RBS/Gears
Gear Families
We need Gear Families that all work with each other. This includes popular construction toys. But we're also scaling stuff up to work with Big Iron, like 2"x2" RBS/Beam. And Rack and Pinion.
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Description | documenting a generic tool/artpiece
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Contents
World-edittable Working Notes!!!
Everything on this page is working notes.
Gear Math and Theory
Gear math and theory is important. We can build it up here, and then give it its own place in the wiki when that makes sense.
Files and Parts
Generic/Daughter_part and CarrotStraightener. (As a gentle style recommendation, it's good to try to keep all your parts and files on the RepRap wiki rather than scattered around so that Mr. Bunny doesn't have to use a scripts and so on to get stuff back onto the wiki.)
Photos and Drawings
- HerringboneRackAndPinion.jpg
Links can be put in captions.
Flicker Example
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Working Notes
Project Lead(s): Mr. Bunny Wiki-maintainers and helpers:
Forum thread?
Files
Tooling
Description of tooling requirements.
Process
What is making the part like?
Notes
We need cad drawings, background theory, but we also need a "Print this file (with photograph)" and make things with your five year old.
Because we have five year old user builders.
Types
RBS/Gears/Background for theory and names of parts.
Design and Library
- GPL and linux friendly tools for design
- Blender gear script
Common Types
- Meccano/Erector/Vex
- Databases
- Other
Fabrication
Laser Cutter
- Common, works well.
RepRapping
- Precision and Tolerance
CNC mill/router
- Sherline examples
- Taig Mill examples
- Bridgeport examples
Hybrid
Hybrid fabrication; RepRapping and then precise tidying of each layer with a milling/routing head is the most promising.
- Direct: We can make the plastic gear directly
- Mold: We can make the molds for filled epoxy gears.
Hobbing
- Timothy Edward's build of a Meccano Gear Making Machine, technically a gear hobber:
via http://edwards.web.users.btopenworld.com/meccano/modelgear.htm
Wire EDM
- Forrest Higgs proposed this once.
Casting/Mouldmaking
- We can make molds for Filled epoxy