RabidAlien Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 A Steve Good pattern. This was a quick cut, even though the pattern has two gears on it, I stack-cut the gears and washers. I modded the backer a bit so that it would fit in a base and be free-standing, and added a small crank (just a 1/4" piece of dowel inset and glued to the top gear). 1/2" ply for the gears, 1/8 for the washers, 1/4" dowel for the axles/crank, and 1/2" pine for backer and base. Took about two hours from printing the pattern to staining. Minwax Espresso and Natural stains. The gears do turn and mesh well, but a word of caution. When gluing in the axles after dry-fitting and staining, make sure they're perfectly straight up and down. I think one of mine got a fraction off, or the stain caused the wood to swell more than I expected...everything still turns, but not quite as easily as the dry run. Of course, that could also be because the posts were not glued in yet and had some wiggle-room....either way, a quick, fun pattern to cut. jollyred, Rockytime, wombatie and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankEV Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Velly interesting!!! Well done. danny and RabidAlien 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Yes it was fun cutting but I expected more.i lost the other er gear keeper RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted November 15, 2020 Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 very interesting RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted November 15, 2020 Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 Cool little project. It looks like they would never work. Amazes me they do. I guess I am not very mechanically inclined. Dick heppnerguy RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted November 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 1 hour ago, heppnerguy said: Cool little project. It looks like they would never work. Amazes me they do. I guess I am not very mechanically inclined. Dick heppnerguy Gears fascinate me for some reason. In this case, as you rotate the gear, the flat edge causes the teeth of the first gear to withdraw from that point, while the teeth of the other gear advance, so contact is always maintained. I'm so glad someone else figured that out first, though. I'd never have thought of it on my own. LOL heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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