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Re: Minibot climb rate

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Originally Posted by Tobot View Post
Here's an internal view of the Tetrix gearbox:

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It looks possible to mate the brass helical gear to the 40T gear on the output shaft, with a little bit of machining. Sorry this post is a day late.
That is exactly what we did (using only an inexpensive mill and lathe and a dremel), and it works great.