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Figured out how to make gears in OnShape today using their featurescript. I am now officially unstoppable. 3d printing them now. This is just a hacky test job (those spokes on the largest gear are bad... I made them with a pattern of holes rather than an equal width spoke)
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Tne featurescript is great. It can also make helical gears, but I suspect 3d printer will struggle to print them unless the angle is fairly mild. But will try anyway.
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The thin stem was to hold a slider to connect to the gear with a connecting rod, but idea didn’t quite work. Slider rod not long enough and too much friction everywhere.
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Idea is prototype of part of a mechanical sculpture. The slider would move a pen over moving paper roll drawing a sine wave. Paper roll would be moved by a bevel gear pair coaxial with smallest gear. Something like this.
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yeah, I don't think this is going to unroll to the right how you're imagining it. you need a reel to reel tape deck where the drive roller is pulling not pushing
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