Mandy, A planetary gear is a mechanical device, wherein a central shaft drives an out "sun" gear through a group of "planetary" gears which turn around the shaft. They are used in automotive transmissions and in the drive hubs of heavy equipment to maximize torque.
Paul M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mandy F" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 5:47 PM Subject: [Papermodels II 33772] Re: Paper Planetary Gear Business Card > > Huh? Have i missed something? I'm up to 1471 of the old posts, but seen > nothing about planets - I'd love to build a working planet thingy.... :) > > Mandy > > PS ... I use Opera. MS Internet Explorer doesn't like any excess coding on > a > web site, so that is probably why a lot of you couldn't get to the web > site. > I only use IE when I have to. :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Hungerford" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:39 AM > Subject: [Papermodels II 33769] Re: Paper Planetary Gear Business Card > >> Okay, I can fit three planets in there, just not at 120 degree >> intervals. Still can't find sweet spots for four planets. >> -- >> Mike Hungerford >> http://users.sdccu.net/chthulhu2/models.html >> Kore de ii no da. >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
