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  1. cdeane44

    Building a Pulley System

    Thanks Mike, The belt does not need to move that fast the only main thing is for the motor to output(either to a visual display or through a computer program) the distance that the belt has moved from an initial point. Is there any motors that can output this directly or any you would suggest...
  2. cdeane44

    Building a Pulley System

    I need to build a pulley/conveyor belt system that will move an LED connected to the belt back and forth with the rotation of the belt. The total length needs to be about 1 meter in length and the belt only needs to be as wide as the LED(~1 inch). The other thing is that it needs to be driven...
  3. cdeane44

    Too much backlash between gears

    Thanks for the help, I did miss the word "pitch". Thank you though, sorry about the mistake! Chris
  4. cdeane44

    Too much backlash between gears

    I am working on a gear box using a worm and worm gear. (boston gear HDSH-1 and bostonGear D1124). In the manual it says to have the center distances be 1/2 the pitch diameter of the worm plus 1/2 the diameter of the worm gear. In this case the distance was 0.792" and when I assembled the...

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