enough splines that the flexure is at a minimum... > You > > can lower the backlash to a minimum by applying a small amount of > > pressure to the system. > > > > The problem with small splines is that he is making this with printed > plastic. There is a minimum feature size that works. Seriously you want > to stay above module 0.5 and bigger if you can. Mod 1.0 is more > realistic There are two reasons. (1) plastic is not very strong unless > you make the parts big and (2) the printer makes parts with dimensional > tolerances of about 0.4 mm so if your parts have 1mm features you can > expect 50% dimensional errors. That said, modulo 1.0 gears work really > well. Smaler ones have a short life. > > Finally ANY flexing at all is the death of printed parts. They fail by the > failure of interlayer adhesion. Think of printed plastic like it is soft > pine wood. When making gears from yellow pine, the direction of the grain > matters a lot and no one would think of making module 0.5 gears with pine. > > I've been able to build an entire CNC conversion kit for a mini-mill from > printed plastic. The stuff is VERY rigid and strong if you make the parts > large enough > > > > > > > > > > > sam > > > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 7:46 PM John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Alright. So it spins really freely but keeping the planetary cluster > > > centred is a bit of an issue. So the attached photo shows roughly > (very > > > roughly) what I had in mind. > > > > > > With the right coupler between the motor and the gear cluster the > > > planetary assembly should stay in the same place. There really isn't > any > > > axial load. There is a place for a 40mmx19mm bearing that I happen to > > have > > > on hand. > > > > > > But what about the driven ring gear? In one of the model shops today I > > > saw a package of 100 5.5mm stainless steel balls they sell for putting > > into > > > paint bottles to help mix them up. > > > > > > Seemed and ideal size for a bearing race between the two ring gears. > > Kind > > > of like what Gene H. stated he did on his setup. (Pictures?) So the > > Blue > > > Gear is fixed. The Green Rotates. The lazy susan like bearing between > > > handles axial pressure in the direction of the blue gear. But really > the > > > only thing holding up the green ring gear is the planetary assembly. > > > > > > Say we wanted to mount a face plate or chuck onto the green gear. I'm > > > open to ideas on how to stabilize that. Sketches would be great. > > > > > > Methinks a part that surrounds the blue gear and extends over the green > > > and they also have a bearing race between. Or we make a similar > bearing > > > mount to the rear one for the front with the gear cluster holding this > in > > > place extended out to the bearing. Now the faceplate is attached to > > this. > > > But a lot more axial twist on the small bearing in the middle. > > > > > > Thanks > > > John > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
