I am very appreciative to the both of you for commenting. Thank you gruntguru for verifying my calculations. Also, for the suggestion (it has given me an idea) and for tbuelna for seconding the suggestion.
tbuelna,
Thank you for the response. I understand your statements about the precision and quality of the items manufactured. I can certainly see the rationale for your statement. Do you have experience with rack and pinions? If you do, then experience wins out over something read in a book...
It has been a long time since I have dealt with gear trains. Probably since my college days and I am now 43 years old. Anyway, I am working on something and I would like someone with more experience with gears to offer their input. Attached is a PDF showing my compound gear train interacting...
Thank you Mike for your response. And I agree, a detent is probably a more apt description. However, I shied away from using the word "detent" because a detent is often something you have to release, as in push a button. I do not wish to add any complexity (aka cost) to the design unless...
I am new to working with polymers/plastics. I am currently trying to design some sort of mechanical, positive lock joint. I have two parts, one of which will be able to rotate from 0 to 125 degrees in the other part. I want to design some sort of interaction between the parts such that at the...
