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  1. Matt-Aburg

    Gear clearance

    Final layout into CAD.. I am machining the board main board tomorrow, and will be adding extra locators for about 5 more gears. This is front loading and so they can be added later, hopefully before the Grand opening in two weeks. We are backlighting with LED lights under all gears but the...
  2. Matt-Aburg

    Gear clearance

    Here is the layout I need to input into CAD tomorrow.
  3. Matt-Aburg

    Gear clearance

    yup
  4. Matt-Aburg

    Gear clearance

    I am thinking of adding 0.01 / gear on the PD. This will mean they clear by 0.02... I will have a look on the CAD model before making this commitment to putting the axil holes in the big sheet. Today, I am running the wing off on the router. The handle on this gear is not up to date. I bought a...
  5. Matt-Aburg

    Gear clearance

    no good as usual...
  6. Matt-Aburg

    Gear clearance

    At George Brown College in 1985, the teacher told us all good machinists have rolling papers in their tool box. That made all of us good machinists because of the "smoking lounge". You could not see across the room from all the hash smoke... ahhh memories.. (c hook is an application that runs...
  7. Matt-Aburg

    Gear clearance

    These were created using a Mastercam chook. I am concerned about it being too tight. They will be sealed and stained. Also see start of assembly drawing.
  8. Matt-Aburg

    Gear clearance

    Here are the first group of pictures
  9. Matt-Aburg

    Gear clearance

    I meant the same thing. by adding to the pitch diameter, it will make it a bit looser. I am thinking 0.02 extra. The partner helping doing lighting will be sealing and painting also. I really am not sure yet how many will fit on the board. I manufactured 47 total, of 3, 5, 8, 13 and 21 ... pic...
  10. Matt-Aburg

    Gear clearance

    I am building a "Gear wall". All the gears are made of plywood with bearings and 3D printed mounting axils. This wall will also have light acrylic light pipes under most of the gears. My question is this. How much should I add to the pitch diameter to ensure it spins freely? This may have over...
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