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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
I don't mean to be cocky, as I'm no amazing designer, but I could knock out a N:1 single speed gearbox in thirty minutes or less in CAD, and a few minutes or less in conceptual design. This is true of many, many members on FIRST teams, many of which have no special skills and are just average people.
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Adam is right. Last year I made a simple 1:5 gearbox using a few pieces of Delrin, some vex standoffs, and gears from an FP Trans in about an hour or two and did most of the work using a hand drill and drill press. I ran the delrin side plates on the mill just to get a decent looking edge, but I did the rough cuts on a bad saw. I'd imagine that most teams have access to a Drill press and Bandsaw or similar tools. It's really not that difficult to make a simple gearbox, especially if you have a basic understanding of gears and how they work.