delrin gears?

[ajlapp]

anybody think you could get away with delrin gears in a drivetrain with the drill mtor as the source???? let me know, if it's possible we'd be saving ourselves every headache in the book. thanks.

Anthony Lapp
team 221---->now 857

[Ed Sparks]

It's possible you might get by with a delrin gear early in the drive train (say the 1st gear that mates with the pinion) but this depends on the ratio.

My feeling is you would certainly experience a disaster at some point early in the competition, why risk it.


IMHO

:)

[ajlapp]

the issue comes down to money at a certain point. off the shelf gears can often be out of our range but delrin gears are usually much cheaper. realistically i'd never consider it without a very wide gear and a very large pitch like maybe 12 or 16.......but only the check book will tell.

[Andrew Dahl]

delrin for gears = bad
gears under full speed to full stop(hitting wall)= shattering of gears and people running and stepping on toes

dahl